Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#1

Post by hbien » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 7:43 AM UTC

The place I'm currently using raised their renewal fee to $35/year and I have a lot of domain names =/.

I'm looking for a place that's around the average $10/year or lower and has a nice web panel design to manage domain names.

What are you guys using?

Re: Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#2

Post by aditya » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 7:55 AM UTC

dreamhost does pretty well at $9.95/yr

Re: Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#3

Post by alizaki » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 8:06 AM UTC

I second dreamhost.

Re: Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#4

Post by qhoxie » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 8:06 AM UTC

I have been using NameCheap for many many years and they do a great job. There was one outage recently, and the owner kept everyone up to date by constantly posting on the forums and answering individual questions.

Re: Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#5

Post by lunaru » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 8:09 AM UTC

I'm using GoDaddy (I wouldn't recommend them for any of their other products besides domains and maybe SSL certs), but I hear lots of votes for Dreamhost.

Re: Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#6

Post by socmoth » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 8:15 AM UTC

i just switched to http://www.gandi.net/, i wasn't able to find a single bad review.

Re: Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#7

Post by sidsavara » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 8:56 AM UTC

I use godaddy. I have used 1and1, NameCheap, ipowerweb, yahoo, etc.

GoDaddy may suck balls for a lot of things, but they are the best that I've found for having multiple domains. I don't have a lot, just a dozen or so active - but the interface is sweet, fast, and very easy to do domain locking/unlocking, nameservers, multiple edits, etc.

Of course, I'm not authority. This is just me saying what I've done, and what I like.

Re: Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#8

Post by ScottWhigham » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 9:13 AM UTC

sidsavara wrote: post #7

I use godaddy. I have used 1and1, NameCheap, ipowerweb, yahoo, etc. GoDaddy may suck balls for a lot of things, but they are the best that I've found for having multiple domains. I don't have a lot, just a dozen or so active - but the interface is sweet, fast, and very easy to do domain locking/unlocking, nameservers, multiple edits, etc. Of course, I'm not authority. This is just me saying what I've done, and what I…

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Re: Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#9

Post by SwellJoe » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 9:21 AM UTC

socmoth wrote: post #6

i just switched to http://www.gandi.net/ , i wasn't able to find a single bad review.

Gandi is among the most requested by our customers in our domain registration plugin (which uses the APIs of common registrars to register domains without having to leave the local control panel). Gandi seems to have a lot of fans. And a decent API, for what it's worth.

Re: Ask YC: Need a new domain name registrar

#10

Post by cubicray » Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 9:33 AM UTC

I'm using bluehost.com, it's $10/year. Their checkout process is very quick. Also see: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=150561