| BlackCrayon |
02-08-2014 07:23 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by robwod
(Post 19973550)
It only takes a few minutes to create an account (and costs you nothing) at most registrars. Certain things will appeal to others that may not appeal to you, and vice versa. NameSilo has earned my business over the others such that I have left most of the registrars. BUT, what i like may not appeal to you.
Best thing is to just create an account at each one you are considering and browse around and just make your own opinion.
FWIW, my observations are this:
NameCheap: looks like a WordPress affiliate blog on first glance, not a registrar. If the frontend is indicative of what the forthcoming control panel will look like, then it's not something I'd likely bother with as I don't much care to click around to reveal hidden things.
GoDaddy: Domains are more expensive than they used to be, and they easily have the worst cluttered interface of the bunch. The idea of course is to get you to join the Domain Discount Club. Then there are the constant upsells. They do offer decent phone support though.
Network Solutions: still charging ridiculous prices for domains. But they do have a fairly nice control panel. For the price they charge, I would expect better support though than they offer.
NameSilo: completely uncluttered, straight-to-the-point interface and streamlined process for registrations, transfers and renewals -- with fully disclosed prices.
Moniker: Used to be a great registrar with great support. Then support seemed to only get done with Bari. Once she left for eNom, it was hit and miss with Moniker support, if you even managed to get a native English speaker you were lucky (I assume they switched to outsourced support).
Enom: I have not tried yet. I may consider giving Bari an email and see what she can do. I'll certainly not pay $13.95 for a domain registration which is apparently their standard .com registration.
Others here can likely give you their impressions of their favorite registrars. I have accounts at too many of them to list them all here.
Good luck.
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i mostly use godaddy and then namecheap and moniker. what you said about them is pretty accurate however i couldn't care less what namecheaps main page looks like. their dashboard is functional and works easy enough. the only thing that seems like a pain is i am not sure if you can get auth codes in bulk. they are however just a reseller of enom so not their own registrar really.
things i like about godaddy, you can instantly approve transfers, when you own a lot of domains the price is low (8,47) total for renewals and you get a support guy who can help you with shit if you need it. i never had any problem with their interface though their constant changes are somewhat annoying.
moniker...well they haven't changed in years in regard to their interface but they still work fine as long as you never run into problems. as you said, support is lazy and stupid and just doesn't care.
now enom..i haven't used them directly. namecheap is a reseller of enom though. i might go for it at some point in the future. thing is you need to pre-load $5k to get the good pricing with their reseller program. sure you can go through bari and probably not have to do that but what happens when/if she leaves enom for another company or another venture altogether? thats the problem with going with someone's reseller account. if you have your own reseller account, then you don't have to worry about that.
dynadot's interface seems old and i never really got used to it or really gave it a chance either i guess. i guess you can get cheaper domains if you preload money or have a lot with them. same with fabulous. |
