1and1.com is a US based domain reseller that uses the ICANN registrar SCHLUND+PARTNER AG. They are selling the gTLDs of com,net,org,info for an amazing low USD 5.99.
That beats GoDaddys USD 9.17 - which is GoDaddys actual price, they might advertise something lower but in reality once you reach the checkout you’ll find they add the ICANN fee and your promotion code you were relying on won’t work.
So, a domain for USD 5.99, cool. I had to register one straight away! But yet today, two days after pressing the Submit button on my credit card details, the domain is not registered. For any other product that might be acceptable but not with domains, as while they are drinking coffee, or whatever they do in the 1and1 office, someone else could register the domain, at any second. A search reveals that 1and1 used to only accept customers from the US and UK, now they will accept customers from anywhere, but I guess that manually process the credit card numbers.
1and1 are thus added to my Registrar blacklist, where they join EasySpace.
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