So I just dove in and purchased a domain name for this here blog. I find it rather ironic that I just committed a name to a, by definition, label-less notion -- Identity Crisis Girl. Ha ha.
As I've mentioned before, the Internets are not mysterious and new to me -- I've registered domain names before -- but lately I certainly seem to have more than ever. I have my same old trusty first one, plus a couple I'm maintaining for some web-phobic friends, and now this one. From 1 to 4 in just the past six months!
I likes my privacy, so I'm all for WhoIs cloaking. I used to use GoDaddy and their partner DomainsByProxy. I've heard some horror stories, but GoDaddy and DBP never treated me badly (but I only had one domain with them), however dealing with two companies (and sites, and customer IDs & passwords) was cumbersome and they wanted $18 a year for each domain! That's crazy. So with my new domains, I switched to NameCheap, who offer free WhoIs Guard for the first year, thereafter it's just another $3 for 1 domain, $5 for 2, and $8 for 5. So for about the same price to protect one at GoDaddy, I can protect five at NameCheap! Woohoo!
I finished transferring my original domain from GoDaddy last night. A little bit of nail biting, but all is good now. I hope to be very happy with NameCheap.
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2 comments:
Let me know how name cheap works for ya!
I'll be needing to register 3 more domain names in the near future!
I like blogger so far. $10 for a year wasn't bad.
Blogger's domain registration is probably fine (looking at the first few screens, they include WhoIs cloaking with the $10 registration! Neat!), I've just always been more of a streamliner, and I already had experience with a regular registrar from my pre-blog days. I'm only speculating, but if one is going to manage multiple blogs, possibly via multiple Google/Blogger accounts, dealing with all those domains might be quite a nightmare.
NameCheap has a great interface -- they don't bombard you with ads. Though I had to stroke Google a bit to figure out how to update the CNAME server through NameCheap. No biggie. I won't be able to fully evaluate NC until my first renewal, which is due in January. That said, 7 months in from my first registration with them and I'm quite satisfied.
They and GoDaddy have been around for what feels like forever. It's just a matter of personal preference, I guess. There are even cheaper registrars out there, and if WhoIs cloaking isn't a priority, there are steals to be had.
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