Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

Namecheap!

Thanks socmoth, I'm gonna go with gandi.net.

It's a little bit more expensive ($15 vs the usual $10 a year) BUT it has a great interface. And you get free private domain registrations, which I think is worth the extra $5/year.

By the way, I recently discovered Google has free private domain registration for $10 a year after talking about this with a friend:

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/domain.html

No recommendation here from personal experience, except that I use Google Apps for my email. It looks good on paper and it's goodle, maybe someone else can share their experience.

I highly recommend Moniker.com. They have an excellent record on domain security (more to say about that) and are priced reasonably. I think I pay $8/year for registration and $1/year for name privacy for Social.com. To get this price, check the domain name forums (Namepros.com, DNForum.com) for forum member discount announcements.

I was originally using Namesecure prior to Oct. 2006 when they allowed someone to use some social engineering to steal my domain Social.com. Took me almost two weeks to recover it.

Besides an excellent track record, Moniker just came out with an additional security product that allows you to specify offline verification to further secure your domain.

GoDaddy I would stay away from. I hear nothing but bad news about dealings with them.

I'll have to take a look at gandi.net. Had not heard of them before.