godaddy.com $8.95
powerpipe.com $8.88
namecheap.com $8.49
directi.com $8.49
reg2c.com $6.85

What's your experience?

Any hidden charges or problems you encountered?

Who do you vote?

Any other sub $8?

I am using currently registerfly, 000domains and directnic but these sub 8 are offering about the same features for must lesser price and some are even ICANN accredited. With quite a substantial amount of domains, a few bucks on each do add up pretty much.

Originally posted by Byron
godaddy.com $8.95
powerpipe.com $8.88
stargateinc.com $8.85
namecheap.com $8.49
directi.com $8.49
reg2c.com $6.85

What's your experience and who do you vote? . . . . I've only used two of those listed and have been quite pleased with the service.

GoDaddy and StarGate.

Umm, wouldn't exactly call them sub-8. They're more like sub-10.

Anyhow, I'm currently using stargate and namecheap. I like namecheap better, but I can't remember why. That is, I seem to recall that stargate doesn't include one or two features (URL forwarding/redirect) as part of the price. As far as I can tell, namecheap included everything.

I was going to try reg2c and even exchanged emails with them. They were very prompt and helpful. However, they have been accused of spamming on this forum. I haven't been spammed by them, but I really don't like doing business with spammers so I decided not to use them. Anyone have any more information on reg2c? How about their spamming reputation? BTW - Some features aren't included in their very low price. Check their feature list before buying a domain name through them.

I still use directNIC ($15) for my critical domain names, but namecheap seems very good. So far I have no complaints.

Sub 9. ;)

Any experience on directi? They are ICANN accredited and price is $8.49.

Regarding reg2c, it seems that only some members on WHT were spammed by them. I have not come across any complaints on other forums.

Hi Byron,

I started with 000Domains in 1999 and have used GoDaddy for the past 9 months. Happy with 000Domains.

The essentials work well with GoDaddy for me - site always available, registration process works well, couple of queries answered quickly and well, renewal reminders just starting to arrive now in good time.

They do put their extra services [hosting, site etc] in your face throughout the registration process. I don't mind as I want them to make money, but it could annoy some.

One current drawback - they say will be fixed 'soon' - is that there's no way to update your info [eg address change] for all your domains at once - got to do each individually.

There are no frills - it's basically registration & parking. Forwarding is $9.95/year.

There are increasing discounts if you register for 2-10 years [10years = $6.95] or register over 50 names at once [201 = $7.45].

I haven't used enough competitors to compare them, but overall I'm quite satisfied.

Hello Mike,

Thanks for your feedback.

You can do multiple domain info edit at RegisterFly. One drawback, they are slow in support response time.

Hi Byron,

You're welcome :)

Another drawback I didn't find out about GoDaddy until after the above post is that they charge $20 for change of ownership. What I especially don't like is that it seems to be a hidden charge - I couldn't find it in ToS or FAQ :(

I have used Godaddy for over a year and have had no trouble as of yet.

Are there any other worthy contenders in the Sub 9 Arena?

You can take Stargate out of the sub-9 now.
But they are still very good, IMHO.

anybody actually used reg2c?

I've used reg2c.com several times in the past and have had no real major issues. They are from Turkey, so with the exchange rate, it comes out to be a little above $7 but its still a good deal.

I was going to purchase another domain from them tonight, however they have just started using this credit system that only allows you to purchase domains through credits (credit are $7.15 ea. I think) and you have to purchase a minimum of 10 credits....
so now I am not too happy with that.

But as far as quality of their service... it takes a little longer for a domain to propogate with them, but other than that, no problems.

Great Deal!

--JCA Justin

Thanks for the info, janderfox.

I was going to purchase another domain from them tonight, however they have just started using this credit system that only allows you to purchase domains through credits (credit are $7.15 ea. I think) and you have to purchase a minimum of 10 credits....

Yeah, that kinda sux... :(