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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by kyro on Saturday May 10, 2008 @12:50PM (#186370)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=150561

I use GoDaddy, but as others have pointed out, there are some frightening stories about them floating around.

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by melvinram on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:31PM (#186406)
I use GoDaddy. Their ads are annoying but their nameserver & DSN changes are fast.

Also, do a quick Google search for "godaddy coupon" and you'll find coupons for $6.95/domain coupons.

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by xenoterracide on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:22PM (#186451)
I'm boycotting godaddy since they made that deal with microsoft, and all parked domains go on windows machnes.

I've used namecheap and joker without incident. I like namecheap's interface better. I should note that I've used Enom too.

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by greyman on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:32PM (#186409)
Me too. No problems so far.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by kirubakaran on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:32PM (#186408)
https://www.NearlyFreeSpeech.net/

Good guys. $8 domain names. Hassle-free interface.

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by lpgauth on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:05PM (#186383)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=150561
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by truebosko on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:25PM (#186401)
I like Yahoo domains. Fast, simple, and from a company you can really trust. GoDaddy is annoying, too much ads.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by swombat on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:39PM (#186416)
I use register.com. It's pricier than some of the others, but the interface is excellent, unlike the other two providers I've used (GoDaddy and 123-reg, which both have awful user interfaces).

Worth the extra buck imho.

Daniel

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by bigtoga on Saturday May 10, 2008 @05:46PM (#186514)
I used register.com for a domain and let me tell you: when you want to transfer a domain away from them, they follow the, "If we make it damn impossible and frustrating for users to move away, a lot of them will give up during the process and we'll keep them!" way of thinking.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by girk on Sunday May 11, 2008 @04:35PM (#187018)
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned NearlyFreeSpeech yet. They offer very reasonably priced a-la-carte hosting solutions, with no monthly plan requirement, so you don't get screwed for going over maximum bandwidth... or under. It's great for small sites. And for only an extra $0.01 a day for a "Respect My Privacy" service to hide your registration information. Domain registrations are fairly cheap at $7.99. They also have great tech-support.

https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by Ian-RK on Monday May 12, 2008 @05:32PM (#188032)
Careful with GoDaddy. One of our fairly innocuous link request emails (yeah I know, I know) got reported to Godaddy and they threatened to re-absorb our domain. Fortunately our sysadmin defused the issue. I can't recommend an alternative as we're still at GoDaddy because our higher-ups don't take domain asset management as seriously as they should.

Most of my personal stuff was registered through doteasy.com, and I have no complaints after 2+ years with them, though these sites typically do light duty, YMMV etc

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by eisokant on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:32PM (#186407)
I have had great experiences with Namecheap.com but when buying in bulk (100+) I strongly recommend Team Resellerclub, where I've being able to register domains for several dollars.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by aneesh on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:04PM (#186381)
Namecheap.com
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by wanorris on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:25PM (#186402)
Seconded.

Also, if you want to save a buck a domain or so, do a Google search for the current coupon code before you check out.

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by thomasswift on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:40PM (#186461)
i used namecheap and will continue, but they blindsided me with the free domain name protector for the first year, then you have to pay for it for the following years, but aware, but not a deal breaker.

the interface is so much cleaner then gocrappys

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by bridgetroll on Saturday May 10, 2008 @11:35PM (#186683)
godaddy (blindsided with fees) did the same thing to me. I've started using namecheap, as it was a few cents cheaper and the interface is an order of magnitude cleaner.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by bjclark on Saturday May 10, 2008 @08:10PM (#186584)
Thirded. I've used them for much longer than I can remember, and they have never ever let me down.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by savrajsingh on Saturday May 10, 2008 @10:24PM (#186649)
namecheap is great.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by Dylanfm on Sunday May 11, 2008 @06:00AM (#186798)
I've been using Yahoo lately and haven't been disappointed.

In the past I have used Gandi, which worked well until Visa's extra security screen (which doesn't work in Safari or Firefox) came along.

Earlier this year I registered 3 .com.au domains with Enetica totalling to ~$200 and they charged my account 3 times. I wondered why I had been charged over $600, rang them up and got refunded within a week or so.

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by cylonus on Sunday May 11, 2008 @08:59AM (#186852)
I recently switch all my domains from godaddy to namecheap and is happy. I wanted to use 1and1.com but they can not accept my order as they are not able to "establish a clear system with regards to the ordering,maintenance and billing processes." with the country Singapore I am living in. Make me feel like I am in 1980s again. :-)
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by DenisM on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:43PM (#186465)
It's convenient to co-locate your domain registrar and your DNS server, so it makes sense to evaluate DNS quality when making decision. I have picked DynDNS for super-low TTL and pretty good DNS reliability story.

If all I want is just sit on domain until its useful, I may pick yahoo instead.

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by prakash on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:36PM (#186412)
http://www.1and1.com
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by rksprst on Saturday May 10, 2008 @04:20PM (#186483)
You get free private registration with them. They're also cheap.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by Detect on Sunday May 11, 2008 @05:48PM (#187056)
Use http://www.domize.com which is hooked up to GoDaddy, but you get a steep discount at $6.95.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by russ on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:32PM (#186455)
google: "yahoo 1.99 domain" and click on the first sponsored link.

If you sign up for a new email acct every time (<domain_name>[email protected]), you get the first year for 1.99.

Just make sure you remember to either switch to another registrar after a year or cancel otherwise they auto-renew for 9.99

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by workpost on Saturday May 10, 2008 @02:11PM (#186428)
Godaddy has never let me down but, I'll admit, some of the stories floating around about them are frightening.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by adrianwaj on Monday May 12, 2008 @05:11AM (#187418)
<$9

http://www.mydomain.com/

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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by michael_dorfman on Sunday May 11, 2008 @09:03AM (#186854)
How many domains are you planning on registering, that price is a significant issue?
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by alarmist on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:20PM (#186396)
I recently used http://domainsarefree.com/ for the first time. It was easy, and their email support is pretty quick.
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Re:Ask YC: What is a good (and cheap) domain name registrar? by agentbleu on Saturday May 10, 2008 @01:03PM (#186378)
better to use one that has a good support, trouble I have had in changing registers is unbelievable. I now use omnis as they are quick, but not cheapest. Still not great support from them either. But at least there system works. Dreamhost were bad as was 1&1.
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