Namecheap was voted the winner of LifeHacker’s Best Domain Name Registrar poll, which concluded early this morning. A little over 17,000 votes were cast for the five finalists: Dreamhost, Gandi, Hover, Namecheap, and Name.com.
In my opinion, there are many factors that make a domain registrar stand out from others. In no particular order, these factors include customer service, price, user interface, security, ease of transfers and account changes, extra fees, and additional services available. I am sure there are more factors and people would rate the importance of these factors differently.
I am interested to know which company domain investors favor when it comes to their domain name assets. Early next week, I will post a poll with the top ten or so nominees that you choose in the comment section below.
Nominate your favorite domain registrar, and I will post the poll next week with your choices.
Godaddy
Namecheap!
Tucows
Namecheap is my favorite, out of the 5 registrars I’m using.
Dynadot
Name.com. They always have great promo codes, they have a good UI, and they support two-factor authentication. (It’s mind boggling that most registrars don’t have that last one.)
Godaddy has it you have to enable it
DreamHost
Name.com is my favorite by far. I try to get people away from GoDaddy whenever possible.
Name.com for all of the reasons people have mentioned, plus the amazing people there that go out of their way when you need them – I often don’t but when I do, they are there for me.
mp/m
namecheap.com
I have using Godaddy,Name,NameCheap,Domain.com and CrazyDomains.
And I think Name.Com is my favorite domain Provider.
Fabulous.com
Hexonet has the most interesting interface and structure. (Under 1API).
Honorable mention to Register.com for managing to stay in business despite the being the worlds worst registrar.
GoDaddy. I hope their website building tools are as good as their GREAT customer service and video clip management advice.
Turn around. Bend over. It’s plastic and hard.
Great managerial advice is hard to come by—no pun intended.
My favorite is Webnames.ca. Excellent customer service and by far the best control panel out of all of the registrars.
I vote for Name.com 🙂 They have simply been fantastic for me.
Name.com and Namecheap.com
Name.com without a doubt. I am all about simplicity and great service, they take care of me. 🙂
internet.bs
Name.com, they are good..
friendly user.. some promo codes..
perfect for me!
GoDaddy.com !!!!
DomainIt – They provide awesome service with great prices.
DomainMonster.com has a gorgeous domain search tool and incredible administrative back end tools. The service is so stable that I’ve never had to call their toll free support line.
I’ve noticed they have encyclopedias of knowledge in articles on their site as well.
though myself really like the gandi.net for their neat and clean service.
Above.com
I like Network Solutions.
GoDaddy.com
Easy Mode on this one. GoDaddy.com
Cant beat the price and their iPad app is amazing.
GoDaddy.com
Godaddy.com
GoDaddy.com!
DomainMonster! Awesome support, Cheap prices and as the dude said above the backend is very good.
GoDaddy.com! They have great prices and even better customer service!!
Go Daddy!
GoDaddy by far!
Go Daddy!
GoDaddy.com… amazing on so many levels– especially their customer service!
I have used several registrars over the years:
– In 1994 I began with Network Solutions’ old text file templates via email and still continue using their current UX with some domains that belong to some of my older clients.
– eNom (totally snatched defeat from the jaws of victory)
– Godaddy (not bad but they insist on charging for private whois and unless you have a special account set up you get their dizzying marketing-hype control panel. Customer service is a bit too up-sell oriented (gets annoying).
– several others (not worth mentioning) on the behalf of many clients.
– Name.com is, by far, the best customer service, and price to value.
I am truly blown away by the top caliber people that work for them. There is an ethos within this company that is not readily found in most businesses.
Every Name.com person I have dealt with is competent, thorough, and engaged.
They also have a “Domain Investor” program/department that offers some attractive pricing and value-add offerings. BTW, I’m just a plain-old customer of theirs (not affiliated in any way).
Moniker
Sorry – it’s too late for nominations as the vote already happened.
I choose Name.com