Hey HN'ers,<p>I was just about to register a new domain and before going through all GoDaddy up-sell BS I thought I'd ask HN if there are any good GoDaddy alternatives.<p>Any suggestions?
I haven't used them yet, but when I asked friends this question I got several recommendations for <a href="http://www.gandi.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gandi.net/</a>
Godaddy is the largest domain registrar by far and often times you can register domains for $8 or less with a coupon. The upselling is annoying to tech savvy people but absolutely confusing to non-techies. I'll admit that a lot of my business's domains are registered there because they are cheap though.<p>I also do some domain name investing on the side and use Moniker.com and Fabulous.com. Both of these, as well as Dynadot and Enom, offer APIs so you can write your own domain registration code. That's a sure-fire way to avoid upselling :)
I have found Google Apps to be a great place for domain registration and perhaps one of the cheapest since they provide whois protection along with domain at flat $10/domain name.<p>Nearlyfreespeech.net is pretty awesome too. I haven't purchased a domain from there but I host my sites and they are perhaps one of the honest people in the business.
Dynadot.com is good. Simple interface, not filled with ads. Last time I registered a domain there I messed up the spelling and they had an option to cancel the registration and refund my money right in the interface (I think you get 4 days to do this.) They are also a real registrar as opposed to a reseller.
I have used Network Solutions for over 6 years and have very good experience with them. <a href="http://www.networksolutions.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.networksolutions.com</a>
i use <a href="http://omnis.com" rel="nofollow">http://omnis.com</a> for many domains - they're starting to put a bit of upsell in the process too, but it's not half as overbearing as godaddy. they also seem to be holding prices steady - i didn't notice a big jump recently, and the renewals are the same price - there's not (yet?) a deep discount then hiked price on the next year.