I want to get Enom registrar directly. How to do that?
I do not want to do $100 or $250 prepayments.

At the same time I do not want to be under someone's reseller account because he/she may lock/move my domain names to his/her account

FYI - In order to setup a enom reseller account with enom you need to make a prepayment.

How much is the prepayment?

^ There is no way that you can buy directly from ENOM without PrePayment/Deposit :(

Its like renting a house without paying the deposit.

I believe, you'll have to do pre-payments to get your account working.

I want to get Enom registrar directly. How to do that?
I do not want to do $100 or $250 prepayments.

At the same time I do not want to be under someone's reseller account because he/she may lock/move my domain names to his/her account

If you are not willing to invest now - you'd better sign up for affiliate program.

As I recall, retail accounts don't require prepayments?

For reseller, I believe the minimum deposit is US$ 100.00 .

As I recall, retail accounts don't require prepayments?

For reseller, I believe the minimum deposit is US$ 100.00 .

That's true ... And your domain booking price will reduce in steps. Initially, your domain registration price will be higher. After spending x amount on ENOM, they will offer you lowest price registration.

You can purchase from ENom directly @ enomcentral. However the price is very high.

You need to do the prepayment. That is the only way to get an account going with them that I know.

use GD, they are offering steep discount codes.

What you do is to setup an account with enom.com and get another from a reseller, register from the reseller account and push into your main account.

Just spend $100, its not a big sum

enomcentral.com, but you won't like the prices. Much better you go with a decent reseller like http://www.domainsmarty.com/resellers.php

No pre payments required at hexonet.net (http://www.hexonet.net)

More information HERE (http://www.hexonet.net/solutions.php)

To become a direct eNom Technology Provider (ETP), you will need to pay a setup fee ranging from $195 to $1595 depending on the pricing tier you would like to have. Alternatively you can pre-pay from $1495 to $6995 and receive it all in credit that can be used towards domains and other services (with no setup fee).

(In addition there's also the minimum deposit of $100 to refill your account.)

More info here: http://www.enom.com/pricing.asp

Unfortunately there's no way around it if you do not wish to have a sub-account under another ETP (meaning you can never receive direct support from eNom). Not even if you already have a sub-account and would like to move a large number of domains over. They have a strict policy on not competing with their own resellers, thus they will not budge on the setup costs. Trust me, I know.. I recently bought their Premier account, and I tried my best to avoid the $1595 fee. :P

Couple of points:

1. Not all eNom resellers who create an account for you are evil and will steal your domains. :) You should search the forums for a good recommendation, and then ask for referrals, etc.

2. If you absolutely can not find a reseller whoom you trust to create an account for you (sub-account), then you can do the following technique:


- Get an "ETP" account directly from eNom. You can get one for as little as $100. Your pricing will be very high. We will call this "ETP Account".

- Get a "sub-account" created by a good enom reseller. You can get one with pricing at the lowest possible for free. We will call this "Sub-Account".

- Now register your domains using your low-price "Sub-Account". Then immediately "push" the domain(s) to your "ETP Account".

So the idea here is that you do not "store" your domains in your Sub-Account. You simply use it when you need to register or renew a domain. So your domain is only in the Sub-Account for as long as it takes to register or renew it. Otherwise, it is "stored" in your direct ETP Account with eNom.

Cheers!

Ok, what to do when you have to renew it a year later?

Ok, what to do when you have to renew it a year later?
Push it from your "ETP Account" into the "Sub-Account" and then renew it at the lower cost.

Then push it back to your "ETP Account" after the renewal is completed.

Push it from your "ETP Account" into the "Sub-Account" and then renew it at the lower cost.

Then push it back to your "ETP Account" after the renewal is completed.

This is very very right. I have a main reseller account directly from enom. And I have a sub account I normally use for registration and renewal.

mrzippy is very right!