[Hidden-tech] Domain Registrars

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 24 Mar 2018 21:08:00 -0400 Rich Roth <webmaster at hidden-tech.net> wrote:

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> 
> Well - kinda - web sites maybe - this chart is kind of interesting:
>  Â Â Â  http://www.internetlivestats.com/total-number-of-websites/
> 
> There were plenty of domains, more then 50 -- most were just email, lots 
> using UUCP

The the most common TLDs in the beginning were .edu, .gov, .mil, .org, with
.com fairly rare.

> 
> Dtop.com - my oldest: Created Date:1992-12-31 -- which is when the 
> domain registration started,
> Before that as Mik said
> 
> 
> On 3/24/2018 8:23 PM, Sam McClellan wrote:
> > I remember that. When Bill Clinton took office there were 50 websites. 
> > Now 1,862,225,000
> >
> > On 3/24/2018 4:51 PM, Michael Muller wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks you for those who replied. Very interesting, how times have 
> >> changed from the pre-NetSol days, back when you emailed the Internic 
> >> directly. Mail them a $75 check and find out in a week. Wild.
> >>
> >> Mik
> >>
> >> Mik Muller, president
> >> Montague WebWorks
> >> 413-320-5336
> >> http://MontagueWebWorks.com
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> >> 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 itif they forgot to renew or their card 
> >>> expired. I'm more than happy to make only 80c per year on these 
> >>> domainsfor 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 useas 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -- 
> >>> Mik Muller, president
> >>> Montague WebWorks
> >>> 413-320-5336
> >>> http://MontagueWebWorks.com
> >>> Powered by ROCKETFUSION
> >>>
> >>>
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