well, i have never registered a domain name before, so i'm looking for some help in picking out a registrar.
first of all, i'm rather confused with the differences in pricing. What do the more expensive sites offer when comparied to the cheapies?

one comparison i'd like to mention...
1and1.com vs eNom.com
first of all, 1and1.com, whats the catch? why's it so cheap?
and eNom.com... am i reading it wrong or do they have ridiculous setup fee's?
in both cases you get your domain name, so why is one so much more?

and could i please get recommendations for good registrars? I obveously like the price of 1&1... but i just figure theres gotta be a catch. what is it?
ty

with 1and1 just wait until you want to transfer the name away from them to another registrar.

I recommend name.com. It is cheap and they provide very good service.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

with 1and1 just wait until you want to transfer the name away from them to another registrar.

I conclude their bad for that? do you have any recommendations then?

Originally Posted by phppoddotcom

I recommend name.com. It is cheap and they provide very good service.

it's $5.99, again whats the catch?
although i do notice that it says its limited time offer... what will they boost it to next year?

I conclude their bad for that?

Don't know about generally, but the clients we have transferred to our tag and hosting were charged almost £90 (GBP) for release and retagging.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Don't know about generally, but the clients we have transferred to our tag and hosting were charged almost £90 (GBP) for release and retagging.

ouch.. ya thats not good.
um, what about namecheap?
i've thought about it and i kind of want some whois protection?
who offers this?

I just want someone with whois protection, and non-hastle transfering for under 10 bucks a year. is this possible

Originally Posted by Webmaster Chris

ouch.. ya thats not good.
um, what about namecheap?
i've thought about it and i kind of want some whois protection?
who offers this?

I just want someone with whois protection, and non-hastle transfering for under 10 bucks a year. is this possible

As mentioned before, name.com is very low cost and they do give you free private whois.

I have not transferred away from name.com, but I have transferred to them.

Namecheap is a reseller for Enom. They offer free private whois for the first year, but it's not that expensive to renew it. I have transferred away from Namecheap and it is a mixed bag. Just hope that their buggy servers can actually send an authorization code to your email.

Namecheap's domain availability checker seems to be a fairly secure process; I've never had a domain sniped by using their checker in advance of registering one. I would be cautious of doing the same with Enom or GoDaddy.

Moniker is a little higher than Namecheap. Their servers are buggy too. Their control panel will confuse the hell out of anybody. Transfers out are authorized within your account. It will probably take the full 6 days for the transfer to take.

Tucows is a reseller provider only (too bad ). The smoothest transfers out I have had was from a Tucows reseller. Once I received the authorization email from Tucows, the transfer was complete by the end of the day. You might want to check for a reputable Tucows reseller (in other words, stay away from Globat and domainsarefree.com; they won't do anything bad with your domain or charge you to transfer it, but you really need to read through the TOS to see exactly what service offers you are signing up for).

If you go to name.com, go to the bottom of the front page and you will find a link to their blog; that is where you will find any coupon codes if they are offering any (that blog has to be the slowest loading blog I've ever seen).

Enom is great. Not sure if they cheap ones

I would either go with 1and1 or Godaddy. They are pretty reasonable and have worked for me in the past.

Originally Posted by Webmaster Chris

well, i have never registered a domain name before, so i'm looking for some help in picking out a registrar.
first of all, i'm rather confused with the differences in pricing. What do the more expensive sites offer when comparied to the cheapies?

one comparison i'd like to mention...
1and1.com vs eNom.com
first of all, 1and1.com, whats the catch? why's it so cheap?
and eNom.com... am i reading it wrong or do they have ridiculous setup fee's?
in both cases you get your domain name, so why is one so much more?

and could i please get recommendations for good registrars? I obveously like the price of 1&1... but i just figure theres gotta be a catch. what is it?
ty

The catch is having problems after registering... Get a name from an accredited registrar. That one is better, which is cheaper... That is all!

well i just went with name.com
seems fine so far.. obviously.
the whois protection is really nice though.
and they had some promotion so it was only at 6 bucks... will prolly jump a ton nxt year tho

Originally Posted by Webmaster Chris

...will prolly jump a ton nxt year tho

No...

I have had good experiences with 1and1 (I have over 50 domains there), although I havent transferred any domains away from them (only to them from a number of registrars). 1and1 has consistently had good prices over the years and their regular prices are often better than the sale prices for other registrars. Additionally they provide free private registration.

I also like Netfirms (best prices on .ca domains). NameCheap is one that I will soon try as I have heard very good things about it.

I like namecheap.com

fast interface not like slowdaddy I mean godaddy

I'd like to draw your attention to Marblehost.com I have heard that this company is focused on delivering shared hosting and they offer free domain name if you buy any web hosting plan. It is reliable and stable company, which propose affordable prices for the hosting plans. Web hosting plans provided by this company consist of stable and fast servers and Linux OS.
So, if you want to get domain name for free, you may look at their website and see the full picture of their activity.

is networksolution also good?

I use GoDaddy and have no complaints. It may cost a few dollars more, but it's got an easy user interface and it works for me.

I recommend GoDaddy...

They're good about transfers, domain management, price, and refunds.

never pay more than $10 per .com .net .org. Most registrars let u sign up for a free account. Log in and see what admin panels you like the most. Godaddy is solid.

I recommend GoDaddy with their regular offers (up to 10%). Usually every email promo from them contains a coupon code, so do not forget to use it.