Best Registrar for Longterm Domains?

[PlusNames]

Hi,

what's the most reliable and securest registrar for domains that I've developed and am planning to keep for a few years?

Thanks!

 

[Traveler]

If you use a secure password and don't use a username that is the same as your e-mail address, I don't see why Godaddy would not be secure.

 

[afako]

Moniker is the Most Secure Registrar out there.

Also Fabulous is Good.

 

[PlusNames]

If you use a secure password and don't use a username that is the same as your e-mail address, I don't see why Godaddy would not be secure.

Never said GoDaddy isn't secure, just asking if theres a preferred registrar for developed sites.

I was thinking to keep all my developed domains at name.com.

 

[bmugford]

GoDaddy.com, especially with an Executive Account.

Brad

 

[Traveler]

Never said GoDaddy isn't secure, just asking if theres a preferred registrar for developed sites.

I was thinking to keep all my developed domains at name.com.

I didn't mean to imply you thought GoDaddy was not secure, you did not even mention them in your thread so no reason for me to think that. I guess I could have phrased my reply differently. Sorry for any confusion.

 

[lothos]

I'd recommend Fabulous, Moniker or Name.com.

 

[Erdy]

So far the only registrar that manages to hide my account email from whois, is Dynadot. This includes

1. domains I transfer to them,
2. domains I buy at their marketplace,
3. domains that I push from another Dynadot account to mine,
4. domains I hand register,
5. domains I register through their api

In none of these cases the domain ended up using my account email in the whois. It correctly used my default whois email address. Unfortunately this is not the case with other registrars I used. My idea is very simple, if somebody doesn't know my account email they can not hack into it.

Registrars should really separate account email and whois email from the very beginning, the moment you open an account with them. They should ask you to enter an account email and to enter a default whois email. For lazy people they can add a checkbox that says "use the same". However I have never seen any registrar do that. I'm still waiting for that day to come. Until then I will just keep fighting with their stupid user menus to try to hide my account email from whois.

By the way, no, Godaddy preset profiles or namecheap user profiles does not hide your account email from whois in all the above cases. Even if you ignore #5 (api registrations) they still fail in some of the other 4.

A good registrar must not display my account email to the public in any of the above cases. Why are those people always so stupid who manage those registrar sites? It is obvious that accounts emails should not be displayed. It gives hackers a target to work on.

Right now there is a topic by somebody who has his email hacked and domains stolen.
http://www.namepros.com/legal-issue...main-senegal-com-please-help.html#post4098667

We see one of those topics every month.

 

[jdk]

You can have Godaddy add a second line of protection on your domains. In addition to the normal registrar lock, you can have it so you must call in with a totally separate pin code in order for a domain to be transferred or pushed. I forget what terminology they use for this second line of protection.

I would not go with Moniker due to their lack of support now a days.

I have had only good experiences with Fabulous, but choose Godaddy over them due to their prices.

 

[PlusNames]

I didn't mean to imply you thought GoDaddy was not secure, you did not even mention them in your thread so no reason for me to think that. I guess I could have phrased my reply differently. Sorry for any confusion.

No worries, I appreciate your input

You can have Godaddy add a second line of protection on your domains. In addition to the normal registrar lock, you can have it so you must call in with a totally separate pin code in order for a domain to be transferred or pushed. I forget what terminology they use for this second line of protection.

Thanks for the info, will look into that

I think I'll create a second account for developed domains at GoDaddy and just keep them there. Might consider name.com as well.

Thanks for all the input :wave:

 

[SpareDomains]

no problems with GoDaddy or Fabulous

Moniker is the Most Secure Registrar out there.

years ago they were decent, support not so good these days as it's outsourced

 

[alien51]

If you are paying on a yearly basis, and you're not reading any news about Bob Parsons lately, then i think you may want to keep it at Godaddy and take advantage of the regular renewal coupon codes.

 

[rmg]

GoDaddy.com, especially with an Executive Account.

Brad

x2

 

[MattheP]

I stick with godaddy. As said above, you can contact your vip representative to handle all domain changes for you, request identity confirmation etc.

Moniker has Max Lock (or something similar) feature. About $20 per domain and all changes can only be done signed, offline (or something like that).

Name.com uses token system to authorize transfers. edit - link is in the post below mine

 

[Coopey]

Any well-established registrar is as good as another if you're clever with your passwords and log in details.

Keep seperate 'Keepers' and 'Trading' accounts at whatever registrar you choose. Make the log in name for the 'Keepers' account complex, like a password, never give this to anyone. If you're buying something that will be a keeper, get it pushed to your trading account and then push it yourself to to your keeper account.
Use a complex email address that you have complete control over (e.g. [email protected]) that would be difficult to guess.
Never, ever click any link on any email received at this address, block images and remote content in your email client.

If you want a quick tool to generate random strings try (my) http://PasswordSite.co.uk

I also like the look of:
Name.com + NameSafe
https://www.name.com/verisign-vip/namesafe-vip-services

 

[Erdy]

I also like the look of:
Name.com + NameSafe
https://www.name.com/verisign-vip/namesafe-vip-services

I had a bad experience recently with name.com. They have send me an email where I have to click a link that leads to a login page. They made the link look like a regular transfer approval with no login link.

When I tried to explain them this problem they didn't understand and simply suggested I don't use it. Instead fixing the problem (don't send a bloody email with a login link) they told me not to use it. That's pathetic.

You might say, "then don't click the link, go directly to name.com and login". That doesn't work because they have misconfigured their website. Here is my topic where I explained in detail:
http://www.namepros.com/domain-registrar-reviews/700020-security-risk-at-name-com.html

Never, ever click any link on any email received at this address,

Yeah, that's easy to say but what do you do with registrars like name.com who send you an email during transfer in, that you must click and then login, otherwise it doesn't work. If you go directly to the site, you can't approve the transfer in. They made it mandatory that you click the link AND login. Try transferring a domain into your name.com account and you will see.

I'm not upset with them because they are stupid, that's fine, however I'm upset with them because they argued with me and told me to get lost after I told them about the problem.

---------- Post added at 03:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:58 PM ----------

Anybody who suggested godaddy should read my topic. You can hack any godaddy account with a simple photoshop file. I explained in detailed here:

http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/708522-incredible-security-holes-at-godaddy.html

 

[alien51]

If the scammers would continue to attack Godaddy clients using those same strategies over and over again, I mean wouldn't Godaddy atleast plug the hole by now? If i'm a registrar and i'm getting 3 stolen domains using the same modus operandi every week, I would have probably called a staff meeting to discuss this with my security staff.... unless of course, i become too busy shooting Safari somewhere.

 

[biggie]

gd sucks

i wouldn't keep anything of real value there


too many hackers know you much you guys/gals and the newbs love gd, so that's where they set the most traps for your arse to fall in.

it's like keeping your money in the same bank that always gets robbed.

 

[Domenko]

1and1

 

[Kate]

1and1

You're kidding right

Anyway, many quality domains are registered with Netsol for historical reasons. I wouldn't trust them, but look where quality domains are registered, other than Netsol