Thread: Which registrar for a handful of domains?

Hi guys,

At the moment I've got 4x .com domains and 10x .co.uk domains, dotted around 1&1, UK2, 123-Reg along with various hosting packages at these. I'm consolidating all my hosting over to a VPS with Layershift and would like to get all the domains centralised somewhere (and not with Layershift...just in case).

A shortlist from the first page or two of Google seems to give these as the big players...

• 1&1
• UKReg
• 123-reg
• Daily
• Heart Internet

Price-wise 123-reg is the most expensive and Heart are the cheapest, but we're talking about £10 difference annually for my bunch of domains - not enough for it to be an major factor.

More important is a decent / reliable registrar with a sensible control panel really.

Any thoughts or recommendations? Am I over-thinking this?

Enom are good but nor cheap for .uk (though I have only used them as a domain reseller, not as a normal end user)
Register1.net is who I would use in your situation.

I'm sure you'd be safe with any of the these three.

Enom, NetEarth and Othello.

It's about how things are dealt with when something goes wrong or there is a problem.

In terms of support, NetEarthONe are worth your quid. You could also check out ResellerClub - Top 10 ICANN registrar so I trust them and I like their infrastructure (Control Panels et la)

To be honest, there's not much when it comes to choosing a home for just domains - support and pricing are key.

Cheers for all the replies guys

eNom seem pretty expensive when dealing with them direct as an end-user. I'd also prefer someone UK-based so I'm billed in GBP and not at the direct mercy of exchange rates and bank fees

Will have a looksie through the options...

i agree with raydar. resellerclub is cheaper than the guys uve listed cuz VATs not applicable to them. But yeah..you will be billed in GBP but you will be at the mercy of bank fees with them

Originally Posted by othelloRob

IMHO in that respect 1und1 fail, being difficult to leave, and poor support.

Agree that on the rare occasions I've needed support (and that hasn't been with domain related issues generally) they're not great, but I've moved a number of domains away from them recently and found it pretty straightforward. There are some steps to go through but surely that's par for the course. It's all automated and I've found the final bit where they ask you to fax the registrant signature isn't actually required. Speed depends on the TLD: same day for .uk, same week for .com, but that's not entirely in their hands.

People seem to enjoy knocking them, and with some justification in relation to support, but as a domain registrar I've been quite happy with them for several years now. They are cheap, and their control panel, although not aimed at experts, is far more professionally designed than the others I've tried (frankly Register1 and 123-reg's interfaces leave a lot to be desired - particularly when you're administering a number of domains, ease of use and polish do make a difference).