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fishinman
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Domain Name Renewals - 1/10/2002 19:12:05
I was wondering if anyone would care to comment about buydomains.com. I have used Verisign in the past and had no problems with my registers (service was slow however) but have recieved offers from buydomains.com to renew at about 1/2 of the price that Versign gets. Anyone know of what the "catch" is >
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LB
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/10/2002 19:31:03
There are sometimes, but not always. I make a point not to do business with any company that sends spam, so that alone would keep me away if that's how you heard about them.
www.godaddy.com offers domains for only $8.95 and is used by quite a few members here. The only "catch" is they offer other goods when you are going through the check-out... I personally will suggest NEVER ordering the photo cd.  ...my own fault. They didn't offer much for samples and I should have known better.
Linda
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JoeMezz
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/10/2002 20:09:35
I have used DISCOUNTDOMAINREGISTRY.com for a few projects and its worked out well.
http://theMezz.com
http://techPolice.com
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abbeyvet
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/10/2002 20:13:39
I would second Linda on www.godaddy.com - I very much doubt they can be beaten on price and of the 4 or 5 different registration outfits I have used they have easily the best interface for managing domains.
Just a point - if you want to tranfer a domain to another registration company you would be best doing it at least a month before it comes due for renewal.
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paperfish
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/11/2002 7:36:46
I transferred a domain last Fall - just so that I'd never have to deal with Versign again. The cost savings were a bonus. And do follow Abbeyvet's advice - contact your new registrar well before the renewal date.
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g-john
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/13/2002 5:27:54
which is better when it comes to service provided
REGISTRYFLY or GODADDY?
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JeffG1
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/13/2002 6:51:44
Related question - when your domain name comes up for renewal, do you get notified automatically? I'm not sure when mine's due. I'd hate to find that enborne.com had suddenly disappeared!
Jeff.
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treetopsranch
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/13/2002 18:48:26
I would like to know the answer to that question too. A case in point: The city of Eugene, Oregon apparently was not notified when their domain name expired and some porn site grabbed it.
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paperfish
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/14/2002 7:49:47
Notifying me that it was renewal time (i.e. send more money) was the one thing that Verisign was good at. My new registrar has promised the same service but to make sure I've set a reminder in Outlook.
Cheers
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LB
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/14/2002 9:44:51
Some registrars are better about this than others, but so far I've had registrar.com, dotster.com, NetSol, and GoDaddy all be good about notification. I'm now only using GoDaddy, and at that price you can afford to keep ahead by at least an extra year, if not more. 
Jeff - if you aren't sure when registration is due, check with your current registrar. Depending on the registrar, the info may be at www.whois.org (is down right at the moment). You can add-on an additional year or more at any time.. this can also be done when transferring to a different registrar.
btw - just checked http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois and enborne.com is registered until April 22, 2002.
Linda
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erinatkins
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/14/2002 12:20:09
have you tried http://budgetregister.com/ ? they are only 14.99 per year. They send reminders & are easy to use.
Erin
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abbeyvet
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/14/2002 12:39:12
http://budgetregister.com/ are not ICANN accredited registrars, they are resellers for Tucows. They buy the domains for $10 (.com, .org and .net) and resell at whatever price they like. More or less anyone can sign up to be a Tucows reseller at www.opensrs.com
Not a thing wrong with that of course. Your domain will actually be registered by Tucows and should any of the resellers go belly up you are protected by that.
However even the wholesale prices charged by OpenSRS are more than the retail prices at www.godaddy.com
I have no idea how GoDaddy do what they do at such a low price but nor do I care as the service is excellent - well, the interface anyway, everything has always worked so smoothly I never had occasion to look for support - they do send reminders and it is all at the lowest price available anywhere.
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JeffG1
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RE: Domain Name Renewals - 1/14/2002 16:22:52
Linda, thanks for that little gem. 
Jeff.
Enborne Computing
http://www.enborne.com
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