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Hi all, I'm looking for a good domain name registrar with: 1. a good control panel, including nameserver changes 2. decent rates on domain name registrations 3. an affiliatiate/partner programme (api would be handy) If anyone springs to mind the info would be much appreciated. TIA, Jenny No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: 09/04/2008 16:20

hate godaddy.com, love register.com. Not sure about the API with register.com though. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jennygw@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

thanks patrick .. agreed on godaddy, real pain. hate godaddy.com, love register.com. Not sure about the API with register.com though. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jennygw@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Hello Jenny and listers,     Not meaning to get on the soap box again but GoDaddy also has accessibility issues for those of us that use adaptive software. Peter Donahue thanks patrick .. agreed on godaddy, real pain. hate godaddy.com, love register.com. Not sure about the API with register.com though. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jennygw@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- I've been using mydomain.com/namesdirect.com for many years (they've gone through several name changes).  Lots of free services (DNS, mail forwarding, url forwarding, etc).  Nice interface too - something a lot of companies cheap out on.  It's not a super flashy interface or anything, but it's clear, consistent and easy. They're a little under $9 a year but offer discounts on longer terms and bulk domains.  I pay about $40 every five years. I'm not sure about an affiliate program... I know that they have referral discounts and the like, but I'm not sure if it goes deeper than that. Jim Davis

Hello Jenny and listers,     I highly recommend: http://www.nameregistrars.com     Their annual charge for most domains is $14.95, but they'll give you hefty discounts if you register a domain for multiple years. For example I was able to register several site domains for 10 years for around $120.00 and have another 10-year domain registration pending. Hope this helps. Peter Donahue Hi all, I'm looking for a good domain name registrar with: 1. a good control panel, including nameserver changes 2. decent rates on domain name registrations 3. an affiliatiate/partner programme (api would be handy) If anyone springs to mind the info would be much appreciated. TIA, Jenny No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: 09/04/2008 16:20

thanks Peter .. i should have mentioned, I need .co.uk registrations, too. Hello Jenny and listers,     I highly recommend: http://www.nameregistrars.com     Their annual charge for most domains is $14.95, but they'll give you hefty discounts if you register a domain for multiple years. For example I was able to register several site domains for 10 years for around $120.00 and have another 10-year domain registration pending. Hope this helps. Peter Donahue No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: 09/04/2008 16:20

Hello Jenny and listers, I'm sure they can take care of you with that as well. Peter Donahue thanks Peter .. i should have mentioned, I need .co.uk registrations, too. Hello Jenny and listers,     I highly recommend: http://www.nameregistrars.com     Their annual charge for most domains is $14.95, but they'll give you hefty discounts if you register a domain for multiple years. For example I was able to register several site domains for 10 years for around $120.00 and have another 10-year domain registration pending. Hope this helps. Peter Donahue No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: 09/04/2008 16:20

123-reg.co.uk I have a little over 100 domains with them and never had any trouble. Maybe just buy one domain to test it out though. Adrian http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/ thanks Peter .. i should have mentioned, I need .co.uk registrations, too. Hello Jenny and listers,     I highly recommend: http://www.nameregistrars.com     Their annual charge for most domains is $14.95, but they'll give you hefty discounts if you register a domain for multiple years. For example I was able to register several site domains for 10 years for around $120.00 and have another 10-year domain registration pending. Hope this helps. Peter Donahue

> 123-reg.co.uk I wouldn't go near 123-reg. I have loads of domains with them because the USED to be a good company, however they have changed hands twice since then. Customer support emails take forever (a couple of days) to get responded to and customer support phone calls cost £1.50 per minute! Their web site occasionally goes though periods of up to a week where it is so slow it is unusable (a big problem if you need to make DNS changes to a domain for example) and errors cause the frames to nest inside each other making it unreadable. Their credit card processing is horribly unreliable and if you have 3D secure enabled on your card you can pretty much forget it. 2 years ago they would have been to of my list of recommendations, now though I am moving my domains away from them. -- Jay

Wow, never heard a bad word against them till now. Cheers. Adrian > 123-reg.co.uk I wouldn't go near 123-reg. I have loads of domains with them because the USED to be a good company, however they have changed hands twice since then. Customer support emails take forever (a couple of days) to get responded to and customer support phone calls cost £1.50 per minute! Their web site occasionally goes though periods of up to a week where it is so slow it is unusable (a big problem if you need to make DNS changes to a domain for example) and errors cause the frames to nest inside each other making it unreadable. Their credit card processing is horribly unreliable and if you have 3D secure enabled on your card you can pretty much forget it. 2 years ago they would have been to of my list of recommendations, now though I am moving my domains away from them. -- Jay

> Wow, never heard a bad word against them till now. They started going wrong about 6 months ago and although the last couple of months have shown marked improvement I am afraid it is too late, they have already lost my confidence. -- Jay

to be honest, I have had to change records on 1-2-3 for customer in the past, and it's horrible. Wow, never heard a bad word against them till now. Cheers. Adrian > 123-reg.co.uk I wouldn't go near 123-reg. I have loads of domains with them because the USED to be a good company, however they have changed hands twice since then. Customer support emails take forever (a couple of days) to get responded to and customer support phone calls cost £1.50 per minute! Their web site occasionally goes though periods of up to a week where it is so slow it is unusable (a big problem if you need to make DNS changes to a domain for example) and errors cause the frames to nest inside each other making it unreadable. Their credit card processing is horribly unreliable and if you have 3D secure enabled on your card you can pretty much forget it. 2 years ago they would have been to of my list of recommendations, now though I am moving my domains away from them. -- Jay

> if you have 3D > secure enabled on your card you can pretty much forget it. Have what ? -- Tom Chiverton Helping to dramatically restore best-of-breed eyeballs on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB.  A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP.  Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged.  If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents.   If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com.

> > if you have 3D >  > secure enabled on your card you can pretty much forget it. > >  Have what ? 3D Secure is the collective name for "Verified by Visa", "MasterCard SecureCode", "J/Secure" etc... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_secure -- Jay

> 3D Secure is the collective name for "Verified by Visa", *Oh* that pile of pointless interjection that keeps getting in the way of my purchases :-) -- Tom Chiverton Helping to proactively pursue fifth-generation communities on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB.  A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP.  Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged.  If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents.   If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com.

>  > 3D Secure is the collective name for "Verified by Visa", > >  *Oh* that pile of pointless interjection that keeps getting in the way of my >  purchases :-) Indeed, so far I have refused to register any of my cards since there is no benefit to me, a 3D secured transaction shifts fraud liability from the retailer to the bank but I am covered either way so see no reason to have it get in my way. -- Jay

> Indeed, so far I have refused to register any of my cards since there > is no benefit to me, a 3D secured transaction shifts fraud liability > from the retailer to the bank but I am covered either way so see no > reason to have it get in my way. It always looks to me exactly like someone has hacked the shops web server and inserted a phishing scan. Plus I can never remember *another* password, so just register again. I think I'm up to 'CHIVERTON45' or something now as the assigned auto generated username. Stupid thing. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to economically implement scalable products on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB.  A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP.  Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged.  If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents.   If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com.

3D secure is a new system in the UK for added security on credit card processing through gateways. As of pre-September (aprox.) last year, all of the UK banks were making 3D secure mandatory, which came into effect on 1st August, 2007. Then, after all of the gateway suppliers changed their systems to accomodate, the banks did a complete u-turn and made it optional only. All in all, a complete waste of time. It was sold as a way of protecting the merchant, but all it really was was a protection for the banks. > if you have 3D > secure enabled on your card you can pretty much forget it. Have what ? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.12/1372 - Release Date: 10/04/2008 17:36

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Adrian Lynch <contact@adrianlynch.co.uk> wrote: > 123-reg.co.uk > > I have a little over 100 domains with them and never had any trouble. > > I wouldn't touch 123-reg with a long pole - their DNS is appalling, and the sites I had with them once disappeared for 3 days :( I've started to use www.gandi.net, who seem flawless so far, and have a really nice control panel. -- mac jordan www.webhorus.net www.nibblous.com www.kestrel.org www.jordan-cats.org

thanks Adrian, but I am pretty sure their control panel doesn't allow the domain name servers to be changed? I will be hosting the actual domain records. 123-reg.co.uk I have a little over 100 domains with them and never had any trouble. Maybe just buy one domain to test it out though. Adrian http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/ thanks Peter .. i should have mentioned, I need .co.uk registrations, too. Hello Jenny and listers,     I highly recommend: http://www.nameregistrars.com     Their annual charge for most domains is $14.95, but they'll give you hefty discounts if you register a domain for multiple years. For example I was able to register several site domains for 10 years for around $120.00 and have another 10-year domain registration pending. Hope this helps. Peter Donahue

I think they do. There's a page titled, Change Nameservers. But based on what some have said here, it might not be the best place. Still haven't had any trouble myself though :O) Adrian thanks Adrian, but I am pretty sure their control panel doesn't allow the domain name servers to be changed? I will be hosting the actual domain records. 123-reg.co.uk I have a little over 100 domains with them and never had any trouble. Maybe just buy one domain to test it out though. Adrian http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/ thanks Peter .. i should have mentioned, I need .co.uk registrations, too. Hello Jenny and listers,     I highly recommend: http://www.nameregistrars.com     Their annual charge for most domains is $14.95, but they'll give you hefty discounts if you register a domain for multiple years. For example I was able to register several site domains for 10 years for around $120.00 and have another 10-year domain registration pending. Hope this helps. Peter Donahue

I second the GoDaddy thing. They just do it right. Solid DNS, decent support... Greg On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jennygw@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Hi Greg, I tried godaddy .. sorry, but it was horrible .. J I second the GoDaddy thing. They just do it right. Solid DNS, decent support... Greg On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jennygw@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

What problems did you have? I have maybe 10 domains registered thru Godaddy and been able to change name servers and anything else I needed. Hi Greg, I tried godaddy .. sorry, but it was horrible .. J I second the GoDaddy thing. They just do it right. Solid DNS, decent support... Greg On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jennygw@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

I currently have about 30 domains with GoDaddy and have had as many as 75 at once and haven't had any problems.  They've been my registrar for about 8 years.  Nice control panel. Access to everything. Rick ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

I personally use Gandi.net. Their control panel is nice and easy, and their prices are reasonable. What problems did you have? I have maybe 10 domains registered thru Godaddy and been able to change name servers and anything else I needed. Hi Greg, I tried godaddy .. sorry, but it was horrible .. J I second the GoDaddy thing. They just do it right. Solid DNS, decent support... Greg On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jennygw@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- this helps. > > Peter Donahue > > > >

Godaddy used to have a sucky control panel, which didn't even work with firefox.  They have updated it about six months ago, and I haven't had any problems since. They are the cheapest and the best in my opinion.  I've had trouble with Network Solutions, Register.com and other big names.  They just don't know how to do it right.  I've had issues where I needed to point the name servers back to them to  make DNS changes, and you couldn't actually make any record changes until the host records point to them, and at that point the domain has no records and doesn't resolve. Never had issues with godaddy.  The only thing that I can think of is that if you do a transfer, and for some reason it doesn't go through, they don't refund you until you call in.  They also have an API that costs $250 per year if you want to register and manage domains through the API.   Russ ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Ahh, I haven't seen it with that new interface .. thanks Russ Godaddy used to have a sucky control panel, which didn't even work with firefox.  They have updated it about six months ago, and I haven't had any problems since. They are the cheapest and the best in my opinion.  I've had trouble with Network Solutions, Register.com and other big names.  They just don't know how to do it right.  I've had issues where I needed to point the name servers back to them to  make DNS changes, and you couldn't actually make any record changes until the host records point to them, and at that point the domain has no records and doesn't resolve. Never had issues with godaddy.  The only thing that I can think of is that if you do a transfer, and for some reason it doesn't go through, they don't refund you until you call in.  They also have an API that costs $250 per year if you want to register and manage domains through the API. Russ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.12/1372 - Release Date: 10/04/2008 17:36

Sorry I have been using GoDaddy for many years and at a rate of about $8 or $9 per domain, not a bad price. Easy interface and such. Hi all, I'm looking for a good domain name registrar with: 1. a good control panel, including nameserver changes 2. decent rates on domain name registrations 3. an affiliatiate/partner programme (api would be handy) If anyone springs to mind the info would be much appreciated. TIA, Jenny No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: 09/04/2008 16:20

No need to apologize. :-) All of my domains are through godaddy as well. I've never had a complaint. .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com Sorry I have been using GoDaddy for many years and at a rate of about $8 or $9 per domain, not a bad price. Easy interface and such. Hi all, I'm looking for a good domain name registrar with: 1. a good control panel, including nameserver changes 2. decent rates on domain name registrations 3. an affiliatiate/partner programme (api would be handy) If anyone springs to mind the info would be much appreciated. TIA, Jenny No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: 09/04/2008 16:20

I have been using them with no complaint either ever since the registerfly meltdown.  They were very helpful in helping me regain control of my domains after registerfly locked me out. Eric /*-----Original Message----- /* /*Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:23 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: domain registrar /* /*No need to apologize. :-) /* /*All of my domains are through godaddy as well. I've never had a complaint. /* /*..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. /*Bobby Hartsfield /*http://acoderslife.com /*http://cf4em.com /* /* /*-----Original Message----- /* /*Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:33 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: domain registrar /* /*Sorry I have been using GoDaddy for many years and at a rate of about $8 /*or /*$9 per domain, not a bad price. /*Easy interface and such. /* /* /*-----Original Message----- /* /*Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:14 PM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: OT: domain registrar /* /*Hi all, /* /*I'm looking for a good domain name registrar with: /* /*1. a good control panel, including nameserver changes /*2. decent rates on domain name registrations /*3. an affiliatiate/partner programme (api would be handy) /* /*If anyone springs to mind the info would be much appreciated. /* /*TIA, Jenny /* /*No virus found in this outgoing message. /*Checked by AVG. /*Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: /*09/04/2008 /*16:20 /* /* /* /* /* /* /* /*

my $.02 Domainmonger.com an bulkregister.com Have used them for years. I love Domainmonger. A bit pricey but worth it. G On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jennygw@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

> 1. a good control panel, including nameserver changes > 2. decent rates on domain name registrations > 3. an affiliatiate/partner programme (api would be handy) Gandi, gandi, gandi. They're great, support is a little slow to answer (a day or two) email, but you do get a response. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to collaboratively visualize guinine segments on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB.  A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP.  Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged.  If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents.   If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com.

I have registered domains with a few services in the past...i just registered 3 with name.com.  it has a deal running at the moment where it is 5.99 for the first year and you get a google apps standard edition with each domain.  the following year the renew the domain it would be 7.99. I found that the control panel is easy to navigate and i have been using it to redirect my domains to the others i want to point at.  the customer service via email and was extremely fast and contained accurate information. been very satisfied so far...and i agree with the others that say godaddy is crap...i have domains with them and will transfer them out once the time to release or renew has come around. hope this helps. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

> I have registered domains with a few services in the past...i just registered 3 with name.com.  it has a deal running at the moment where it is 5.99 for the first year and you get a google apps standard edition with each domain.   the following year the renew the domain it would be 7.99. OK, but you do know "google apps standard" is free anyway, for any domain, don't you? -- Jay

----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- Jay yeah i know it is free main point was that it was 5.99 for first year than 7.99 following...cheap, fast and easy to use...and if you decide to use the google apps standard than you just enable it via the contrl panel...the original post wanted something with an api or something this had something included and it is a good register so far that i can see.  if you search on google for name.com vs godaddy you will see may comparisons where name wins out.