Who do you register your domains with?

**Luigi** · 10-16-2007, 08:03 AM

Quick question: Does it matter who you register your domain with? I mean if the company is reputable like godaddy, namecheap, 1and1, etc, ultimately it shouldn't matter right, so go with the one that offers the cheapest domain registration?

**Big Dan** · 10-16-2007, 08:49 AM

As you long as you're using a major registar pretty much the only difference is price & included features.

1&1:

Worst support I've ever dealt with. Slow canned responses, every response takes at least 2 days, nothing gets fixed in less than 4 emails! :BangHead:
Free whois privacy (private registration)
Crappy & Hard to navigate control panel.. No bulk updating of name servers :kickass::BangHead::bangin::boozer:
Free email address with each domain (*maybe* looks like a new feature)
Convulted (purposefully misleading) domain cancellation process

GoDaddy:

Best Control Panel. Fast and user intuitive
Support is okay, canned responses are a bit annoying though.
Free email address with each domain
Free hosting account with each domain but the catch is it's ad supported, so I skip that.
Easy domain cancellation/deletion process

Worst part of GoDaddy is the upsells at every turn. It gets annoying after awhile

Name Cheap:

Easy to use Control Panel
Transfers between users, super easy.
Decent Coupon Codes
Easy cancellation process

Cannot say anything about support, never had occasion to use it.

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Even though 1&1 is the worst on my list, I use them for most impulse buys as their the cheapest. If I don't develop the site, I can just cancel it and only loose $6.

All in all GoDaddy is the best IMHO.

Forgot to add another registrar above: Dreamhost, I had a couple of domains with them when I hosted there. Nice CP, free whois privacy, it's easy to set auto-renew options for each domain individually.

**tinkerbell** · 10-16-2007, 11:23 AM

Last year the person who set up my forum and registered our name used 1and1 but I found the bills too high, now I dont know if it was just him or if it was the company so when I left and moved away from him I changed name and host and now I am with hostgator and i cant name one complaint or gripe or niggle and I wouldnt change for the world.
Great selection of packages
fair price
great service
no interupted service
No complaints :dancingbanana:

Tinks

**Michael Biddle** · 10-16-2007, 05:16 PM

I register with Web Hosting, Cheap web hosting, Domains, Domain Name - Omnis Network is the #1 cheap web hosting provider, I have for a long time, and they work great for me. Also located here in Socal

**James** · 10-16-2007, 05:23 PM

Big Dan nailed it, I have used GoDaddy for years and I have no plans for changing.

Yes the up-selling is annoying, but you just hit the continue to checkout and your done.

**eric** · 10-16-2007, 05:50 PM

marketing marketing , Godaddy has to make money somewhere, their buy rates with icann are not enough for cost covering :2cents:

**thiji34** · 01-19-2012, 05:08 AM

Informative!! I got TLD domain registration from Whoisxy and the service provided by them is reliable and affordable..