Domain Name Registrars - Please suggest best ones...

[Suri.CMS]

Hi All,
I need your help.

Please suggest a very good Domain Name Registrar, who is...

1) ICANN accredited...
2) Secure...
3) Offers domain locking...
4) Offers a nice Control Panel to renew domain names, changes DNS, MX, A records...
5) Offers the option of hiding my contact details from public access of WHO IS...
6) Offers URL forwarding...
7) No history of stealing domain names / cheating customers...
8) Good customer service...
9) Preferably in India (not mandatory) so that I can contact them quickly in case of a problem...

Note: I am NOT looking for cheap domain registrars. Domain price is NOT a big factor for me. So please suggest only the best ones. Also I am NOT looking for web hosting services.

Thanks in advance...

[chelsea]

One word:
Moniker!

[Getwell]

Moniker first.

What about register.com
I think their live chat system is decent and so about unauthorized domain transfer,not sure enough and just my guess.;)

[kohashi]

http://ohashi.info/registrars

1) ICANN accredited... - so many.... not really an issue
2) Secure... - Fabulous and Moniker would be top 2.
3) Offers domain locking... - pretty much everyone does, Fab/Moniker have executive lock features go beyond regular locking
4) Offers a nice Control Panel to renew domain names, changes DNS, MX, A records... - enom maybe? lots of free services do this beyond registrars
5) Offers the option of hiding my contact details from public access of WHO IS... - most registrars do, Fabulous is only notable one that doesn't (1 of 2 downsides, other is only do com/net/org/info)
6) Offers URL forwarding... - most do this
7) No history of stealing domain names / cheating customers... - Fab/Moniker
8) Good customer service... - Fabulous is far and away the best in this category in my opinion.
9) Preferably in India (not mandatory) so that I can contact them quickly in case of a problem... - Only major registrar is DirectI in india afaik. And my opinion is they have one of worst interfaces in the business as well as some very shady business practices (lookup hotels.in)

[thammada]

networksolutions.com

[Getwell]

I can see,but I just can n't understand the real fact !:confused:

9) Preferably in India (not mandatory) so that I can contact them quickly in case of a problem... - Only major registrar is DirectI in india afaik. And my opinion is they have one of worst interfaces in the business as well as some very shady business practices (lookup hotels.in)

[gr8liverpoolfan]

Try Namecheap.

They won't offer you the cheapest deal around, but they do have excellent service. Free whoisguard with every new registration.

[gsv13]

http://www.answerable.com ............ located in India only!

[mirturk]

moniker.com
namecheap.com
name.com(support team a little slow)

[daytrade]

godaddy and moniker o.k. trouble free.
Eurodns is a scam, they did not refund me for domain names they failed to register!

[jezzz]

I use DomainSite.com for my all domains! works perfect with suitable rates too

[Getwell]

Many great(professional) domains are registered there.
I prefer to use Domainsite than their other registrar the most.;)

[Suri.CMS]

I use DomainSite.com for my all domains! works perfect with suitable rates too
Is the website http://domainsite.com/ ?

And is DomainSite.com same as name.com ?

I prefer to use Domainsite than their other registrar the most.
Does it fulfill all above requirements mentioned by me ?

[chenzen]

networksolutions.com

Surely you must be joking right.

1. Moniker for security
2. name.com for price
3. Namecheap.com for good support and free whois
4. Godaddy.com for new extensions like dot asia etc.,

[EnPassant]

Moniker is best one. Namecheap, dynadot are really exellent registrars (price and quality wise)

[nethelp]

I use 1and1, Yahoo and ThePlanet only!

[Suri.CMS]

http://www.answerable.com ............ located in India only!
Thank You for the reply...

It looks same as http://resellerclub.com/products/domain-registration/ (DirectI business)

Any feedback on this http://www.answerable.com ?

Anyone using it ?

[Suri.CMS]

Any feedback on Net4India ?
http://www.net4.in/net4app/index.aspx

Anyone using it ?

[wisdomtool]

For me it is webnic.cc and opensrs.net both of which I have been using for a long time esp opensrs 7 years.

[Marc Fraser]

Godaddy for me!

[Suri.CMS]

Moniker is best one.
I never heard about this Moniker before I read the replies from you all. ;)
Looks like Moniker is the best one according to many people here.
I will check it out...

By the way, is it located in USA ?

How is their support ? Fast or slow ?

[jezzz]

Dear! Suri can you explain for how long purpose! do u want domains

Almost every good companies provided great assistance and support!

[Suri.CMS]

Security... - Fabulous and Moniker would be top 2.
Is it the website of Fabulous - http://fabulous.com/ ?

They seem to offer .com, .net, .org only !!

[Suri.CMS]

Suri can you explain for how long purpose! do u want domains
May be for next 5 to 10 years. Looking for 10 to 20 domains.

I want to register every domain first for 1 or 2 years and then keep on renewing. So looking for a company where I don't end up in trouble while renewing.

Almost every good companies provided great assistance and support!
My expertize in this area is limited. So trying to know what are all the 'good companies' from already experienced people in this forum. I don't want to end up in trouble by selecting a junk company and lose all my domains. :rolleyes:

[kohashi]

Is it the website of Fabulous - http://fabulous.com/ ?

They seem to offer .com, .net, .org only !!

Fabulous.com correct. THey offer com/net/org/info if you read my post I wrote that and lack of whois privacy are only 2 downsides of Fabulous imo.

Moniker's service can vary a lot. Sometimes it's good, during auction times it can seem like little/no support. I have mixed feelings on the quality of their support service personally. They also just became part of Oversee (DomainSponsor, SnapNames) so a lot seems to be going on over there.

Answerable==DirectI, I think they have a few registrar credits and run backend for some too (using their LogicBoxes solution)

[dmi]

I'd recommend Dynadot.

[Getwell]

Yes,
As far as I can see,their managements are same.

And sorry,as you mentioned,
I know that,1-6 are fulfilled for sure.
But for rest,I have no bad experiences yet and I wish they are best.
Good luck !Is the website http://domainsite.com/ ?

And is DomainSite.com same as name.com ?


Does it fulfill all above requirements mentioned by me ?

[coreyg]

I have used Instapro - Domain Registration Bulk domain Registration Domain Reseller and Private Domain Registration.

DynaDot - Domain Name Registration, ICANN accredited registrar - Dynadot LLC. for CN and .asia

[htmlindex]

networksolutions.com

LOL....that's a joke. Have you heard about what's going on with them recently & in the past few months?

If you want the best & most secure & most respected in the domaining community, Moniker is the one & only name that stands out.

[yokyemez]

Godaddy for me!

also i use GoDaddy..

[Suri.CMS]

Hi All,
Thank You all for good advice...

To start with, I have decided to go with Moniker & NameCheap.

However keep on giving your feedback & suggesting any other domain registrars you find good.

[Rugbylad10]

Namecheap has free whoisguard which I like

[yours]

www.yoursdomain.com best and cheap domain name provider.

[teknosoft]

may I suggest www.DirectDot.com (http://www.DirectDot.com), backed by ResellerClub a Directi Business . Great Support and Good prices, privacy is included on most TLDs and no worries there. Any question just email their support.

Good luck,

[Mr Illustrator]

Moniker.

I’m friends with Monte Cahn and Don Lyons and they will both go that extra mile. I’ve got in excess of 1500 domains with them.

I have some with eNom too, they have always been ok.

Stay away from GoDaddy.

Moniker are the best, trust me I've tried them all.

[Toker]

I use 1and1, Yahoo and ThePlanet only!

Just so you know 1&1 is beyond a doubt the worst on the net.
I hope you're not using their hosting!!

Yahoo, try to transfer a D from there. Can be done but ya better know what you're doing.

ThePlanet, bad bizzz to reg a D through any hosting co.
I have a box at ThePlanet and they're good people.
Actually they're part of EV1 now.

:cool:

[Toker]

Yes,
As far as I can see,their managements are same.

And sorry,as you mentioned,
I know that,1-6 are fulfilled for sure.
But for rest,I have no bad experiences yet and I wish they are best.
Good luck !

Yes they are the same people.
And they'd get a rating of 9 on a scale of 1-10 from me.

[Suri.CMS]

Hi All,
Any feedback on DynaDot customer service and other features ?

[Suri.CMS]

Any feedback on DynaDot customer service and other features ?
Anyone to reply on DynaDot ?

I tried Moniker & NameCheap.

Moniker: Interface is slow and support is little slow (even though they respond).

NameCheap: Interface is good and intuitive. Offers and everything good as of now. Need to test their support yet ;)

[Suri.CMS]

Can anyone suggest best Domain name registrars for registering the below extensions ?

*.co.in

*.asia

Note: I like to register both extensions with same registrar.

[GWebmaster]

Hi All,
Any feedback on DynaDot customer service and other features ?


I have been used the DynaDot for along time. It's a great site.:)

[you_rock]

how about domreg.asphostcentral.com?