[Hidden-tech] Domain registrars?

[Charles Uchu Strader]

This is definitely a piece we are actively working with.  There's 
definitely so many resellers out there on the domain registrar level.   
We're a currently a reseller of a subsidiary of GoDaddy and another 
registrar Domains.coop. 

We've been exploring creating our accredited registrar or joining up 
with CoreNIC, which is a multi-stakeholder democratically managed 
registrar.   Would love to talk with other providers out there that may 
be interested on creating a separate ICANN accredited registrar together.


Charles Uchu Strader
charles at gaiahost.coop 1-800-672-8060 x803
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Rich wrote:
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> area.
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>
> 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.
>>  
>>
>