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    "description": "Per-registrar agent profile: a single machine-readable record combining this registrar's identity, editorial category scores, Agent Readiness Index sub-scores, API-access facts, transfer/switch mechanics, and pricing-verification status. It composes data already published on this site and introduces no new facts. Sections not yet covered by a source dataset are null with a coverage note rather than guessed. Every section names the source it is composed from.",
    "site": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com",
    "profile_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/registrars/network-solutions/",
    "methodology_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/methodology/",
    "generated_for": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/data/registrars/network-solutions.json",
    "last_updated": "2026-09-29",
    "disclosure": "Best-Domain-Registrars.com is operated within Just (Just Done LLC). Every registrar is scored by the same published methodology on the same evidence."
  },
  "registrar": {
    "id": "network-solutions",
    "name": "Network Solutions",
    "slug": "network-solutions",
    "website": "https://www.networksolutions.com",
    "headquarters": "Jacksonville, Florida, United States",
    "founded": 1979,
    "icann_accredited": true,
    "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Solutions",
    "best_for": [
      "Legacy and enterprise accounts"
    ],
    "not_ideal_for": [
      "Price-sensitive buyers",
      "Free WHOIS privacy",
      "Developers"
    ],
    "whois_privacy": "Available as a paid add-on",
    "two_factor_authentication": "Two-factor authentication (2FA) supported",
    "api_available": false,
    "bulk_tools": true,
    "last_checked": "2026-07-16",
    "last_reviewed": "2026-07-16",
    "source": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/data/registrars.json"
  },
  "editorial_scores": null,
  "agent_readiness": {
    "covered": false,
    "coverage": "This registrar is not yet scored in the Agent Readiness Index; omitted rather than guessed.",
    "source": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/agent-readiness-index/"
  },
  "api_access": {
    "covered": false,
    "coverage": "No verified record in Open Domain Data's registrar_api_capabilities dataset at this version; omitted rather than guessed.",
    "source": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/domain-registrar-api-access/"
  },
  "transfer": {
    "covered": true,
    "transfer_in": null,
    "transfer_out": {
      "prep": [
        "Unlock the domain (remove the transfer lock)",
        "Confirm the registrant WHOIS email is correct, the auth code is sent there"
      ],
      "auth_code_steps": [
        "Request the authorization code, Network Solutions emails it to the registrant address within 24 hours",
        "Copy and paste the code (it is case-sensitive) into your new registrar rather than typing it"
      ],
      "doc": "https://www.networksolutions.com/help/article/transfer-out-of-network-solutions"
    },
    "hub_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/switch/"
  },
  "pricing": {
    "verified": false,
    "status": "blocked_anti_bot",
    "method": "headless_render",
    "summary": "Every address tried under networksolutions.com answers HTTP 403 with a 'One more step' CAPTCHA page to a real Chromium browser from a cloud address on 2026-09-29, so no price could be read. No figure is recorded; the rows on this site stay sample data until a manual read.",
    "last_verified": null,
    "primary_sources": [
      "https://www.networksolutions.com/domains/"
    ],
    "prices_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/registrars/network-solutions/#pricing",
    "dataset_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/data/pricing.csv"
  }
}