Register Domain Name

[jrphoenix]

Hello,

I need to register a domain name for a business and was curious if any of you know who would do this at a reasonable price and how to go about doing this? First forray into this arena.

Thank you!

 

[edmicman]

I like namecheap - $8.88

www.namecheap.com

 

[jrphoenix]

Thanks Ed!.... I'll give them a go unless I hear of anything better!

 

[DaveSimmons]

search "domain" for 2 recent threads on this here, it also gets asked often in Off-Topic.

 

[Confused]

RossMAN (who is the resident web-hosting guru) normally suggests to use Namecheap for personal domains and GoDaddy for business domains.

Maybe he'll see this soon and will give his input as to why he says that!

 

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: Confused
RossMAN (who is the resident web-hosting guru) normally suggests to use Namecheap for personal domains and GoDaddy for business domains.

Maybe he'll see this soon and will give his input as to why he says that!

Just used GoDaddy for my first web foray, and I give it a thumbs-up.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I use godaddy for half of mine. There's some new "locking domains" thing. It's to help scammers in transferring domains to themselves. Make sure you lock your domains. :|

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ

Originally posted by: Confused
RossMAN (who is the resident web-hosting guru) normally suggests to use Namecheap for personal domains and GoDaddy for business domains.

Maybe he'll see this soon and will give his input as to why he says that!

Just used GoDaddy for my first web foray, and I give it a thumbs-up.

 

[alm4rr]

I like godaddy.com

(dont forget to lock your new domain)

 

[jrphoenix]

Originally posted by: alm4rr
I like godaddy.com

(dont forget to lock your new domain)

What does it mean to lock your new domain? My father paid for a domain (very cheap) and at the renwal they want to charge him $200+ for 5 years! or $75 for 1 year. I hope they haven't locked the domain???

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: jrphoenix

Originally posted by: alm4rr
I like godaddy.com

(dont forget to lock your new domain)

What does it mean to lock your new domain? My father paid for a domain (very cheap) and at the renwal they want to charge him $200+ for 5 years! or $75 for 1 year. I hope they haven't locked the domain???

The way I understand it is: If you do not lock your domain someone can send a transfer request to the registrar and have it transferred without authorization. If the domain is locked, it will not be transferred, or maybe some kind of authorization will be necessary. So basically, it alleviates the registrar of any responsibility when they give your domain name to someone else.

 

[tart666]

1and1, $5.99, plus get 25 free .info with any purchase. Been pretty happy.

 

[RossMAN]

NameCheap or GoDaddy, both are excellent choices.

Who are you going to use as a web host?

 

[whistleclient]

how about a poll comparing Namecheap to GoDaddy to 1and1?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: tangent1138
how about a poll comparing Namecheap to GoDaddy to 1and1?

1and1 would be last.

 

[Extrarius]

1and1 is good for their free stuff, and if you REALLY must save that dollar or two, but their control panel SUCKS and the servers that host their control panel is even worse (it takes 2-5 seconds to load a page on their site, and the problem is not mine {3Mb cable here} AND you have to go to something like 10 pages from logon to actually editing info)

I use GoDaddy for most of my stuff and the extra few dollars you must pay them over 1and1 is worth it a million times over. GoDaddy's control panel is extremely responsive and doesn't require navigating so many pages to complete a simple change of whatever info.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Extrarius
I use GoDaddy for most of my stuff and the extra few dollars you must pay them over 1and1 is worth it a million times over. GoDaddy's control panel is extremely responsive and doesn't require navigating so many pages to complete a simple change of whatever info.

GoDaddy's GUI isn't that bad, it's 100x better than 1and1 is.

You should try NameCheap.com it's even BETTER than GoDaddy

 

[jrphoenix]

I am recommending godaddy based on the comments here. Thanks for the help everyone! Seems like they offer a great deal at a good price.

 

[funggorgor]

I commend godaddy.com

 

[rnmcd]

I typcially use namecheap and am very satified with them but I am trying to register a domain with a .nz extension and they didn't offer that at namecheap.com

GoDaddy.com does offer it....at $69.95/year!!!

 

[cyberia]

1and1 is offering a free domain name registration with their 6 month trial. I understand that they are nut as good as NameCheap or GoDaddy, but for the price I am willing to give them a try.

Does anyone know what information is sent to the registrar when you rester a domain name through 1and1? Is your personal info listed when you do a whois search on your domain name?

 

[darkjester]

NameCheap has WhoIsGuard free for a year ($4.88 each year after that) which basically puts fake, managed data in your WHOIS entry to avoid spam-collectors. The data maps to your actual data, so someone who legitimately needs the info will be able to retrieve it. For that reason, I use NameCheap for all of my domain names (and even transferred some GoDaddy domains to NameCheap).

Oops, almost forgot that you can also instantiate a Registrar Lock through NameCheap. That interface isn't as seamless as GoDaddy's, but it's still functional.