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Best Domain Name Registrar?

PowerRanger

PowerRanger

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Hi all, I'm looking for advice as to which Domain Name Registrar is good. I'm not looking for anything fancy, no hosting yet, I just want to register a domain name...then host the actual website contents elsewhere.

So far I've looked at GoDaddy, as well as Namecheap. Any suggestions would be great!
 
EDIT:

Well I just went ahead and registered with Namecheap. Quick and easy I must say, unlike GoDaddy. Also Namecheap offers the privacy thing for free. 🙂

Thanks for the advice guys, I'm gonna research a bit more on Namecheap. One thing I noticed on GoDaddy during the registration process was something called "Secure Registration" or something like that? You buy it for 24.99/month, and it supposedly keeps your personal info private, and also locks your domain name? What exactly is all this stuff? On the page it said as soon as I register, my info will be out in the open or something...and that withouth "safe lock" my domain could be stolen??? 😕
 
some b/s godaddy big tatty tax.

i use 1and1 for domain they give you MX backup service and privacy. i've had over 200K emails backed up on their nemesis mail servers when i was being ddos'd.

they would send you to collections before turning off your domain like any business so if you were hospitalized for 6 weeks you'd not have to buy your domain back if your credit card got declined.
 
Originally posted by: Emulex
they would send you to collections before turning off your domain like any business so if you were hospitalized for 6 weeks you'd not have to buy your domain back if your credit card got declined.
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I am Not sure that been send into collection and losing Credit Rating is better than losing a "Stinky" domain name.

In any case I do not think that Who is the Registrar is really that important.

Most of the things mentioned under Registrar are related to the Hosting service.

The importance is in: "Who your Hosting service is"?
 
if i make up some realistic forged spam from you; godaddy will take your domain down and fine you $200.

some a-hole actually did this to me once. never used that company again.

godaddy also bans /24's based on the spamhaus RBL; so if you have a small set of fixed ip's say 16 and some a-hole spams from another subnet they'll improperly take the data and blacklist the whole C class. I had to deal with this as well. this is highly improper. Maybe godaddy failed at subnetting but I shouldn't be punished for their lack of effort. they did unblock after a few days and apologized but it is still bad practice imo.

Collections doesn't mean bad credit; It is in their best interest to get paid. they will nag you. But regardless what do you call having your domain sold off or having to pay a substantial fine because you were on vacation and your CC was stolen/expired/etc?

anyways 1and1 doesn't put a bad mark on your credit; their first line of collections is just a few calls to urgently remind you to pay your bill. which is nicer than coming home to having your DNS shut off killing your website & email. I guess if you look at it from a business perspective you'd rather have a few stern calls on your voicemail from the the ISP than from your customers?

I strongly recommend keeping dns that you value at a high end site like moniker (monte is a cool dude).

One thing i dont like about 1and1 is they don't let you prepay for 10 years like moniker. Moniker (or whoever they are called now) have brokered some very expensive domains and are very business like. for this you have to pay a premium but you probably won't end up with your precious 5-7 digit domain being stolen or jacked up.

And I strongly suggest using separate DNS registrar from hosting as you have the option to redirect in event of single point of failure (dns or hosting). If you lay both eggs in one basket and they go belly up you may be in a bad position.
 
Originally posted by: Emulex
if i make up some realistic forged spam from you; godaddy will take your domain down and fine you $200.

some a-hole actually did this to me once. never used that company again.

godaddy also bans /24's based on the spamhaus RBL; so if you have a small set of fixed ip's say 16 and some a-hole spams from another subnet they'll improperly take the data and blacklist the whole C class. I had to deal with this as well. this is highly improper. Maybe godaddy failed at subnetting but I shouldn't be punished for their lack of effort. they did unblock after a few days and apologized but it is still bad practice imo.

Collections doesn't mean bad credit; It is in their best interest to get paid. they will nag you. But regardless what do you call having your domain sold off or having to pay a substantial fine because you were on vacation and your CC was stolen/expired/etc?

anyways 1and1 doesn't put a bad mark on your credit; their first line of collections is just a few calls to urgently remind you to pay your bill. which is nicer than coming home to having your DNS shut off killing your website & email. I guess if you look at it from a business perspective you'd rather have a few stern calls on your voicemail from the the ISP than from your customers?

I strongly recommend keeping dns that you value at a high end site like moniker (monte is a cool dude).

One thing i dont like about 1and1 is they don't let you prepay for 10 years like moniker. Moniker (or whoever they are called now) have brokered some very expensive domains and are very business like. for this you have to pay a premium but you probably won't end up with your precious 5-7 digit domain being stolen or jacked up.

And I strongly suggest using separate DNS registrar from hosting as you have the option to redirect in event of single point of failure (dns or hosting). If you lay both eggs in one basket and they go belly up you may be in a bad position.
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I think this is a very common problem for webhosting provider. I've heard that spamhouse block ip block as large as /19 from a colleague that work at a hosting provider, it is always been a continuous battle with them to release their ip from spamhause list.

I think its ridiculous if go daddy actually fine you a fee for something that you didnt do.
I can see your domain being shut down, but to fine you thats another story.
 
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