1and1.com Domain Names

[DJ-Sound]

has anyone used 1and1.com to register domain names? Any feedback?

They only charge $6 a year, is this the cheapest domain register that offers free Masked forwarding?

Thanks,
-Ryan

 

[Peter]

I would personally highly recomend against using 1and1 you have absolutely no control over your domain name and they are very militant you could find yourself in a situation like me where by the looks of it I am losing my domains even tho I dont owe them any money.

 

[Riceman]

Spend a dollar more and get full domain control

 

[jj2ii3344]

Agreed with all the fellow NPers here. I am currently with 1and1.com's hosting plan, and I am completely disgusted at their web interface.

 

[DJ-Sound]

Thanks for the feedback! I am glad I posted before I registered.

Thanks guys,
-Ryan

 

[Riceman]

Originally posted by jj2ii3344
Agreed with all the fellow NPers here. I am currently with 1and1.com's hosting plan, and I am completely disgusted at their web interface.

How is the reliability? I have heard somepeople say the uptime is OK

 

[jroy]

never used them before but by the looks of it their pouring way too much money into advertising, one of my computer magazines had 13 whole page ads for their company

 

[Anthony]

Be sure to check out this related thread:
http://namepros.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32948

 

[Riceman]

Originally posted by jroy
never used them before but by the looks of it their pouring way too much money into advertising, one of my computer magazines had 13 whole page ads for their company

Perhaps I am not good at math but this does not add up. They sell domains at a loss (5.99) but probably spend millions on advertising. They must have a very good CFO

 

[Peter]

Riceman, they make most of their money from hosting and email, I think it is something like 4 million domains they manage

 

[Raf]

Like people have mentioned already I would stay away from 1and1 and go to domain registars like NameCheap.com, GoDaddy and etc. You then know you will have full control of the domain instead of 1and1 being able to control what goes on with the domain.

 

[domdom]

they undercharge for domains with no control,
overcharge for nameservers etc,

i actually paid almost $30 for a uk domain when in the same 1and1 account i have a lot for $10 (2 years) which is about the cheapest u can get them for anywhere. reason i did it was just fed up with having to use forwarding, (which is slow) cant change the nameservers or anything for the cheap price

 

[DJ-Sound]

I just registerd the domains at godaddy, but I will be hosting them on my new server, i just needed a good register.

Thanks

 

[dx3k]

1&1

i never used them but i havent heard good things bout them