New generic Top-Level Domains

Intrust Domains is a scam! After doing extensive...

2011-03-29T02:42:29.112+02:00

Intrust Domains is a scam! After doing extensive research, they change their officer names and addresses pretty frequently. They contacted me about a domain similar to mine that was coming up for sale and so I was mildly interested. The domain was available for "$97" according to their bidding option, but by then I was already doing a Google search on their scam and found plenty of warnings.

They sent a congratulatory email saying I won the auction and that I should click on the website of the domain and that if I see an order form, I can place the payment online or call them. Well, guess what...all that's there was a "page does not exist" warning. I called them out of curiosity and their phone number in Colorado picks up immediately with an automatic greeting that start halfway into the recorded greeting. Unprofessional and fishy.

I looked up the domain on WHOIS and found that it's actually for sale for "$69" and found the following information:

Date Registered: 03/26/11
Date Modified: 03/28/11
Expiry Date: 03/26/13
DNS1: FOR-SALE-AT.INTRUSTDOMAINS.COM
DNS2: CALL.303-800-0310.COM

Registrant
Mark Peters
Wesley Hayes
Hollandse kade 7a
Abcoude, (NL)
1391 JD

Administrative Contact
Rose McCaige
11605 Meridian Market View #124-134
Falcon, CO (US)
80831
303-800-0310

So if won the auction on 3/27/11, why was it registered a day earlier for two years? Does that strike anyone else as suspicious?

I also got two calls today from "Mark" at Intrust Domains who basically encouraged me very kindly to "pay now" on his voice mail message to me.

One thing that should be glaringly obvious to everyone is the rather cheesy setup for their site and rather unprofessional emails. The site is clearly set up by someone who knows basic HTML and nothing else, using "Free Use" photos that make them look really pathetic. Compare them to WHOIS, Godaddy or any other notable domain registry and they look both incompetent and pathetic.

After reading about their scams and weird business operation...and the fact that it's hard to pin them to any specific country in which they operate, then anyone getting duped by them at this point deserves to lose their money...no offense to anyone who got fooled by them earlier.

There are too many obvious signs that they're a scam company, and far too many posts about them online to complain that there was no way to know.

If you want to back-order a domain, do it through a legitimate site that has a strong presence and reputation. Would you buy a car from Earl the Car Guy? Hell no. Why would you buy from "InTrust Domains"? As someone said earlier, don't trust anyone who immediately tells you to trust them.

Oh, last note...what kind of idiotic organization sends an email saying, "To check our business references, please refer to the Better Business Bureau." That implies you don't have much credibility in the first place.

It seems like Ken Palm of “Intrust Domain Names” o...

2011-02-07T16:23:39.824+01:00

It seems like Ken Palm of “Intrust Domain Names” or “Intrust Domains” is rebranding as “Domain Match Makers”.

Both entities are owned by the same parent company “Domain Names International”. All 3 companies are connected to Ken Palm (also Kenn Palm or Kennon Palm).

Is this related to the number of negative posts, reviews and complaints regarding Intrust Domains or Intrust Domain Names? Domain Match Makers seems to be a new separate company although the BBB review on their homepage links to the BBB profile of Intrust Domains.

Coincidentally (Kennon, Kenn or Ken Palm) the owner of “intrustdomains.com” recently listed the domain name for sale at BuyDomains.com.

If you search Google for ”domain match makers” you’ll see a number of self issued, paid press releases recently issued by Ken Palm, Intrust Domains and/or Domain Match Makers. The press releases reference the “Denver Children's Hospital Courage Classic”, talking about how Ken Palm and Domain Match Makers are big supporters. Some people, as a proactive reputation management technique, will issue press releases on themselves with positive associations, so when people Google you company, good positive stories float to the top. These paid, self issued press releases are found on mmdnewswire.com/ Titles and phrases found on these press releases and blog posts include “Help Children by Choosing Domain” and “Domain Match makers announces support for Orphans Hope” and “Changing the lives or orphans”. Why would a company do that? Well, when you’re solicited to buy a domain name from a unknown entity, you’re going to Google their company name to check them out. When the search results include a bunch of soft and fuzzy search results about helping orphans, children and charities, you’re going to assume they are trustworthy. Leveraging the positive association of charity or cause is a common tactic for proactive reputation management.

Google the phrases “intrust domains” or “intrust domain names “intrust domain scam” and see how the results differ greatly from “Domain Match Makers”.

Domain Names International is the parent company of both “Intrust Domain Names” and “Domain Match Makers. They share the same addresses. Ken Palm (or Kenn Palm ?) is associated with all three.

(office location)
Domain Names International, Intrust Domain Names & Domain Match Makers
11590 Black Forest Rd, Unit 30
Colorado Springs, CO 80908

(legal and mailing address)
Domain Names International, Intrust Domain Names & Domain Match Makers
11605 Meridian Market View #124-134
Falcon, CO 80831

New DASHCOM Domains launched:

There are ove...

2011-01-27T23:42:58.665+01:00

New DASHCOM Domains launched:

There are over 200 million dot domains names already registered (including around 90 million dotcoms). With only a handful of web addresses actually memorable to the general public, all benefits seem to rest with the big players and competition is being stifled.

But now there’s a parallel internet offering Dashcom (not Dotcom) domain names where you can create any Domain and any TLD in any language. Dashcom Domains are in the format http://music-com and http://stock-market (examples only). Totally free of charge, ICANN rules do not apply here.

Yes, there’s an APP but there’s also an ISP link-in to negate that need. Designed to run alongside ICANN’s domain names, Dashcoms can’t collide with Dotcoms. Popularity is growing as there are now members and users in over 90 countries worldwide.

Not so long ago, people would have thought a retailer utterly crazy to waste time and money trying to sell anything over the Internet. After all why would customers want to buy hugely expensive computers, get extra phone lines, buy modems, buy the OS, learn how to use it etc etc…..All for a website that no-one would ever see……Why?.... When all they had to do was pick up a phone.

Having just one Internet in infinite cyberspace is like saying you can go anywhere you like in America as long as you stick to route 66. So today, just as in the USA (and everywhere else in the world) your Internet has more than a single road to travel.

Now available at Dashworlds.com

Thanks Jean!

2010-08-03T16:36:11.596+02:00

Thanks Jean!

Une rencontre intéressante. Le projet est porteur ...

2010-06-21T16:52:10.327+02:00

Une rencontre intéressante. Le projet est porteur de beaucoup plus de richesses qu'il peut sembler à première vue. Voilà une idée que je vais suivre de très près.

Excellent!! Vous avez certainement quelques centai...

2010-04-02T11:31:57.442+02:00

Excellent!! Vous avez certainement quelques centaines de milliers d'euros à réinvestir dans notre site novateur et notre prochaine application Iphone.

www.conseilvin.com

Pour en parler,

Cordialement,

Antoine SIREYJOL
asireyjol@conseilvin.com

Jean,

It certainly sounds like a lot to st...

2010-03-11T03:12:51.901+01:00

Jean,

It certainly sounds like a lot to start up a Registry but there are a number of unknown variables to be viewed before one could make such an assessment.

I'm not sure they are that far away.

For example, perhaps they aren't outsourcing to an established Registry Backend Services Provider and think they can build their own?

Probably silly to do so, but they could always try.

(once you've put all the new ICANN requirements into it and have a Registry capable of handling the necessary security and technical requirements, plus and appropriate hardware, ICANN application fees etc it would be more than that)

Or perhaps they want to put some extensive marketing in place prior to launch in order to maximise their returns at the start of the TLD's operations.

Whilst the numbers are a little interesting, i think the bigger question mark is over the ongoing annual costs?

What would 1.37 million Euro be used for?

CityTLDs still appear as some of the best opportunities to recoup revenue with the new gTLD program.

Those who do this properly should be able to substantially reduce those ongoing costs and let the TLD market itself over time.

Regards,
Tony Kirsch
AusRegistry International

Tout à fait d’acord avec le contenu de ce qui préc...

2009-12-22T08:59:46.909+01:00

Tout à fait d’acord avec le contenu de ce qui précède mais … c’est de l’arnaque de la part de L’ICANN.
Leur but semble être de vendre et … plus il y a de combinaisons possibles, plus ils pensent avoir de chances de vendre !

Bientot personne n’y comprendra plus rien et on reviendra aux fondamentaux : les .com et .fr !

Dire “Proposer les caractères accentués dés le lancement permettra d’éviter aux marques de se soucier de rater un enregistrement plus tard…” ne résoudra pas la question car les claviers Anglais et Américains (les plus nombreux) en QWERTY ne donnent même pas la possibilité de taper des accents (et qui s’en soucie, en ces pays de débilité orthographique et de non respect des règes de grammaire de base, ce qui m’exaspère …).

Débat très intéressant en effet. Le .vin est un su...

2009-12-21T09:19:55.594+01:00

Débat très intéressant en effet. Le .vin est un sujet que je viens de découvrir sur votre hub Viadeo, je n'étais pas au courant.

La meilleure stratégie me semble de conserver les .com pour les "chercheurs généralistes" mais de créer en parallèle les .wine, qui vont développer une sorte de communauté autour de l'univers du vin, plus spécialisée.

Quant à "big brother" fermant les sites dédiés au vin grâce à leur suffixe .wine, je ne pense pas qu'on en arrive là.

Looks interesting - looking forward to reading it ...

2009-10-19T11:38:47.699+02:00

Looks interesting - looking forward to reading it in English. Please drop a note or post it when available in English

hi Jean,
so it seems icann is finally going to ...

2009-10-18T21:47:28.234+02:00

hi Jean,
so it seems icann is finally going to relinquish part of their control for domain names eg.extensions. Wonder how it is perceived around the world by the potential clients... I am glad to know someone's out there and try to set wine industry in motion...

New generic Top-Level Domains

Intrust Domains is a scam! After doing extensive...

It seems like Ken Palm of “Intrust Domain Names” o...

New DASHCOM Domains launched:There are ove...

Thanks Jean!

Une rencontre intéressante. Le projet est porteur ...

Excellent!! Vous avez certainement quelques centai...

Jean, It certainly sounds like a lot to st...

Tout à fait d’acord avec le contenu de ce qui préc...

Débat très intéressant en effet. Le .vin est un su...

Looks interesting - looking forward to reading it ...

hi Jean,so it seems icann is finally going to ...

New DASHCOM Domains launched:

There are ove...

Jean,

It certainly sounds like a lot to st...

hi Jean,
so it seems icann is finally going to ...