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by Editors of PickRegistrar.info
The people behind this website do not identify themselves, nor do they state any qualifications. Testing in some cases appears to involve checking the registrar's website and evaluating prices, services and… processes. Reviews are oriented to the reseller market; otherwise, they are excellent -- balanced and comparative. Pick Registrar.info uses Namecheap.com, an eNom reseller. In spite of that endorsement, Namecheap.com is not rated. Moniker.com earns the highest rating, followed closely by eNom and GoDaddy. Moniker is said to provide friendly, fast and helpful support, as well as competitive features and prices. Pick Registrar.info recommends avoiding RegisterFly. Other services all garner average ratings.
by Members of NamePros.com
Domain registrar NamePros hosts a user-review forum with lots of reviews of eight services. Users make comments and rate features, price/value, interface/usability and customer service, and then they… provide an overall rating. Dynadot and NamePros.com (not to be confused with the lower-rated NamePros.ca) earn average four-star (top) ratings in all categories. The rating for NamePros should be discounted, but the other companies receive a balance of comments. Moniker is also highly rated. GoDaddy's prices and services are appreciated, but users can't stand the advertising and up-selling they endure when registering a domain. RegisterFly.com earns the lowest average rating, as users are disgruntled with customer service.
by Rick Smith
Rick Smith reviewed a dozen domain name registrars in 2004, and he updated his commentary to note changes last year. The reviews focus on website navigability and how efficient each service is to use. Smith… does a fine job of detailing issues and synthesizing pros and cons. However, he does not compare or rate the services. While no service is specifically recommended, Smith says he cannot recommend RegisterFly. The problems Smith experienced with each service are significant enough that none of them sound like good choices. In an update, he says Dotster radically improved an inefficient interface. He recommends Namecheap, but he moved domains elsewhere to save money.
by Jacob Gower and blog responses
Jacob Gower writes a scathing blog entry criticizing GoDaddy's relentless selling during the registration process. He uses ten screen shots that illustrate the process to prove his argument. He links to… five other blogs where people express similar points of view. Gower recommends Namecheap instead. About 75 readers add their own opinions. Although most readers agree with Gower, many say that in spite of its flaws, GoDaddy is preferable to its competitors. Many mention having better experiences with GoDaddy than other registrars they've used. The company has more defenders than detractors. The majority opinion is that GoDaddy's unpleasant interface doesn't offset good prices and service.
by Stephen Shellabarger and editors
This Internet marketing and search engine optimization company provides free content to attract potential customers to its website. The company has extensive experience with domain name registrars and… evaluates several major companies based on how their clients were treated. This would be the best review source if it weren't four years out-of-date. GoDaddy is recommended as the best service. GoDaddy is praised for its great prices and customer support. Network Solutions, Register.com, Domain Registry of America and BuyDomains are specifically not recommended because of unethical business practices. Businesses change considerably in four years, but these reviews provide some valuable cautionary advice.
by Sebastian Rupley
PC Magazine compares four domain registration providers in uneven reviews. The short reviews also briefly cover web hosting, web design templates and e-commerce in some cases. Ratings are based on policies… and prices that are now out-of-date. GoDaddy is praised for price and criticized for lack of toll-free phone support. Network Solutions is expensive, but the company offers great flexibility. Register.com is comparably priced and offers good support. Yahoo! Small Business has the easiest registration process. PC Magazine selects Yahoo! as an Editor's Choice and recommends it for e-commerce. However, all readers who commented disagree strongly and completely.
by Editors of DomainRadar.com
This website offers fine, balanced reviews of seven domain registrars, but the reviews are oriented to resellers, and they are all at least two years old. Sedo is recommended for parking domains (an… advertising practice), which is irrelevant for most consumers. Otherwise, Namecheap is described as "one of the best places to buy and manage your domain names." Occasional system problems are its only flaw. Namecheap has good rates and accepts PayPal. The eNom reseller is also commended for good customer service. GoDaddy is cheap, but its website looks like a "spam convention." The cluttered interface and ongoing, irrelevant sales pitches are user-unfriendly.
by Contributors to DomainsBot.com
DomainsBot operates a name suggestion service. Site users are invited to review registrars. This may become an outstanding user review source, but only two registrars had more than ten reviews at the time… of our visit. Customers make comments and rate registrars in ease, price, services and offerings. On average, users rate GoDaddy as good in the price and offerings categories, but satisfactory in the other categories. RegisterFly has satisfactory prices, but is poor to awful in the other categories. With nine reviews each, eNom and 1&1 are the most popular of the other services, but both earn below-average ratings from their customers.
by Contributors to NameBays.com
Like DomainsBot, NameBays.com has potential, but too few reviews to guide a current buying decision. When we checked, the site had only 71 reviews. As with DomainsBot, only GoDaddy and RegisterFly have more… than ten reviews. People like GoDaddy, except for its overly aggressive selling strategies and onerous website. A typical RegisterFly customer says, "The only good thing about RegisterFly is the price and even then, it's not that good. The customer support is terrible, poor features and it's not the easiest system to use either." Namecheap and LuckyRegister earn great ratings in a handful of reviews each.
by Contributors to Epinions
Epinions was once a good site for user reviews in this category, but in recent years, consumers haven't posted enough reviews to provide much help for other consumers. Because hundreds of irrelevant… services are bundled into this category, the only way to find reviews of domain sellers is to search for them by name. Only GoDaddy has recent reviews. Some people review the company as a domain registrar, and others as a web host. People seem to either love or hate GoDaddy. Network Solutions, Register.com and Dotster all have many reviews, but even the newest are three years-old. Dotster has the highest average rating of any service.
by Editors of RegSelect.com
RegSelect is a directory service; it does not review or rate domain sellers. Its directory of the biggest registrars claims to be up-to-date, but its information conflicts with other sources. Network… Solutions, GoDaddy and Tucows are listed as having the biggest market share. The list of the least expensive registrars is more useful. The cheapest domains (for one year) can be acquired from GoDaddy, AIT Domains and MyDomain. Only 19 ICANN-accredited registrars charge $15 or less, according to RegSelect, but many web hosts charge $15 or less when bundled with service. Only some are listed in RegSelect's directory of bargain package deals.
by Editors of iGoldRush.com
The anonymous purveyors of this website provide brief reviews of eleven domain name registrars. All are rated between three and five stars. Using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, we were able to… determine that most of the reviews date to 2002. Domain-It.com is one of the two registrars rated five stars; the other is no longer in business. These reviews are generally too old to be of value. Used in conjunction with more contemporary reviews, they could be useful, but the registrars reviewed on this site aren't reviewed elsewhere.
by Editors of LeapFish.com
This website is typical of many that engage in affiliate marketing. Un-named experts recommend a few domain name registrars based on the claim, "We have tested countless domain registrars. Take our word for… it." Without making any comparisons or providing any explanation other than price, LeapFish asserts, "Believe us, we've looked, and Go Daddy has the best deals on domain registrations." Wild West Domains is recommended for people who want to get into the reselling business, and iPowerWeb will give you a free domain for life if you sign up for Web hosting. If you do, LeapFish will earn a commission.
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