nycgal
December 29th, 2008, 18:50
Hi all,
I'm looking to transfer about 7 or 8 names to a new registrar. I have mostly .com, .net and 1 .tv domains, all at NetSol right now and due to be renewed soon. Been googling around, trying to find sites that compare registrars independently (tough to find) and came across this forum, which seems to have good info (always like a community when it comes to advice like this). I read the sticky here about inexpensive domain name registrars, and some of the ones mentioned were on my shortlist.
Am hoping for some more feedback so I can decide -- I don't need a host, as I have another service for that. My concern is stability, reliability, keeping the expense as low as I can but it doesn't have to be bargain basement. I'd like to know that customer support is dependable, that my registration will be private (to fight spam), locked so no one else can steal my names, and that it will be fairly easy to do what I want with my domains -- such as point one of my domains to another, input my hosts's dns server names in my account, or deal with problems if any come up.
I'm not in the domain biz, not a reseller, do not intend to get many more names... I'm just someone who plans on having a few sites for specific purposes and wants to protect my domain names. I don't know much about this stuff -- I know that my host administers my email addresses that are attached to my domains, but does that mean I need email services from my registrar in order to do that?
So, I've narrowed it down to:
name.com
namecheap
moniker
1and1
Was also considering register.com but they seem to be as expensive as NetSol. There were some others I was looking at but after a few hours of this, they're all a jumble in my head (anyone heard of iregistry?). My sister has pretty happy with dotster but is also looking since the prices went up. this can be a confusing process. I always stayed with NetSol 'cause I figured they were first and most reliable & secure.
Trying to save money in this terrible economy, without risking too much in quality and security. Your feedback is appreciated (tho, just a comment like "name.com is great!" isn't as helpful as a thoughtful comparison of two or more of these). If any of you can give me some insight, I'll be ever grateful.
I'm looking to transfer about 7 or 8 names to a new registrar. I have mostly .com, .net and 1 .tv domains, all at NetSol right now and due to be renewed soon. Been googling around, trying to find sites that compare registrars independently (tough to find) and came across this forum, which seems to have good info (always like a community when it comes to advice like this). I read the sticky here about inexpensive domain name registrars, and some of the ones mentioned were on my shortlist.
Am hoping for some more feedback so I can decide -- I don't need a host, as I have another service for that. My concern is stability, reliability, keeping the expense as low as I can but it doesn't have to be bargain basement. I'd like to know that customer support is dependable, that my registration will be private (to fight spam), locked so no one else can steal my names, and that it will be fairly easy to do what I want with my domains -- such as point one of my domains to another, input my hosts's dns server names in my account, or deal with problems if any come up.
I'm not in the domain biz, not a reseller, do not intend to get many more names... I'm just someone who plans on having a few sites for specific purposes and wants to protect my domain names. I don't know much about this stuff -- I know that my host administers my email addresses that are attached to my domains, but does that mean I need email services from my registrar in order to do that?
So, I've narrowed it down to:
name.com
namecheap
moniker
1and1
Was also considering register.com but they seem to be as expensive as NetSol. There were some others I was looking at but after a few hours of this, they're all a jumble in my head (anyone heard of iregistry?). My sister has pretty happy with dotster but is also looking since the prices went up. this can be a confusing process. I always stayed with NetSol 'cause I figured they were first and most reliable & secure.
Trying to save money in this terrible economy, without risking too much in quality and security. Your feedback is appreciated (tho, just a comment like "name.com is great!" isn't as helpful as a thoughtful comparison of two or more of these). If any of you can give me some insight, I'll be ever grateful.