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#1 User is offline   CCo

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Posted 19 April 2006 - 04:04 PM

I have been using Go Daddy as my domain registrar for about a year now, but after registering a new domain yesterday I have to say it was a thoroughly painful process. I was constantly bombarded with offers of adding all sorts of stuff to my domain purchase. I was a little annoyed to find that once I got to the payment screen it had changed the period of registration from 1 year to 2. I had to start the process again.

What I'm after is a registrar that is simple, doesn't try to bombard me with upselling. I don't mind paying a little extra. Suggestions?

I wish ASO did domains.

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Posted 19 April 2006 - 04:33 PM

I use namecheap.com mainly

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Posted 19 April 2006 - 04:37 PM

QUOTE(CCo @ Apr 19 2006, 5:04 PM) View Post

I have been using Go Daddy as my domain registrar for about a year now, but after registering a new domain yesterday I have to say it was a thoroughly painful process. I was constantly bombarded with offers of adding all sorts of stuff to my domain purchase. I was a little annoyed to find that once I got to the payment screen it had changed the period of registration from 1 year to 2. I had to start the process again.

What I'm after is a registrar that is simple, doesn't try to bombard me with upselling. I don't mind paying a little extra. Suggestions?

I wish ASO did domains.


You might want to give http://active-domain.com/ a look.

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Posted 19 April 2006 - 04:46 PM

QUOTE(v0id @ Apr 19 2006, 10:33 PM) View Post
I use namecheap.com mainly


I have heard namecheap are good.

Apparently some of their prices are now cheaper than godaddy

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Posted 19 April 2006 - 04:49 PM

QUOTE(v0id @ Apr 19 2006, 3:33 PM) View Post

I use namecheap.com mainly

Yeah, namecheap are lovely.

And if you're going to buy from namecheap, put EVENLOWER as a coupon code. smile.gif
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Posted 19 April 2006 - 04:55 PM

NameCheap has an amazingly clean and simple interface wink.gif.
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Posted 19 April 2006 - 05:17 PM

Another vote for NameCheap - straightforward to use.
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Posted 19 April 2006 - 06:35 PM

I also use Namecheap for my domains, they also throw you a free one year subscription of Whois Guard!
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Posted 19 April 2006 - 11:31 PM

I still use godaddy, i have around 35 domains there. The problem with the "promos" when you buy a domain, is... well, simple to avoid. Just scroll to the bottom and thats it. =D

I do that all the time, its simple.
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Posted 20 April 2006 - 05:14 AM

tosdomains.net are good.
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Posted 20 April 2006 - 07:44 AM

I also use GoDaddy, and have no problems. It's pretty easy to bulk update domain entries, and it's easy to see what doamins you have, etc. And yeah they have promos, but like Nightclubber says, moving past them is easy.
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Posted 20 April 2006 - 11:24 AM


I would recommend Moniker.

Staff is courteous and helpful (like emoticon.gif ) and high security features.
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Posted 20 April 2006 - 03:35 PM

Namecheap works great for me!
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 05:20 PM

Just dont use iPower.. I recommend Godaddy above all other domain registrars. I personally think they have the best control panel and service around.
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 06:55 PM

QUOTE(thefranchise @ Apr 22 2006, 11:20 PM) View Post

Just dont use iPower.. I recommend Godaddy above all other domain registrars. I personally think they have the best control panel and service around.



Thread title reads "Alternatives to GoDaddy" wink.gif
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 07:03 PM

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Thread title reads "Alternatives to GoDaddy"


I realize that I just thought id ring in and warn about ipower. I cant recommend any other registrars because they are the best I have used. That is why I brought them up again. busted_cop.gif
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Posted 22 April 2006 - 07:08 PM

I used godaddy at first. Their interface is too cluttered, and there are a hell of a lot of ads. I use Namecheap now. Simple, straightforward interface, very easy to use.
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Posted 23 April 2006 - 08:41 AM

I use namecheap and 123-reg.

...Although I'm still trying to get 1 domain away from xreg without going the nominet route and paying the £15+ fee
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Posted 23 April 2006 - 10:46 AM

GoDaddy used to indicate in their terms of service that they retained ownership of any domains registered through them. I have not checked in a while, but I would not use a registrar that did this.
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Posted 23 April 2006 - 11:14 AM

Used to use GoDaddy for the longest time, just last week I transfered a few domains over to NameCheap which were about to expire, and I must say I love NameCheap!

Transfers are lightning fast, it took 1 day! That's it! With GoDaddy it takes around a week for transfers to be processed.

The interface is very easy to use, much better and intuitive than GoDaddy's.

Paypal! You can add funds to your account via paypal, which is so nice for those of us who don't have a credit card. It's nice to have a pot of funds therefore when they are set to auto-renew they just renew from the funds already there.

NameCheap gets a 10/10 from me!
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