Network Solutions and Register.com are legacy domain registrars that have been sister companies for many years. Both companies are now owned by Newfold Digital, and they have offered essentially the same services on similar platforms for quite some time. I’ve used both domain registrars after winning domain name auctions on NameJet, another Newfold company.
The companies recently announced that Register.com has been merged into Network Solutions. Register.com customers can now access their domain names via the Network Solutions website. The Register.com domain name does not redirect to the Network Solutions website, but the login link does.
For quite some time, my Register.com-registered domain names I won on NameJet have been provisioned directly to my Network Solutions account, so this is not entirely surprising. I would also not be surprised to see Snapnames merged into NameJet since that is also a redundant platform for Newfold.
I highly doubt Newfold is going to divest the Register.com domain name or brand, but the company has made the decision to merge these two legacy brands into one.
I find it interesting that they chose Netsol as the brand to consolidate under. I know it’s the original, but it isn’t known for being cutting edge…
I wouldn’t be surprised to hear they did market research to get consumer views on which brand has a greater reach and stronger reputation of the two.
They did the same with web.com, domain.com brands too. Those accounts now managed via Netsol only. I know its an old brand and trusted among domain buyers, but web.com and domain.com could be actually better for newbies, and genZ who start with blogging or getting a domain for their next vlog. Netsol is for aged guys like us. If I need to register domain the first thing I will type is domain.com and for website builder web.com seems best. Just like a2 recently migrated to hosting.com – a totally new and under-developed brand.