Domain Registration?

[sohum]

I'm not sure what forum this belongs in but I'm looking for a cheap domain registrar (probably under $9 a year, but with the whistles such as managed DNS). I know I should have registered 15 domains when Yahoo! was doing it for $3 a year, but i didn't. So now I'm here.

My current web-host will give me 5 years for $45, but I'm looking for an even cheaper alternative for a new domain registration.

Thanks.

 

[langerrox]

godaddy.com is the best i heard

 

[sohum]

Yeah, they're selling at $9 from what I see. I found one called Mad Dog Domains that's $7 a year for .coms. I was wondering if there are any international ones that would come out cheaper when converting to US$.

 

[Kshitiz_Indian]

go for www.domains.indiatimes.com . They offer as low as 399 rs per year, and i have bought my domain from them, its a good service and indirectly they sign it up on signdomains soyour control panel goes there. It has a good dns control panel with features like changing name servers. Its a good servicve and the plus point for indians is that they offer cash pickup in many citites and the biggest plus point is its directly in Rs.

 

[sohum]

go for www.domains.indiatimes.com . They offer as low as 399 rs per year, and i have bought my domain from them, its a good service and indirectly they sign it up on signdomains soyour control panel goes there. It has a good dns control panel with features like changing name servers. Its a good servicve and the plus point for indians is that they offer cash pickup in many citites and the biggest plus point is its directly in Rs.

That's just a touch under $9 a year. My experience with Indian registrars in the past hasn't been pleasant--one went out of business and the other charges extra for almost anything I change apart from the whois info. Also, since I would be paying by Paypal, I'm guessing their processing fee would take the quote about $9. But, it may be a choice. Thanks!

 

[Kshitiz_Indian]

No probns sohum, though in this case i am using my domain for 2 months without probs, nad they pciked up the cash straight from my home

 

[sohum]

No probns sohum, though in this case i am using my domain for 2 months without probs, nad they pciked up the cash straight from my home

Hmm. I used Pugmarks for exactly one year after which I rightly did not renew my domain. And I also used aalphanet for a couple of years, before realizing that they just weren't giving enough features for the price they charged. After moving to the US and realizing the magic of a bank account, I didn't renew with them (especially since Yahoo had $3 domains for sale!).

 

[Kshitiz_Indian]

So you are in the US right now ?

 

[duffarama]

I and planetcricket use godaddy. Basically because they are one of the cheapest domain registrars on the market and they also provide extra services ontop of the normal DNS stuff.

 

[sohum]

Thanks for the suggestions. I went ahead and registered with GoDaddy for 5 years; it came out to $45.20. I couldn't use any coupon codes that I found on the internet because there was already a damn discount on the 5-year. In retrospect, if I was even slightly intelligent, I would have registered for 4 years and used a 10% or $10 discount code. Gosh I feel stupid.

 

[sohum]

I just thought I'd mention this site for cheap domain registrations. If only I had done my research earlier!

 

[Deleted member 11215]

looks good might get some domains from there is the future