[Hidden-tech] Domain registrars?

[Charlie Heath]

As a general rule I agree about GoDaddy and steer business elsewhere.  
Anecdotally, I'm told their hosting is a bit overloaded and slow by a 
couple of clients who have asked to have their hosting transferred 
elsewhere.

However, I found their domain backordering service to be quite good, 
allowing me to capture a couple of domains that "expired" but which kept 
getting temporarily grabbed by other registrars and domain speculators.  
And once captured, I've found the domain management tools at GoDaddy to 
be pretty good, once I navigate away from the various sales pitches.  I 
haven't yet had to renew or transfer the captured domains, but do have 
calendar reminders set for myself so I won't leave it up to GoDaddy to 
remind me in time to renew or transfer them.

Charlie Heath
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> Hi Jeff,
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> 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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> Check out my blog post on this topic from about a year ago, still 
> relevant:
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>     *Sent:* Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:37 PM
>     *Subject:* [Hidden-tech] Domain registrars?
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>     Which domain registrar do you prefer?
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>     I've been using Godaddy.com, but wondered about other people's
>     preferences/experiences.
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>     Jeff
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>     Jeff Rutherford
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