How much should I trust a registrar?

I wouldn't run that risk at all, no. Domain names are far too important for that.

I know this isn't what you were asking, but personally I use Joker for my domains. I heard about them via word of mouth (always a good sign), and a bit of research showed that they were indeed a trustworthy company. They're pretty cheap, too, and give you as much control as you need.

I hope this helps.

> I wouldn't run that risk at all, no. Domain names are far too important for that.

I know this isn't what you were asking, but personally I use Joker for my domains.

Yes, that's quite important. I live in Brazil, and I won't register the domain with

a registrar here (I won't get into that, but basically, there's only one, and it's a

state-owned institution and they can be a pain). And well, Singapore and US

are the same for me (if I ever had to get into a lawsuit outside my country, I'd

probably give up). So I am trying to minimize the risks. But I also need to

choose a cheap registrar. Is there some mechanism that would guarantee that

someone won't lose a domain name just because the registrar is dishonest?

(Or at least something that would help with that)

– jp

I always use www.registerfly.com

Cheap prices, reasonable TOS, and comptent support.

Thanks a lot!

I'm using registerfly.com now, and it seems to be very good.

– jp

i use registerfly.com and been using them for 5 years now.

I use gandi.net and I'm very happy with them too.

I used godaddy.com.

Emphesis on past tense there, all I can suggest is that you never use them, ever. Currently we're in limbo over which registrar to move to.

I have 90 domains with GoDaddy.com, I've never had a problem with them as of yet, and I've been a customer with them for a little over 4 years now.

@cda:

I used godaddy.com.

Emphesis on past tense there, all I can suggest is that you never use them, ever. Currently we're in limbo over which registrar to move to.

Care to elaborate on the sort of problems you've had? I have over a dozen with them (after moving away from the over-priced register.com), and have been satisfied so far. In fact, I love the fact that you can edit your host/glue records from within the interface.

I've used GoDaddy for a long time and they're cheap and have a good rep (there very large)

However, a couple months ago (maybe a year?) the founder (and CEO) of go-daddy wrote a pro-Gitmo article on his blog, and it pissed of a lot of people. It really made me mad, but I was too lazy to try to find another registrar. So now I tell people about his stand before they start using it.

Other then that, it's been great. They do try to upsell stuff you don't need, so just ignore that.

I used to use clicknames.net until their main site went down due to their own dns domain expiring. They also didn't respond to requests to change the TAG on my domain. In the end I got nominet to do it. Avoid them.

I also tried oneandone.net. They are cheap but won't let you use your own DNS servers for your domain. They force you into their web forwarding and email. Avoid them too.

I now use eurodns.net. They are more expensive but offer a good service. They don't try and ram email accounts or web hosting or forwarding down your throat either.

Cost should be the last thing you consider when buying a domain. Knowing you are not going to be shafted has to be worth another 10 euros/dollars a year.

@delmoi:

I've used GoDaddy for a long time and they're cheap and have a good rep (there very large)

However, a couple months ago (maybe a year?) the founder (and CEO) of go-daddy wrote a pro-Gitmo article on his blog, and it pissed of a lot of people. It really made me mad, but I was too lazy to try to find another registrar. So now I tell people about his stand before they start using it.

Other then that, it's been great. They do try to upsell stuff you don't need, so just ignore that.

Oh jesus christ, if you're doing that you're just a moron. Better stop buying any of those electronic gadgets for christmas, cuz they're probably made in China, and guess what, they're not to people friendly if you get what I mean. Better not buy anything from Japan either, cuz they slaughtered some chineese civies back in World War II. I could go on, but I could guess that a vast majority of the things you're using right now were produced by a country that praticipated in some sort of atrocity in the past.

:?:

someone mentioned reigsterfly.com on this forum.

i went an checked it out.

what is the difference between their VPS service and

the one on linode ?

specifically they provide some tools.

any pros and cons ?

@krish:

what is the difference between their VPS service and

the one on linode ?

Biggest difference for me -

Linode: You get to use any Linux distro you like - you don't even have to use the ones that caker provides - if it'll run with a standard Linux kernel and you can be bothered to build it - you can use it.

Registerfly: You get a choice of Fedora (they say Red Hat Linux to sound good but with Fedora in brackets after it to avoid lawsuits) or … um, Fedora.

Registerfly isn't a true virtualization. It's Virtuosso.

@sednet:

I also tried oneandone.net. They are cheap but won't let you use your own DNS servers for your domain. They force you into their web forwarding and email. Avoid them too.

I have a domain at 1and1.com (the US version of oneandone.net), so I can only speak for that "version" (they have other sites for UK, Germany, etc), but www.1and1.com does allow you to specify your own DNS servers. You can even have your own primary and have one of their servers act as a seconary.

But, it's a pain to set up up this way. They seem to cater to people who want to just "put up a web site", so their default DNS setup makes a few assumptions about how you want things. All the documentation assumes you are hosting the web site with them. When I registered this domain (~6 months ago), there was no documentation specific to people who had only a domain registered with them. It took me a couple of tries to get things the way I wanted.

–John

I use NameJunction.

Theire prices reasonable, and their service is excellent - I've used them for over 4 years.

I'm a long term and happy user of www.bulkregister.com who I would heartily recommend.

One of the cheapest places to register a domain is uk2.net, however, I believe they want money if you want to move the registration away from them, there are some horror stories, but many people are very happy.

@jp:

So my question is, how do you assess how much you can trust a registrar?

Would someone run the risk of losing a domain name for using a dishonest

regitrar?

Thanks!

– jp

I would suggest you go to http://www.internic.net/regist.html to check out for a "real" registrar. Many so-called registars are merely resellers of big names like godaddy, etc.

Basically I think the names can be on the Internic list would have the basic credibility.

ywliu

> I would suggest you go to http://www.internic.net/regist.html to check out for a "real" registrar. Many so-called registars are merely resellers of big names like godaddy, etc.

That is interesting. So if I get some registrar from that list, I suppose I shouldn't

worry.

I was afraid of possible disputes with, say, someone from another

country wanting the same domain (a .com or .info domain) – and I

guess the registrar may decide to give the domain name to someone

else in some situations, right?

-- jp