Where to buy domains

Korax.net lets you buy them for that cheap [you have to signup with them, however.]

Goto yahoo and search for Domain Name Registers.

I use 000domains.com. I have 4 domains with them @ 13.50 a year. I know there is cheaper but you dont wanna sacrifice the quality of a service for a measly dollar.

Ravi

http://www.000domains.com

http://www.joker.com

http://www.totalnic.net

http://www.dotster.com

http://www.domainmonger.com

http://www.onestop.net

yep definitely 000domains.com - i have 26 domains and 19 of those domains where purhcased through 000domains.com - very quick to register and update via their domain manager which is in v1.51 now..

at US$13.50/yr it's cheap

I use 000domains.com too. So far I think I've registered atleast 3 or 4 of my domains with them.

Richard

I use domainmonger.com
I think they are a reseller for TUCOWS.com,
but they are very fast and reliable (so far).

And if you go for the ten year deal you can get domains for 12.50/year.

(Don't laugh, I have my oldest domain for almost 7 years now.)

ciao
Anti

Dotster.com

000domains.com all the way!

http://www.wwsi.net/ 14.95. Through opensrs. great panel. I guess you can transfer your domain to their system for 14.95 and they give you an extra year on your domain registration.

Brian Wilmot

Just thought I'd make a recommendation:

http://www.domaininvestigator.com

Features:
* Live tech support to answer questions via phone/email/ICQ
* Periodic specials (domain names for $15, buy two, get one free, etc)
* Bulk registration/partnership discounts

Adam

i have to restate my recommendation 000domains.com is the best, i just create host nameserver records for 1 of my domains with them and i emailed them and the support was fast in less than a day !

I'd say that Aeisner's post is spam, because Domain Investigator is owned by him company, Developers Network, Inc.

I don't own it personally, but I do work for DevelopersNetwork.com Inc., which owns DomainInvestigator.com.

I have actually followed this board for quite a while, and even have a few posts under my belt. I don't know if I would therefore qualify it as "spam".. a plug, perhaps. I've actually registered and purchased a number of domains with DI, and can vouch for it both as an employee and consumer. Besides which, this thread *is* about *where* to buy them..

Adam

OH OK, sorry about that. I guess that's ok to do? I dunno...

I use NetSol on one of my domains and http://easyspace.com for another -- Easyspace offers .com/.net for $14 a year and .org for $10 a year. They're extremely easy to use and don't require a credit card either.

I would recommend 000domains.com for the purchashing of domains and thinkhost.com for a host. Heard great things about both and I plan to use both as soon as my current deals expire.

I use Dotster most of the time.

onestop.net had a 100% service breakdown causing me to loose two domains that I had recieved confirmations from them that they were registered (they appeared on a whois days later under some one else's names - one of which wanted $thousands when I sent an inquiry). Other domains hung for weeks before I decided to just register them elsewhere. (Their control panel still shows them as registered to me too.) I attempted to register 11 domains, ALL of which I received confirmations for, but only 3 were processed (and are now registered to me). They have never responded to ANY requests for support or status.

Customers were in such an uproar on their message boards, they closed the boards. They stopped their on-site support center and linked to an "un-official" volunteer support site, who, although were nice people, really could not provide any real information as to status or workings of the company, and pretty much told people to please calm down, things are being worked on.

All this happened about two months ago and although they are once again processing domains, they certainly should not receive business from informed webmasters due to their catastrophic and long-lived breakdown, and horrendous customer service during that period.

How about Easily.co.uk ?

The Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)- http://www.icann.org/

List of Accredited and
Accreditation-Qualified Registrars:
http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html

Hands down: any OpenSRS registrar...I personally use 000Domains.com

Network Solutions is about as efficient as the government.

Yesterday I went through a whole list of domain registrars, I was quite amazed to see how many of them are actually still in the $30 - $35 range. How much profit are they making off of these domains if onestop can sell them for $11, and 000domains for $13.50 ?!

Most of these registrars selling the domains for $30+ are buying them for only $6/year if their ICANN registered. If they resell through OpenSRS they buy them for $10/year. So they're making a pretty good amount...

http://registerclub.com/index2.htm

These ppl seem quite good, have had a domain with em for a while now. The only thing is they are owned by a rip off merchant of a company - but so far they haven't ripped me off (touch wood).

P.s.
I have thought of a new signature, what do u think, better or worse than the present one?

Born free.
Now I'm Expensive.

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Stay away from register club.

Register Club is 100% UNacceptable for the following reasons:

(1) When you register the domain name, they register it in THEIR name. It is then up to you to make the conscience effort to change it to your name.

(2) If you ever wish to transfer to a different registrar, you CAN'T. What they will do for you, is DELETE the domain, thus making it available to be registered elsewhere. Then you have to attempt to re-register it (ah... keep your fingers crossed that it will still be available).

See below the two excerpts from their web site which state these rediculous policies:

Quote: 3. I registered something.net with you but when I check the whois at RegisterClub.com it says that it is registered to you. Do I have to change that myself or will it be changed by you? - Top
By default, our Automated Domain Registration Engine registers domains in our name. This is one of the reasons why we are able to offer you such a low price.

To change the Registrant Info to YOUR NAME, simply:

Step 1. Go to http://registerclub.com/index2.htm

Step 2. Click on the link at the bottom left hand of the page CALLED: Edit Your Domain Record

Step 3. Fill out the short Online Form.

Step 4. Wait 24-72 hours.

Step 5. There is no Step 5! That's It! - Updated: July 13, 2000

Quote: 3. If your firm and I later come to disagree, and I wish to transfer to another domain registrar, what would be involved, and would there be a charge from your firm? - Top

You would simply have to ask us to DELETE the domain, therby making it available to be registered by another Registrar. You would get no refund of any kind, and there would ne no charge for the deletion. - Updated: July 9, 2000

There are soo many good ones out there.... domainmonger.com, 000domains.com, dotster.com to name just a few.

I think that it would really cool, if one of them would let you pay via paypal.com.

Just a thought!
Sean Maday

I think it would be cooler if there was something like paypal for ppl in Britain

Just register as an OPensrs reseller. I know a host that will do that for $5.00 a month.all the scripts setup etc. You could sell domains to others or if you register enough of your own you can do it for yourself. Is only $10 a domain. I guess 6.95 to their resellers for the month.a special Promo.

Brian Wilmot

OPensrs? what's that. have you got a url?

http://www.opensrs.org 000domains and a bunch of others are resellers for them or of them what ever you wanna call it. You can be one too. You buy a block say 10 domains for $10 $100 worth. You then create a site and allow people who visit to register domains. You can set the price then. Their site explains it better.

Brian Wilmot

I'll have a look and check it out.

I went and viewed that page. From what I can tell you pay $10 for each domain you want to sell and you can charge your customers whatever you want. If that is true you might as well register your domains thru http://www.net4domains.com $9 per year or lower if registered for longer periods of time or http://www.registerclub.com $10 per year.

I do not have any affiliation with them. I just found out about them while I was researching on domain names for a section of my website.

Register club is part of nomonthly fees.com, and they are bad. very bad. read on...

E-mail i sent them: -

Have a look at http://www.nomonthly.com
Take a look at their policies, infact take a good look all through the site.

What is going on here? Did they commit copyright infringement on you, or are you in the wrong - the two companies are practically identical. Are the two companies one?, just under slightly different names?

I was seriousely considering becomming a reseller with you, but I now wonder if you are a reseller for them with some strange package?

Also have a look at http://www.ispcheck.com/ and think back to the last major site design you had. Some areas of your site are still the old design, like the reseller bit.

ISPCHECK's design is the same as your old one (which is still being used in some parts of your site).

Okay now to me this all looks more than a little bit iffy. Talk to your superiors if you need to find out more, I'd prefer to wait a little while to get something solid from you.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark - Tech Support Supervisor - NoMonthlyFees.com
[mailto:Mark@mympc.com]
Sent: 04 August 2000 23:58
To: j.loughe@edustart.net
Subject:

I have been informed that you have some questions and that you are a
customer. Please email me back with all your questions and I will try to
answer all of them the best I can.

Mark Groman
Tech Support Supervisor
Monday - Friday 9 a.m to 5 p.m. PST.

I then went on to send more e-mails when I did not hear anything (yes anything, not even an "okay, i'm looking into the matter for you").

They consisted of things such as:
now i'm getting worried.
Please do not go silent on me...
Are you there?

I finally e-mailed a different tech support person who said I was threatening them. I just want a few questions answered. I don not feel like a valued customer. I am going to start making complaints where ever I can.

Also tell me more about your 99.9% uptime guarentee, like what happens if
you go over the 99.9%.

As our Terms and Service agreement details:
http://nomonthlyfees.com/terms_of_service_agreement.htm
99.9% Uptime Guarantee: NoMonthlyFees.com guarantees that its internet
backbone will stay up 99.9% of the time. If in any given month, the backbone
does not stay up for at least 99.9% of the time - NoMonthlyFees.com will
upon client providing sufficient proof of the outage provide client with one
free site submission to a minimum of 50 search engines/classified ads sites.
Service outages not relating to the internet backbone including but not
limited to client local ISP outage, hackers, acts of god, war, server
hardware failures, client computer outages, etc are not covered by this
guarantee. In order to redeem guarantee, send an email to
webmaster@NoMonthlyFees.com with the exact dates and times of outage
including proper traceroute showing the domain is inaccessible.

Yes I understand that registerclub is owned by nomonthlyfees however I know people who swear by registerclub.com. I am not trying to push the company or anything just wondering why you think they are bad just because they are part of nomonthlyfees.

I do not think they are managed by the same people although they are owned by the same people. I am going to register my next domain name with them and check it out!

I have a domain with them and have found them a bit of a "no frills" kind of registra. Make sure you double check all the settings are correct after you have registered, they register it in their name not yours, so do change it.

One of the main things I hate about big companies like MCP InterNetworks (owner of nomonthlyfees.com and all that) is because they are so large they can fob everything off. Smaller companies generally get all the little bits of nity grity perfecto. Then again lots of small companies are just rubbish, best to go by word of mouth or if it doesn't cost too much try it for your self.

Quote: I went and viewed that page. From what I can tell you pay $10 for each domain you want to sell and you can charge your customers whatever you want. If that is true you might as well register your domains thru http://www.net4domains.com $9 per year or lower if registered for longer periods of time or http://www.registerclub.com $10 per year.

The benefit of Open SRS is that it’s a turnkey application you can integrate into your web site. This API allows site developers to put a version of the Open SRS control panel on their site as well as other domain registration tools Open SRS offers. Obviously this is only a benefit if you plan on reselling domains publicly. Dotster Inc. also has a “reseller” API program that I’m aware of.

I think joker.com is the best, it's like buying from opensrs.org!!!
Only about 11.5$