Domain Registration

[Nohr]

I moved from Godaddy to Namecheap in August. Got sick of all the extra crap Godaddy would try to sell me when it came time to renew.

 

[sarva123]

hi

 

[RossMAN]

hi

Where is my free iPod or happy ending?

 

[Gooberlx2]

NameCheap.com with WhoisGuard protection

:thumbsup: Namecheap has been rock solid for me. Been using them for 8 years.

 

[lord_emperor]

I use GoDaddy, really can't argue when I can always find a coupon code for $8.

Other than suggesting I also register every conceivable permutation of my domain name when I renew I don't get any other marketing from them.

 

[zCypher]

Yup, namecheap is the best.

 

[Farang]

After a recent experience, I have to recommend strongly against Madgenius. I had previously used them for simple hosting, but as a domain service they are terrible. I know I'll get some pushback here because they offer an ATOT discount, but it's the truth. Anyway felt I should follow up after my recommendations here and elsewhere

It's a one man shop and I get the sense unless you are a larger client, you are useless (understandable but if you aren't spending a lot that means you're better off going to a larger service)

 

[RossMAN]

After a recent experience, I have to recommend strongly against Madgenius. I had previously used them for simple hosting, but as a domain service they are terrible. I know I'll get some pushback here because they offer an ATOT discount, but it's the truth. Anyway felt I should follow up after my recommendations here and elsewhere

It's a one man shop and I get the sense unless you are a larger client, you are useless (understandable but if you aren't spending a lot that means you're better off going to a larger service)

I have no personal experience with MadGenius domain or hosting wise.

You should ALWAYS register your domains directly with an actual domain registrar that is ICANN accredited.

Domain - Domain registrar
Web hosting - Hosting company

Keep them separate.

 

[Farang]

I have no personal experience with MadGenius domain or hosting wise.

You should ALWAYS register your domains directly with an actual domain registrar that is ICANN accredited.

Domain - Domain registrar
Web hosting - Hosting company

Keep them separate.

Yea I was pretty clueless going in, I had just used them for my hosting so I figured keep it all in house.

Anyway, a nightmare. Go with a big name service if you just want to register a domain and nothing else. This has cost me a week of revenue dealing with this guy

 

[RossMAN]

Yea I was pretty clueless going in, I had just used them for my hosting so I figured keep it all in house.

You're right and it does make sense to have everything in house. When you think about it, a single billing and support contact makes total sense. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Fortunately I read threads similar to this which clued me in and ever since then I keep the two separate.

Aside from domain problems, how is MadGenius for hosting?

 

[Farang]

You're right and it does make sense to have everything in house. When you think about it, a single billing and support contact makes total sense. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Fortunately I read threads similar to this which clued me in and ever since then I keep the two separate.

Aside from domain problems, how is MadGenius for hosting?

I'm a very minor hosting customer (more of a storefront, probably less than 100 visitors), so I couldn't speak to technical issues. And I don't have a lot of recent experience with other hosts.

But it's pretty fucking ridiculous what I'm dealing with right now.. just know that if you have issues it's one dude who seems pretty god damn hard to get a simple point across with. Literally I'm trying to connect the domain I recently bought with a blogger account, which requires some simple CNAME changes, and that has taken a week of back and forth with this guy

 

[Ashley S]

I use www.godaddy.com but there prices are to high.
So I moved over to www.namecheap.com

 

[xanis]

You're right and it does make sense to have everything in house. When you think about it, a single billing and support contact makes total sense. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Fortunately I read threads similar to this which clued me in and ever since then I keep the two separate.

Aside from domain problems, how is MadGenius for hosting?

Pretty good I think. I'm a pretty light user but uptime, support, etc. are all there and definitely good for the price.

FWIW I have one domain through MG and one through Gandi (international domain).

 

[mjrpes3]

I've used namecheap for my 5 domains for the last 6 years or so and been happy.

My boss has 100 domains with godaddy and has made it a priority to switch over to someone else because of the superbowl commercial. probably namecheap.... the superbowl was a great promotion for them lol!

 

[KlokWyze]

domains @ namecheap
hosting @ madgenius

 

[Poulsonator]

I've used Namecheap exclusively since Ross recommended them many, many years ago.

Me too! Been using them for 10+ years now, with zero complaints.

 

[Slick5150]

Another thumbs up for namecheap.com

Have 30ish domains there and zero problems. Moved the rest of my domains there from GoDaddy last year and haven't looked back.