Does reg'ing a name with a low price Registar lower the value?

[GreenGambler]

I've heard it said that if you register you DN with a low price company that it lowers the re-sale value. Why and How?

If I can transfer the DN to the buyer within a reasonable amount of time I don't see the problem.

Currently I'm all reg'd up with GoDaddy but my eyes are wandering towards these lower prices Im seeing.

 

[scrsteven]

GD is a low price place. The name values don't change but ppl aren't willing to put up with the hassle of transferring away from 1and1 or yahoo, for example, so finding a buyer can be harder, plus you have to keep for 60 days before transfer usually, and no internal transfer at many cheap places.

 

[armstrong]

It might have less to do with the price per se, and more with the registrar's reputation. If a domain's with a registrar with cheap prices but can't provide English customer support, then it might make prospective buyers less interested. In the same vein, a domain with an expensive registrar might also turn off buyers, as there might be hidden costs, like register.com's fess for ownership transfer.

 

[thefabfive]

I'll give the classic example of 1and1. 1and1 does not offer a free push. So transferring domain names to someone else after a sale will take at least a week and cost the new owner another year's reg fee. This particularly hurts low priced domains. I would be very reluctant to pay $20 for some domain knowing I had to renew it for another year at $7-$10 AND that I'd have to wait at least a week to get ahold of it.

For higher priced domains it's probably not that big a deal.