Just came across this, I am currently looking into the registration of a domain.

Read some mixed reviews about GoDaddy and some users are recommending DomainMonster. Any experience with the later or other sites. GoDaddy is slightly cheaper even with the privacy option.

Thanks

AVOID GODADDY.

They will spam you mercilessly.
Their website is difficult to use because it's cluttered with buttons and misleading links that try to upsell you on EVERYTHING.

I have used joker.com for the last 15 years. They are cheap. They include lots of things for free (like email forwarding) that others charge for. Their website is simple and clean. They are run by efficient Swiss people in Zurich.

I have never received any spam from GoDaddy.

However, their website is indeed a nightmare and it's like being in a Hawaii resort where indeed everything is an upsell.

But I've been too lazy to make a change.

ScottC recommended them a number of years ago to me, but I believe, iinm, that he no longer does.

I've used godaddy for registration. I've had minimal experience with the control panel there. I selected them because I thought they had a lot of useful help (and detailed walkthroughs I believe), and they had a lot of easy to configure options if I wanted simple forums or other things.

They've also called me after renewals or after initial signup to see if I needed any help configuring anything (a single call each time, but I've had multiple renewal cycles). I never returned the calls, but the messages sounded genuine and not some random telemarketer. Maybe they were just really good at tech support + sales

Most of the complaints about them have absolutely nothing to do with the service they provide. They generated a lot of internet rage for other reasons. So if you're reading negative feedback, look for the ones with specific complaints & ignore the rest.

In my experience, the godaddy deals with coupons are great when you sign up, but they don't often have good coupons that'll work for renewals. Maybe that's changed more recently, can't recall my last renewal.

I have no complaints & would definitely register a domain with them again.

I've used GoDaddy for all my domains for the past 6 or 7 years without complaint. I chose them because they were the cheapest (and my needs are modest), so I suppose they have to upsell to make money somewhere. Before renewal, I always scour the internet for current coupons that apply to renewals.

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I echo the positive comments for GoDaddy. I have a dozen or so domains registered through them and I get zero spam. When I've needed support it was fast, professional, and helpful.

Their website is a nightmare though, and I've avoided having to comb through it by bookmarking just the the specific tools I use.

Namecheap.com

That is all.

Thanks everybody for the replies and for the moderators to move this as a new topic.

Like I thought that the reviews are mixed, Namecheap.com or GoDaddy are my short list. The domain registration is for a wedding website so we can have our own domain and perhaps in the future after the big day used it as a website.

GoDaddy 2 years subscription: �15.33 (Inludes the Protect your personal information, some say this is scam to extort more ��)
Namecheap 2 years subscription: �14.90 (Includes WhoisGuard, not sure again if this is necessary)

Thanks again

Polomarc, I note you are UK-based. If I were you I would seriously consider using a UK company rather than a US one. You'll be entering into a contract under UK law. If things go wrong you can resort to regulatory bodies (or the county court) here in the UK. You are covered by UK/EU data protection rules.

The two on your shortlist are not UK-based. Domainmonster, whom you mentioned in your first post, is a UK company.

Price isn't everything. I'd rather pay a bit more and deal with a company that's under the jurisdiction of the country that I live in.

Thanks for info, did not think of that. The Domainmonster is about �10 more, �23.98 for 2 years. Will then consider that.

Networksolutions.com -- the gold standard.

They may have been the first... but that doesn't mean they're the best. If you look at domain name forums you will find quite a bit of negative feedback. The general perception is that they've gone downhill.

I recently moved my domains from GoDaddy to Hover.com. Hover was one of the companies that stood by the public during the SOPA debates when GoDaddy supported the SOPA laws.

This doesn't apply to you, but if you have domains Hover offers a valet domain name transfer service where they use your account info (that you provide) to GoDaddy so they collect all your current DNS settings and transfer it over to Hover for you. That saves a TON of time if you have a handful or more of domains.

Pricing wise they are not that special, $10 first year for transfers, $15 for additional years or new domains.

I'll say it again: check out joker.com. Cheap. Swiss. Simple. Full featured.

I've been using Namecheap for a while. Value for money's good