[For European Users] Which would you use?

[Luke Beale]

Hi,
This is a question that I would prefer users from Europe to answer.

When you register a domain, do you use a site like godaddy or namecheap? which are American sites.

OR

Do you use a site like eurodns? which is a European site but is more expensive.

 

[Dotmainer]

depends on service, pricing and security

for my "improtant" domains i use some from europe (germany)
because i know i can call them, and if they do something wrong i can sue them.

but pricing in US is great ... and ..... 1.3 US$ = 1 Euro
its currently very cheap


(i dont see eurodns as example for europe )

 

[Luke Beale]

(i dont see eurodns as example for europe )

It was the only site I could think of :hehe:

Anyone else's comments?

 

[Damion]

In The Netherlands you pay twice as much for .com .net domains, even .info domains can go for €10.00 retail plus the control panels aren't build for people with actual domain portfolios.

So the choice is obvious

 

[dhscott]

I think the general consensus is that most people prefer to register TLDs from a well-known, big registrar (not always American, but mostly so). But for their ccTLDs, they prefer to use a registrar based in their own country (For me for example, I prefer to register my UK domains in the UK, mainly because its cheaper :p)

 

[Coopey]

Doesn't matter, whoever is the best for the particular extension.

 

[-fp-]

I agree with Damion.

Retail prices are best on American sites. :imho:

 

[Kate]

eurodns is only good for ccTLDs and even then I tend to use registrars based in the same country as the TLD.
For .co.uk domains UK-based registrars are usually OK
For .com American registrars for sure.

I prefer namecheap over godaddy, the control panel is better and you don't get the tons of silly advertising everytime you need to reg a domain or perform some operation.

 

[mowd]

To register .com, .net etc.. I use a Canadian or American based Registrar
For European ccTLDs I use European based Registrars.

 

[bigturnip]

I mainly use the big American registrars for all my domains, I used to use a UK registrar for my .uk domains, but bizarrely they were taken over by a big American company and I stopped using them. Their service became terrible once they were taken over and I transferred all my domains out.

The only European registrar I use now is for my .eu domains, but only because they were one of the only companies I found that didn't want any upfront payment when pre-registering .eu domains.