"Yea, our experience with namescout was the same as the other reviewer. we registered a *.cn domain with them and were very surprised to learn a month later that someone else had registered the same domain. we were extremely dissapointed with the 'oops' response we got from them and it took a couple of months to get a refund. the domain name, of course, was lost forever. "

"If you're thinking of using Namescout, DON'T! They will actually "clam up" and refuse to answer your emails if you have a domain you're wanting transferred that is within 3 months of being renewed. I've been trying to get a transfer done for 3 months and 8 days and not one reply until after I paid their astronomically high (25.00!) domain renewal fee. Save yourself the headache and use network solutions or godaddy instead."