I have read blogs, searched HN, and it seems it's time again to find a good registrar. Seems about once a year someone steps in and offers the same as everyone else plus more, and is regarded great for tech support.<p>I am in need to park 30 or so domains ( now, much more later ) all in various forms of expiration, some just renewed at places like the top 5 ( GoDaddy etc. ) and others are at obscure registrars as I inherited them that way from a client or other source.<p>I have about 6 that are up for 30 day renewal right now. One is the domains where I have domains@example.com so I want this to be as smooth as possible.<p>I have managed DNS/bind/named for years, though it has been years since I have. Now it is just troubleshooting with dig and other tools.<p><i>What is your favorite registrar only, or colo/shared/hosting/ISP and why?</i><p>How are they with SSL certs, changing, and keeping up on keeping TLS secure and doing it all right.<p>I do need good DNS on their end, though I can't say I have ever had issues with an SOA case, it's always at the DNS level on some remote server somewhere. Though these days I find managing DNS in most registrars browser control panels sufficient. GoDaddy is stupidly convoluted. I am not making mass changes of 1000 domain files at a time. Just one off, add an MX, add DKIM, etc.<p>If they make setting up any of the above simpler, note that too.<p>Which ones to stay away from and why.<p>Thanks for any pointers.<p>Oh, any that will take current registration time plus what you buy is going to work better for me. I just renewed a large batch with a terrible registrar, and want to move them, but don't want to lose out on those 11 months I just paid for. Some registrars offer "rollover" like that, where you get 11 months plus your year or more you just signed up for.