I have some more exotic TLDs and
there often is a big price difference for those with different registrars.
As an example:
.host - it seems you might be able to get the .host TLD at DDD.com and HostGator for around $20 while all the other (mainstream) registrars charge charge starting at $67.26.
The only drawback as
@cooljub has rightly pointed out is - it takes a lot of effort and time to manage this. That is also a reason why I run into so many troubles -> because different registrars have different bugs or procedural problems and I just tend to discover them!
I should really be a paid QA tester/consultant! And I honestly only post articles about a fraction of the problems I run into. Right now, I'm dealing with an on-going problem with Afternic where about 20 of my domains do not load their landing page and instead give an Error. Their way of solving this is saying: It loads on our side so buzz off! (which is not true - I had several people try at different locations/computers and they all get the Error instead of the landing page).
And just to explain my issue with this: 'We are not accepting any new customers.' policy from Dotology - I just don't understand the logic. It's like if I opened a Boutique on Oxford Street in London, paid very expensive rent and then put a sign in the window saying: 'Please do not come in - we are not interested in selling our clothes and we would really hate to make any profits!' Just as that Boutique has to pay expensive rent, so does a Registrar have to pay all of those fees and you would think they would work hard to make enough money to pay that and other bills and to turn a profit.