Not Recommended: Web.com.

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A number of years ago I began registering domains with web.com. Wow, it was wonderful. A slick interface, low prices ($8.95/yr.), and no hassle. Then Web.com was acquired by Interland - a massive internet company - and everything went downhill. Word of advice: don’t use web.com.

Web.come received an interface upgrade (err…downgrade) when it was acquired, and the interface has stumbled along ever since. Besides being painfully slow basic features are simply missing and the help consists of PDF files thrown together in a haphazard manner.

Web.com became the new public face for Interland - a hosting company - and apparently they forgot about their domain customers…unless you consider nearly trebling the price in one jump remembering. Yes, that’s right, I pay nearly $25/yr. now for a domain - crazy rates that only the most archaic domain registrars still charge (e.g. Network Solutions).

Why this rant right now? Well, at the moment I am finally attempting to get my domains out of this mire…to move them over to Bluehost. But can I find anywhere the option to generate an EPP key? No. Can I find any help to generate an EPP key? No.

Interland/Web.com - its time for a facelift. Hire one or two of those nifty web 2.0 designers and give them two or three weeks. Otherwise you might as well enter TechCrunch’s Deadpool.