Looking for advice on selling domains within a website creation app

Posted by ericds on Thursday June 19, 2008 @08:00PM
from the self-post dept.

I'm working on a rails app to help people create websites, similar to weebly, but focused on a specific niche. I want to make it as easy as possible for my customers to buy a domain name through the app. Can anyone recommend a domain registrar with a great reseller program/api? Are there any rails plugins that could speed up development of this piece of the app? Anything I should look out for? Thanks!

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Re:Looking for advice on selling domains within a website cr... by SwellJoe on Thursday June 19, 2008 @08:24PM (#222304)

We use Register.com, which was recommended to us by the awesome Weebly guys. The API is excellent and their developer support people are top-notch. Domains are pricey (though not as bad as it looks when you look at their retail prices), but everything works very well.

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Re:Looking for advice on selling domains within a website cr... by tortilla on Thursday June 19, 2008 @08:25PM (#222305)

enom has a pretty decent API. You do need to buy credit in advance. I think it was around $200. As people register domains through your site, the money gets deducted from your account.

http://www.enom.com/resellers/Interfaceinfo.asp

If you have specific questions for me, take my username and add it to gmail.com.

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Re:Looking for advice on selling domains within a website cr... by krav on Thursday June 19, 2008 @09:51PM (#222357)

Just avoid Network Solutions. They have an atrocious history regarding their users. If you want details, google them and see what comes up.

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