[Hidden-tech] Domain registrars?

[Rich]

Interesting - from the comments - there are probably 5-10,000 domains 
accounted for by the comments
in this discussion - (we have about 3,000 ourselves).

Might be a business collaboration to discuss here -- any interest ?

Rich

Peter Pelland wrote:
>  
> Hi Jeff,
>  
> The only reason to use an outfit like GoDaddy is if you can't afford 
> to pay more than their giveaway pricing (or like to support businesses 
> that were launched on the back of sleazy sexist Super Bowl 
> advertising). Needless to say, we don't use them. Our primary 
> registrar up until now has been directNIC <http://www.directnic.com/>. 
> We have just shy of 500 domain names registered through directNIC; 
> however, I am in the process of migrating our accounts elsewhere. I 
> have been very happy with their services, including free redirects, 
> free e-mail aliases, a user-friendly interface, bulk discounts, and a 
> generous grace period should you miss a renewal date. What I don't 
> like is that they have recently moved their corporate headquarters 
> from New Orleans (where, from their upper floor offices and running on 
> generators, they didn't miss a beat during Katrina) to Grand Cayman. I 
> don't respect what I see as corporate tax avoidance, when businesses 
> like yours and mine are paying our dues to both the IRS and the 
> Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Our "secondary" registrar up until now 
> has been Moniker. Moniker <http://www.moniker.com/> is a little less 
> expensive than directNIC, but price has never been our concern. 
> Moniker is headquartered in Florida.
>  
>

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