What is the best site for registering domain names?

15 years ago

I'm all about "if the company is going to be around". RegisterFly was a BIG domaining company. I had lots of domains there and the owners didn't take that business seriously. Lots and lots of people lost out on domains cuz they were never notified there site needed to be renewed.

My recommendation: GoDaddy.com - If you want to make sure someone is always on the ball if your domain needs to be renewed, it's them.

Secondary recommendations: Resellerclub.com - I have a lots of domains with them as well. They're cheap and really easy to pick up domains fast.

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Randy Meirndorf 15 years ago

I've settled for godaddy. If you never used them before, there are the kings of trying to upsell, but just look for that no thanks button.

Other then that, they make it real easy to not only renew, but also to maintain multiple domains. They have a very easy and useful account management that you can log into for dns changes etc.
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Davion Wong

15 years ago

Use Namecheap or Godaddy. If you are planning to set up a product, go for Namecheap. Godaddy is notorious for penalizing product owners when their affiliates go rogue.

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Cutthroat

15 years ago

Hmm, namecheap charges extra per year for keeping your whois info private? My host is Dreamhost, it's $9.99 for a domain and whois is free. This is why I was looking for a cheaper price that does not sacrifice other services (like charging for private whois).

I don't know that I want anything to do with Godaddy, I have heard many horror stories about their service (surprise fees and such). I thought namecheap used to be like $4.95 or something? I went there and it is $9.69 but whois is extra per year. I'm interested in finding a cheaper price for domains but if the difference is negligible, is there any reason to not just use my hosting provider?

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AverageGuy

15 years ago

when you use this, does the domain belong to you? I mean can you move the domain to another register? or, the domain belongs to dreamhost and you only have the right to use it?

david

Originally Posted by Cutthroat

Hmm, namecheap charges extra per year for keeping your whois info private? My host is Dreamhost, it's $9.99 for a domain and whois is free. This is why I was looking for a cheaper price that does not sacrifice other services (like charging for private whois).

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Cutthroat

15 years ago

Originally Posted by AverageGuy

when you use this, does the domain belong to you? I mean can you move the domain to another register? or, the domain belongs to dreamhost and you only have the right to use it?

david

Say what??? Is that even possible?????? Man I hope not, I had no idea there was even a remote possibility I don't own a domain if I register it. Uhhhh, I will have to go look. Yeesh.

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TristanPerry

15 years ago

I use Moniker. They are cheaper, plus (as a domainer) have heard too many horror stories with GoDaddy.

Originally Posted by Cutthroat

Say what??? Is that even possible?????? Man I hope not, I had no idea there was even a remote possibility I don't own a domain if I register it. Uhhhh, I will have to go look. Yeesh.

Nope, it's not. Check the fine print, but WHOIS privacy from any reputable registrar just means that your WHOIS is masked.

Originally Posted by robofx

I heard that godaddy will shut you down, even take take your domain (legally) if, say, one of your affiliates spams your domain to the world or if a prospect double-opts-in then forgets they did so & sends a spam complaint to godaddy. They'll just shut you down, supposedly, for being a spammer even though you're not.

Yep, that sort of thing has happened with GoDaddy.

I've also heard of them locking a domain (and changing its DNS) of a pretty popular website (xx,xxx uniques per month) due to receiving one complaint (which turned out to be a fake complaint)

For me, GoDaddy are quite expensive (meaning you must rely in coupon codes), their website is quite clunky and slow, and I'm put off by the horror stories. Plus I get $7.75 .com domains at Moniker ^^

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Davion Wong

15 years ago

Hey, look for Namecheap discount coupons.

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AverageGuy

15 years ago

yes, it is possible in the fine print. ask them and double check.

yahoo has $1.99 domain, if I'm not wrong, you can keep using, but you can not move it.

david

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Salespectus 15 years ago

I would also go for namecheap.com. Current price is at $9.69/year.

They also offer monthly coupon codes with a discount price of $8.81/year for NEW domains.
and occasional discount offers for domain renewals.

For customers that have more than 50 domains you get a different special coupon that can be used for renewals.

While I recommend namecheap for domain registration, I wouldn't recommend them for webhosting.

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Cutthroat 15 years ago

Hmm, I read the domain policy page but nothing jumped out at me, although I am admittedly ignorant to what all of it meant.

It says this in my control panel under domains:

Tips for this category
• You don't have to register a domain with us to host it with us.
• From our panel you can register new domains.
• From our panel you can renew DreamHost-registered domains.
• From our panel you can submit registration transfers to or away from us.
• From our panel you can modify DreammHost-registered domains' public whois contact information including DNS name servers.
• Visit our wiki for information on Domain Registrations.

Does this part I put in bold imply that I do indeed own my domain and could transfer it if I wanted to?
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Nicholas William

15 years ago

Use godaddy with the promo code OYH7 and you'll get it for $7.45

They have the best tools, 24/7 support, free email account and you can host your site free using the attached hosting plan with domains (just put in some conash3D0 CSS to remove the advertising layer)

I've been using GoDaddy since 2002 and have had more than 1000 domains with them in that time. You could possibly find cheaper, but I'm not convinced the service and experience will be the same.

thats my 2 cents worth anyhow

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Cutthroat

15 years ago

Doesn't godaddy sell access to their domain availability searches? I tried to search availability with them once and it was available and then a few minutes later it was registered by some dutch domain squatters company.

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MoaddinFM

15 years ago

If you don´t mind some extra work like writing down 2 or 3 passwords (puh! that´s a lot work!).

Split them up. Use 2-3 registrars. Price should not be your main criterium for choosing a company. Reliability, Support, Payment process etc are much more important than the price. It doesnt matter if you pay 9,69, 9,99 or 9,29!!

Well, split up your portfolio, just like everything, don´t put all your eggs in one basket if it is not absolutely needed. You never know what problems can happen with such companies and if they close down or for some legal issues they hold back and shut down your domains, you don´t want to have only 1 business partner that controls you!

Just my early thoughts

Sincerely,
Martin

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Kris Turner

15 years ago

I use GoDaddy for everything now - wouldn't switch to anyone else!

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RichGal 15 years ago

I used GoDaddy for long time, but switched to NameCheap.com. Just can`t live with the GoDaddy`s website design and navigation... I`m an old internet user, but to find things on GoDaddy takes longer than on any other website...
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VinsM

15 years ago

I've used godaddy.com. They're easy and reasonable.

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lilhay

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Cutthroat

My webhost does it for $9.99. Is there any better prices out there without sacrificing anything? Example, site B lets you register for $5 but you have to pay for this, that and whatcha ma-call-it.

Go with Godaddy.com
They are the best hands down.
Listen to your fellow warriors.

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diggy20 15 years ago

Namecheap for me. Was a long time Godaddy user but I like Namecheap's interface a lot better. Plus free year of PrivacyGuard.
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- mikeyman120 15 years ago
  
  Your best bet is godaddy as everyone has already said.
  
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nick1123

15 years ago

For me personally, $10 a year is no big deal. If the website is going to make me lots of money then I'm not going to spend a lot of my time trying to save a dollar or two.

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Cutthroat

15 years ago

Well, I remembered seeing something before where namecheap was $4.95, which is half price of what I currently pay (in the long run, cutting that cost in half would add up). Hence, why I asked about it, as I could not find anything like that now.

Thanks for all the advice, I will look into it some more.

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Matt Gannon

15 years ago

I use name cheap, have never had a problem.

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joescorpio

15 years ago

my favorite is name.com & godaddy

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peetred

15 years ago

Godaddy is having .89c .info domains right now

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ravijayagopal

15 years ago

I use and love GoDaddy, in spite of their stupid, sleazy commercials :-)

I am also a member of their Discount Domain Club (or whatever it's called) and I pay like $7.50 per domain.

I have over 100+ domains registered with them.

I also like Namecheap.com, but the stupid guys won't do auto-renewal unless you have already purchased credits from them in advance and have those in your account.

Whereas Godaddy lets you store your CC on file and they charge your cc at the time of renewal only.

- Ravi Jayagopal

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Cutthroat

15 years ago

Originally Posted by ravijayagopal

I use and love GoDaddy, in spite of their stupid, sleazy commercials :-)

I am also a member of their Discount Domain Club (or whatever it's called) and I pay like $7.50 per domain.

I have over 100+ domains registered with them.

I also like Namecheap.com, but the stupid guys won't do auto-renewal unless you have already purchased credits from them in advance and have those in your account.

Whereas Godaddy lets you store your CC on file and they charge your cc at the time of renewal only.

- Ravi Jayagopal

That's what Dreamhost does for me, I can toggle auto-renewel on or off and they automatically charge my card when the time runs out. They also have a live countdown by days left next to each domain on the domain management screen. I have 14 domains with them though, so I think I will start spreading out.

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robofx

Banned 15 years ago

I heard that godaddy will shut you down, even take your domain (legally) if, say, one of your affiliates spams your domain to the world or if a prospect double-opts-in then forgets they did so & sends a spam complaint to godaddy. They'll just shut you down, supposedly, for being a spammer even though you're not.

I have no idea if that's true, but the idea scared me enough that I transferred all my domains to namecheap. (An example of the effective use of fear in selling LOL)

Actually, the transfers are pending as I type these words. Hopefully godaddy won't give me a hard time transferring them. Already I had to find & enter something called "the EPP Code" (sounds like a good name for a WSO)

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Momof2

15 years ago

I've been using 1and1 domains for a couple years now. You have to stay on top of your renewals, but they don't charge extra for private registration, unlike godaddy.

It's nice to keep all your domains in one place so you don't forget when a renewal comes up. You also don't forget where you registered it...

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bryan1812

15 years ago

I prefer enom or namecheap.com as they use Paypal.

yes, use godaddy if you want BUT their checkout is hideous and whatever you do, do NOT use their hosting...

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