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WARNING on 1&1 Domains
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- Written by Timothy Johns
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Beware if you're thinking of purchasing or did purchase a domain at 1&1 (1and1.com). They make it pretty much impossible to purchase a domain there and use it somewhere else. I'm guessing this is an attempt to force people to use their hosting or crappy website building services. First, changing the name servers is less than easy. But, then you have to change the A-Record. Navigating to that is extremely difficult and hard to find. When you finally find it, the link to change the A-Record doesn't even work. I've had to advise clients to transfer their domain to a different domain registrar in order to even use it. This is shady and should be illegal!
Also, when I tried calling to resolve this, they just hung up on me after 15 minutes. Not just shady, but also very unprofessional. Stay away from 1&1!
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