Deanna Hoak

16 Responses to “Domain registry?”  

1. 1 tiellan Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:02 am

   Netsol.com is more expensive than some you’ll find, but I trust them. Many cheap domain registrars *own* your domain when you register with them. With Netsol, *you* own your own domain. I register all of my domains, and all of my web design clients’ domains through them.

2. 2 deannahoak Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:05 am

   Hm…I don’t see them on this list, though: http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html

3. 3 heathwitch Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:12 am

   Depends on the domain; what are you after? Be sure to watch out for “unseen” fees (e.g. charging to move/transfer a domain, and so on).

   (I work in Internet services, and we offer domain names as well as Web hosting.)

4. 4 deannahoak Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:15 am

   It’s a .com I want. I just want to register the name.

5. 5 deannahoak Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:19 am

   Oh, I see. It’s Network Solutions….They’re on the list.

6. 6 tiellan Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:22 am

   Netsol.com is Network Solutions.

7. 7 heathwitch Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:22 am

   In which case you can buy it through any company who uses any of the companies on ICANN’s list of Accredited Registrars. We use Tucows for all our TLD (top level domain, e.g. .com) orders/management.

   If you’re just looking to reserve the name, I’d go with someone who doesn’t charge the earth for one, and offers free parking of said domain. Good luck — and if you want any more advice, just holla. :)

8. 8 deannahoak Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:23 am

   I was just looking at Tucows! At their site, though, it connects to directdomain.com, which isn’t on that list….Is that okay, you think?

9. 9 queenoftheskies Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:38 am

   I’ve used GoDaddy for several years now and have always been quite pleased with them.

10. 10 heathwitch Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:39 am

    *moves conversation onto AIM* :)

11. 11 ocvictor Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:42 am

    We use GoDaddy, too. Totally been hassle free.

12. 12 rosefox Jan 7th, 2006 at 1:46 am

    I highly recommend joker.com (and strongly dislike Network Solutions, but I know people who are happy with them; so, as you please).

13. 13 domynoe Jan 7th, 2006 at 2:21 am

    godaddy.com

    $8.95/year (if paying one year at a time), complete control, and never any problems at all. I won’t register with anyone else.

14. 14 domynoe Jan 7th, 2006 at 2:24 am

    And I need to add, Network Solutions is TOO expensive. I started off with them years ago and it was a hastle to do just about anything. I owned the domain names, but it seemed like they made that ownership a hastle. Even transferring to godaddy took forever.

    With godaddy, everything is quick and clean. No isssues, ever.

15. 15 deannahoak Jan 7th, 2006 at 2:26 am

    Ah. Based on the comments I’ve gotten, I’ll probably try godaddy in the future. I went ahead and went with domaindirect, through Tucows, though. I’ll see how they are.

16. 16 anonymous Jan 7th, 2006 at 10:52 am

    I would like to third the recommendation to use godaddy. We had our domain with Network Solutions and it was painful to deal with the renwal/transfer process. _Very Painful_. Godaddy has been very simple and painless so far.

    Melissa

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