Recommend me a Domain Name Registrar

fightinfilipino

i've had a domain name registered with 1and1.com for around three years. but some of the scuttlebutt i've been reading about them lately (poor customer service, fraudulent business practices) are making me want to move to a different company.

i'm mainly using the domain name for a personal website/blog, so no need for commercial services. but i would like to have the domain name privacy i could get with 1and1. i've been looking at godaddy.com and namecheap.com, but am seeing people reporting the same shady business practices being done by these companies too...

are there any reputable, mid-to-low cost domain registrars left on this good green earth (or at least in the US)?

Kris

I dunno what you've heard about Go Daddy, but Chad Johnson says that they are the worlds number one domain registrar. You have no reason not to believe a football star's opinion about internet-based tech. companies. 8-)

imbalanced

I only do domain registration through Network Solutions. Granted they usually cost more, but they are the roots of the Internet tree. I can't find myself paying for a domain through anyone else.

The Reverend Dr Galactus

I actually switched to 1and1 from GoDaddy because I couldn't stand GD's user interface.

Not sure what 1and1 is rumored to be doing (ideally I'd like to switch to a more indie reg/host at some point) but there's plenty of stuff out there to recommend against GD.

fightinfilipino

heh.

supposedly leaving 1and1 is a torturous nightmare. i have my domain name and my hosting set up using separate companies, so i can avoid most of the pain of switching if it came down to it. but should i need to transfer my domain name, i'm afraid that the slow action of 1and1 and the horrible customer support i've read about will become big problems.

i have been using 1and1 since 2006 and have had no problems so far...guess i'm just a little antsy.

imbalanced

fightinfilipino wrote: »

heh.

supposedly leaving 1and1 is a torturous nightmare. i have my domain name and my hosting set up using separate companies, so i can avoid most of the pain of switching if it came down to it. but should i need to transfer my domain name, i'm afraid that the slow action of 1and1 and the horrible customer support i've read about will become big problems.

i have been using 1and1 since 2006 and have had no problems so far...guess i'm just a little antsy.

I've had 1&1 for at least five years now, and I hadn't had any problems with them until recently when they switched me to a new server and things just started breaking randomly. I even had four days of downtime. After a little arguing, they gave me a month of free service, so I guess I'm cool with them... for now....

Dusda

I use GoDaddy for all of my domains. Fairly painless to me. I mean, I visit their site what, once every year or two to renew my leases?

Fraz

I agree with ocho cinco and everyone else, Go Daddy is fantastic.

Zetx

I disagree. GoDaddy is far too bloated. I use NameCheap. Hell, I switched from GoDaddy.

Kris

I'm not trying to defend Go Daddy, since I've never used them, but how can a domain name registrar be too bloated? I could understand if you were talking about their web hosting service, but for just registering your domain, what counts as bloat?

Lucky Cynic

I've used go-daddy. Worked good and easy to set up, but the only complaint that I have is when I didn't care if my domain didn't get re-subscribed to and they just kept flooding my inbox with 'ZOMG! PROTECT YOUR DOMAIN OR SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT GET IT!"

Zetx

Bloat may not be the best definition of it, but there are alot of things you have to make sure to uncheck or perhaps the 'free' things they offer, you need to cancel before they start charging and they send way too many emails ;p

Ronen

Godaddy's interface is far from great it's infinitely better than register.com's, whose I'm forced to use at work. Fuck those guys.

I use Godaddy for all my personal domains.

DeathPrawn

If you're looking for hosting as well as domain name registration, I've heard good things about www.nearlyfreespeech.net. Certainly an interesting business model. Their registrations seem cheap and straightforward, but they basically do it as a service for their hosting subscribers.

fightinfilipino

hmm...looks like i'm gonna jump ship to godaddy. gotta find some coupons...

ArcSyn

Huh, I've been using 1&1 for my hosting and domain name for a few years now without an issue. I love that I get a domain and a few gigs of storage and transfer for only $2 a month.

RandomEngy

Didn't Network Solutions do that garbage where they automatically reserve a domain you searched for, preventing you from buying that domain from anyone else but them? Who conveniently offer it for 7 times the going price?