I pay $7.77 for my domains at cleverdot. I've been using them for awhile now and I've been happy with their customer service. Don't know of anyone cheaper, but then again I haven't been looking either.
You seem to be happy with this site becasue I've seen that you posted everywhere that its good its betwen name.com and 1and1.com But does name.com offer good whoisprotection? I tried to test a purchase and everytime I update the whoisprotect goes unchecked but the other check box doesnt
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ended up going with name.com Pretty easy and good working site if there the same as domainsite.com which I like a lot
name.com is good and cheap, and their privacy protection is free. But I never got email sent to the forward email address they provide. I have asked their support long time ago, and their support have tried to help me solve the problem many time. But, I still cann't get the email sent to that address. Anyway, their support is good IMO.
You made a good choice between Name.com & 1&1 as 1&1 have a crap rep in the domaining industry. I would never buy from them personally. In regards to Whois protection, I believe you get it for free as part of Name.com but I've never bothered with it so can't really comment on it.