Don’t forget namecheap.com! NameCheap is the only registrar I buy from simply because they don’t steal domains from people.

I’ve heard stories about GoDaddy.

When I wanted to register my domain, I went online to hunt for a bargain. I checked GoDaddy, Register, and many other sites. But I found a bargain at Mad Dog Domains. I registered a dot com there for 7.15$, no hassles. Domain control panel is good, no problems whatsoever.

But recently, I discovered another site, which gave a better deal. It was Netfirms dot com, where a domain registration is the cheapest you can find anywhere. Only 5.95$ a year. Their control panel is good, and they offer a complementary hosting of 25MB with domain registration…

A good deal I would say…

If you find a registrar cheaper than Netfirms, then please let me know.

I actually prefer buying domain names on NameCheap because their cp is easier to use. GoDaddy is also good though.

I buy domain names on regname.biz

I inherited a domain name that was bought from mad dog domains. I initiated a domain transfer to my web host, and I thought it had been transferred. When the expiration date came, mad dog domains turned off my site. I called them on the phone at 1:30 AM and “Luis” told me that it was impossible to pay by paypal, so I had to drive one hour to the office to get a credit card number to pay. He said it was impossible to transfer the domain name without paying mad dog first. I drove to the office, called mad dog (”Don”) who did not know answers to basic questions about my domain like why I could go to my site and interact with it from the office but from home i would see the “parked domains” page, before i resolved the payment issue. He also tried to get me to log in to a separate domain host (domainsbyproxy.com). That didn’t work, so i had to use my maddog login and i had to pay the full price including things i didn’t want (privacy). I was then able to pay with paypal. Isn’t that nice. I could have done that without spending $15 on gas at 1:30 in the morning. Then Don refused to give me an authorization code to transfer the site, he said i would have to first contact my new domain host to do that. He insisted after i asked several times. So I called ixwebhosting, and asked them to initiate the transfer. They said it was impossible til I got the authorization code. I insisted there had to be a way to start it without that. They said no. That took about 30 minutes. Then I called mad dog again, talked to Don, and said, “I need an authorization code to transfer my domain,” and he immediately agreed to send it to me. Isn’t that also nice. Mad Dog Domains sucks.

Does Godaddy charge you every month? I’d like a one-time investment. Any help with that?
Thanks.