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Re: [PLUG] Domain Registrar Recommendations
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Casey,
I've been with Network Solutions for over 10 years. Originally
$100/year, but $35/year for several years now. Never a problem.
Full featured Web UI that lets me configure my DNS any way I like:
CNAME records, A records, MX records, wildcards, default names,
etc. More options than some other lower-cost providers that I see
people struggling with. $35/year is dirt cheap. Why look for even
cheaper? Beware -- you may get what you pay for. Is 10 cents per
day really too much to pay for such a critical business resource?
Do you have a multiplying factor -- managing hundreds or thousands
of domain names? How much is your time worth?
I struggled to make this point to a client a while back. He spent
over an hour of his time and nearly a billable hour of my time, all
in an attempt to pay $8/year instead of $15/year. Not a smart move,
I thought. Just pay some reasonable cost to a reputable provider,
and focus your energies on more worthwhile things.
--Fred ("Pragmatic") Stluka
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Art Alexion wrote:
On Saturday 29 May 2010 18:52:23 Casey Bralla wrote:
I've been using Register.com for my domain names, but they are somewhat
pricy.
It seems to me, a registrar aught to be the simplest thing in the world to
run. (Take the customer's money, enter a small bit of data in a public
database, and then don't mess with it until the registration period
ends!). So why does it cost $35/year????
Anyone have a recommended registrar they like?
Believe it or not, I have been using Network Solutions. They seem pricey, but
the service is excellent, unlike their cheaper competitors I have worked with.
A couple of years ago, I was solicited, by US Mail, to renew with a competitor
who I mistook for Network Solutions. For the asking, they dropped my price to
a max of $15/domain 'forever'. While that may still be more expensive than
others, the service is worth it.
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