[Hidden-tech] Domain Registrars

Noah Smith noah at commonmedia.com
Thu Mar 22 11:57:29 EDT 2018


We use Hover, a refreshingly modern domain platform. Doubly surprising to
me because it is owned by Tucows, a proper internet dinosaur.



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On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:03 AM, Jeff Mackler <jeff at mrwconnected.com>
wrote:

> I’ve tried at least 10 different registrars over the years, and
> Uniregistry is by far my favorite (GoDaddy is probably my least favorite).
> Their interface and bulk handling is great. The prices are fair and support
> has been good. https://uniregistry.com/
>
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> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 8:37 PM Rich Roth <rich at on-the-net.com> wrote:
>
>> We've used opensrs (also known as TuCows) for quite a while, maybe 20
>> years.
>>
>> We had over 2,000 domains before sold off a major client and started to
>> retire -- we still have 2-300.
>>
>> The client moved this domains to Dyn.com, which looks like Oracle bought
>> them.
>> Opensrs as a pretty decent pricing - you can see at:
>> https://opensrs.com/services/domains/domain-pricing/
>> and they have just introduced a pricing that gives better discounts for
>> volume.
>> These are all reseller pricing - their retail group is hover.com
>>
>> Their interface is good for basic operations, or you can use their API to
>> your own domain management,
>> which is what I did -- they also provide DNS, forwarding and other
>> related services.
>> Their interface has batch changes or you can program bulk changes - like
>> DNS transitions.
>> I scripted moving all our domains (1500 at that time) to their DNS.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> On 3/21/2018 1:06 PM, Michael Muller wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Montague WebWorks uses GoDaddy for its registrar, and we now hold 394
>> domain names there.
>>
>> While for the most part I enjoy their Domain Manager, there is always
>> room for improvements... as well as possible savings.
>>
>> GoDaddy has a bulk-buying club, of sorts. You pay something like $125 a
>> year to get reduced pricing, so most domains cost about $9.20 instead of
>> $15. We charge our customers only $10/year to manage their domains for
>> them, which saves us TONS of time tracking down and assisting them in
>> managing their domains at whatever registrar they initially bought it if
>> they forgot to renew or their card expired. I'm more than happy to make
>> only 80c per year on these domains for this reason.
>>
>> I don't relish the thought of transferring that many domain names to
>> another registrar, but I'm curious who any of you use if you host
>> websites and manage domains for your customers.
>>
>> My questions are:
>>
>>    - Who do you use as a registrar, if not GoDaddy?
>>    - Do they have a white-label service, and if so, what does it cost?
>>    - How much do you pay per domain, on average?
>>    - How good is their management platform? Can you make multiple-domain
>>    changes in a single action?
>>    - Any other good tips.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mik
>>
>>
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