I am thinking of transferring my domains to register.com. Anyone have good/bad experiences with them?... especially with using their DNS servers. Looks like they are basically the same price as networksolutions, just with more features. I want to get away from running my own DNS. Too many exploits keep popping up for bind.

-Rut

I think register.com is pretty good.
Alot of people really like 000domains.com

Dotster.com (http://www.dotster.com) is having a special on domain name transfers right now; I've had a near perfect experience with them the past year or so that I've been registering domain names there.

I have a domain with Register.com and I love they way you can easily administer your own domain. It's super simple to change your dns or whatever you want. I use their dns for my site and it works great! Changes you make yourself reflect in a very quick time frame. They're kinda expensive at $35/year, but well worth it for the features and the reliability... Stay away from network solutions! They stink in so many ways... terrrible customer service..

One of our domains is with Register.com. Support is a little slow, but other than that, things are swell in the sense that there are no major problems. I keep hearing people recommend 000domains over Register.com, mainly because of the price difference. Took me almost a month before finally deciding one over the other (nothing scientific...just had to pick one :)).

I like them, they are good.

I'd have to give my vote to Dotster. I've got 5 domains registered with them and have not had a problem. As previously mentioned, you have complete control over the contact info and DNS entries at any time.

Why pay $35 a year when you can get equally good service for $15?

Michael

Hello,

I recommend you following Company's:

- StargateNIC [official] with USD 10.--/Domain/Year or USD 8.--/Domain (only when you register two or more a time) ---))) http://www.StargateInc.com *
- BargainName [ReSeller of GKG (new Domains) bzw. StargateNIC (Transfers)] have Domains for USD 8.95/Domain/Year or USD 10.--/Domain/Year when Transfer (and you get a free Year to) ---))) http://www.BargainName.com **
- CSL/Joker.com [former CoreNIC Reseller now Official] with EUR 12.--/Domain/Year that is ~ USD 11.20 ! ***

* = My No. 1 for register new Domains and I'm happy with them.
** = I use them to transfer My Domains to Stargate [hey, will have you anything against a free Year ? I'm not ;) ]
*** = My old Registrar; they are great have have also a good Support.

I hope this helps you a littlebit.

Register.com just changed the structure of their co-branded agreement with their "resellers". The upshot is people (like us) who have been selling their registrations and getting a commission can now buy the registrations for a fixed lower price, mark it up to whatever they like and pocket whatever is left over. No more commissions. This has enabled us to start selling the Register.com service at $20 per year, which is a lot better than $35. There may be a decent amount of other companies doing the same on their co-branded sites. However, if you go directly to Register.com it is still $35. It's kind of like BulkRegister where you get charged a fixed price for domains and sell it a t a few bucks' profit. Just FYI.

Thanks to everyone for the great feedback! :)

-Rut

I recently registered my first domain name with Register.com. At checkout time there is a place to enter a promotion code. I called the 1-800 number and outright asked them for a promotion code and they gave me one. So I got registration for $19.95 a year instead of $35. I don't know if other registration companies do the same, but they might, just so they don't lose you as a customer.

Originally posted by RutRow

I am thinking of transferring my domains to register.com. Anyone have good/bad experiences with them?... especially with using their DNS servers. Looks like they are basically the same price as networksolutions, just with more features. I want to get away from running my own DNS. Too many exploits keep popping up for bind.

-Rut

I've used register.com and have been happy with their solid DNS services. I also like the ability to easily administer my own DNS via their web interface. The price could be better.

However, (there's always a "however") I am pondering moving to 000domains.com or similar OpenSRS reseller. Since I would then require a DNS service, I've got a test site running off of the DNS service of www.zoneedit.com. So far that has been fine. I especially like the dynamic DNS support they provide for my home network (my DSL has dynamic IP addresses).

As a Register.com customer, I have nothing but good things to say about them. Well... Except for the price maybe. :D

Just pondering, but what's with Go Daddy software's domain registration services? Are they any good?

Register.com
"Buy now! Get ONE domain for the price of THREE!"

Godaddy.com - support/email reponsiveness is quite reasonable for the price their offering, good control panel except for lack of features like enom's..

If you ask me I wouldn't risk my domain name for a few dollars. Their DNS service is reliable, and you can change your IP number at any time you want: no messing with web hosting company DNS servers. I've got 5 domain names for free to date because of their promotions, and I've only paid the registration fee of two new domain names (ah also a one-year renewal fee which cost me $31.50). The renewal rates are better when you renew for more years.

why would you spend $35 when you can same or better service at half price!
Try 000domains.com

Originally posted by kickster
why would you spend $35 when you can same or better service at half price!
Try 000domains.com

Apples and oranges comparison.

register.com also provides a DNS service that allows me to set A, MX and CNAME records for the domaiins I have registered there. 000domains.com does not provide that capability.

Whether that additional service is worth the additional fee can be debated. :)

I've got about half of my domains with dotster and the other half with register.com. I've been very pleased with both of them. Most of my domains would be with dotster but when staples.register.com was having $1.00 for first year registration I bought quite a few.

jericho

Originally posted by Mike the newbie


Apples and oranges comparison.

register.com also provides a DNS service that allows me to set A, MX and CNAME records for the domaiins I have registered there. 000domains.com does not provide that capability.

Whether that additional service is worth the additional fee can be debated. :)

Other registrars offer this service as well. eNom.com ($30.00) and stargateinc.com ($10.00)

Originally posted by TheOp
Other registrars offer this service as well. eNom.com ($30.00) and stargateinc.com ($10.00)


Yup. At this point, my plans are to leave register.com and go with 000domains.com and zoneedit for my DNS. But I'm waiting to see how my test site works out.

Originally posted by TheOp
Other registrars offer this service as well. eNom.com ($30.00) and stargateinc.com ($10.00)


Yup. At this point, my plans are to leave register.com and go with the combo of 000domains.com and zoneedit.com. But I'm waiting to see how my test site works out.

Again, I like and use bulkregister.com a lot...

Stargate look like a good registrar. One question: do you get to use their DNS servers even if you do not use them as a web host? Thanks, I would be much obliged if somebody could clear that up.

Originally posted by avara
Stargate look like a good registrar. One question: do you get to use their DNS servers even if you do not use them as a web host? Thanks, I would be much obliged if somebody could clear that up.

Yes, you do get to use their DNS even if you do not use them as a web host

They do a nice job of keeping the hosting and registration services seperate. After 6 months I have yet to recieve any spam from them offering me one service or the other. :)

Dotster.com I have three domain names with them and they are very good. My domain name is going to expire soon and they even sent me an email reminding me to renew it. You can have a quick reg when your register one domain name with them. So you don't have to fill out all the same info. I also like www.godady.com alot they are cheap and tech support is good. But dotster is where you should go if your serious about your domain name.

We've had a great time with bulkregister.com. Their control panel is very good and easy to use, especially if you have to change domain information. And this is defintely the place to go especially if want to manage a lot of domains. However there is a setup fee involved if you want to be their member.

And yes! I agree with everyone that networksolutions.com has been muck.

I started with register.com when they first opened their doors, a welcome relief to the NetworkSolutions monopoly. Since then I have transferred many domains from NetSol & Register.com to Dotster for their customer service and registrar transfer deal. I have had some problems with the support at Register.com and I certainly have a problem with their $35.00/year domain registrations.

I have domains residing at NetSol & Register.com, and I actively use Dotster.com and Joker.com

<QUOTE>and registrar transfer deal. </QUOTE>

I don't think anyone is currently less than stargateinc.com's transfer deal. At 8 bucks I think they are the lowest.

I requested to transfer a domain name to Dotster yesterday, and now I got the following email from register.com:

"This message is to confirm your request to transfer the registrar for the domain name(s) below from register.com to another registrar. We hope you'll reconsider and renew your domain name with register.com for an additional year for only $12!"

They're really trying hard to keep me as a customer. :D

I think many of their customers are jumping ship :crap:

Originally posted by Mike the newbie


I've used register.com and have been happy with their solid DNS services. I also like the ability to easily administer my own DNS via their web interface. The price could be better.

However, (there's always a "however") I am pondering moving to 000domains.com or similar OpenSRS reseller. Since I would then require a DNS service, I've got a test site running off of the DNS service of www.zoneedit.com. So far that has been fine. I especially like the dynamic DNS support they provide for my home network (my DSL has dynamic IP addresses).

Am I missing out on something here, you have a home network tied through your dynamic DSL and have a web page hosted there>?

I have the same setup and had no Idea I could also use it for my web pages. That is exactly what I want to do for testing.

Can you fill in some of the blanks for me, or am I misreading your statement.

Melee:D

Originally posted by Melee


Am I missing out on something here, you have a home network tied through your dynamic DSL and have a web page hosted there?


Yes, I believe you can do that, but everytime your DSL IP number changes you have to change your IP number on register.com too. I am hosting my web site through a DSL a line by using register.com's DNS service. It does work. However my IP number is static. So your best bet would be using a Unix based web server (e.g. FreeBSD or Linux), so you can keep your dynamic IP the same for a really long time until the power goes off or there is an outage caused by your DSL provider whichever happens first. Unix based servers rarely crash. My Linux box haven't crashed even once to date. It only has to be restarted when a power outage occurs (I don't have an UPS).

That or use a service like dyndns.org which has clients to update it's ip. Since it's dynamic (ie, run via database) it is automatic, and changes happen immediately, and then use your domain name to point, as CNAME, to xxx.dyndns.org :)

works for me..

James

Originally posted by Melee


Am I missing out on something here, you have a home network tied through your dynamic DSL and have a web page hosted there>?

I have the same setup and had no Idea I could also use it for my web pages. That is exactly what I want to do for testing.

Can you fill in some of the blanks for me, or am I misreading your statement.



Here's what I have done:

I have my main site hosted on my RaQ at 4webspace. Let's say that site is www.example.com

I also have a test web site on my computer at home. Let's say that site is home.example.com

In ZoneEdit's DNS, I add an A record for both of those sites. However, since I have dynamic DNS on my DSL line, I'd have to change the address record for home.mydomain.com each time my DSL's IP address changes. ZoneEdit (and others, by the way -- just search on dynamic DNS in any search engine) allows me to change my home's IP address on the fly.

ZoneEdit provides various means to do the DNS change. The one I use is:

lynx -source -auth=username:password 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=home.mydomain.com'

I do make one important change, I change the http to https to encrypt my username and password while the DNS update is being performed. (btw, lynx is the browser that comes with OpenBSD)


My firewall runs under OpenBSD, so I placed that line in my ppp.linkup file, so the IP address was updated every time I dialed in. Now that I am on DSL, I run it manually as needed (so far my IP address hasn't changed, so I've not needed to run it).

Peek here for some more info: http://www.zoneedit.com/doc/dynamic.html


Let me know if you have any more questions.

Originally posted by Mike the newbie




Here's what I have done:

blah...blah...blah.


A couple of comments now that I've read it online:

lynx -source -auth=username:password 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=home.mydomain.com'

should be:

lynx -source -auth=username:password 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=home.example.com'

to keep in line with the domains used in the rest of my message.



And somewhat important: be sure that, no matter which dynamic DNS you use, your account/username and password are sent across the internet in encrypted format. You really do not want the user/account name and password of your DNS service to be sent around in clear text.

Ok I downloaded the client for nt server it works.. I set the zone edit to an A record. I set the godaddy to point to zoneedits name servers. now I think I am having a problem with the router I have a little linksys befsr41 with PPOE activated. I must be missing a setting.
:)

When I go to the web page by IP i go RIGHT Into the control panel of the router!!! ACK!!!

When I use the domain name it just hangs for a while and does nothing.

THere has got to be something to let this through that little router without letting everyone adjust my router controls.

Melee:eek:

Yes. You need to do a few things:

1) Change your admin password on your router. You should never leave it to the default.
2) Unless you require remote management, disable this feature. It's under the advanced -- filters tab.
3) Set up forwarding (Advanced -- forwarding) to send port 80 to your computer that is running the web server. Make sure your computer has a static ip and is NOT using dhcp to obtain an IP address.

Hope this helps!

I changed the password, and did the forwarded IP thing and set all my machines to not be dhcp and then nothing worked. So I had to undo. Maybe you cant do PPPOE, dynamic DNS and Linksys?
It almost worked, just when I removed the router doing DHCP that cut everything off.
Melee

Originally posted by Melee
I changed the password, and did the forwarded IP thing and set all my machines to not be dhcp and then nothing worked. So I had to undo. Maybe you cant do PPPOE, dynamic DNS and Linksys? It almost worked, just when I removed the router doing DHCP that cut everything off.
Melee

OK... get your set-up back to a working configuration (if you haven't already done so). I presume that will be PPoE enabled, DHCP enabled, correct?

If yes, then check the following ... does the PC that contains your test web server (let's call it TEST) always get the same IP address from your router each time you start up that PC? If yes, then set the port forwarding for port 80 to the IP address that TEST gets from the router.


If TEST does not always get the same IP assignment form the router's DHCP, then it will be difficult to set the router's port forwarding to work. I am not familiar with the Linksys stuff, so I can't help you with that. You might have to browse through the Linksys manual to see if the router's DHCP can be configured to always assign the same IP address to TEST each time TEST is started up.

(since the Linksys does provide port forwarding, I would be surprised if you were not able to assign a sticky DHCP address to TEST. Why else would the Linksys allow port forwarding?)

Some of our customers have had very bad experences with them, others have had good experences. I still recommend http://www.000domains.com to our clients.

My thoughts:

I submitted a support ticket for a domain (it's a UK domain I registered a long time ago -- can't transfer it to OpenSRS) last Thursday. I have yet to receive a reply.

That's some pretty lame support.

Originally posted by Melee
I changed the password, and did the forwarded IP thing and set all my machines to not be dhcp and then nothing worked. So I had to undo. Maybe you cant do PPPOE, dynamic DNS and Linksys?
It almost worked, just when I removed the router doing DHCP that cut everything off.
Melee

Ok. Leave DHCP enabled, but assign a static IP to the computer that serves as your web server. Make sure that IP is on the same subnet as your router. This should solve your problem. You obviously need to set the static IP as a number less than the number that the DHCP pool starts with. Once this is done, set port forwarding for port 80 to this IP.

Without doing anything to my machine or server as soon as I setup a forwarded port, the PPPoE disconnects and will not reconnect until I remove the forwarded port.

Melee


Maybe I actually cant do this.
:buck: