Personally, I have gone through loads of shenanigans with various registrars in my 4-5 yrs in this domain "game", and today I'm even more convinced that eNom rules supreme in terms of value and technology expertise where it COUNTS MOST.
ÃÂ used to pay $29 bucks per domain WILLINGLY because I thought eNom was perfect. Today, I have an ETP account and the rates are peanuts, so low sometimes I feel guilty. The best free thing about eNom, I find, is their DNS management. World class services for free!!! Have you seen how much UltDNS and other registrars charge for even simple stuff? Godaddy registers your name cheap, but everything after that is pay, pay, pay.
Sure, a registrar sometimes goes through a massive debugging phase when they introduce new things like ID protect and web hosting and working with Register.com to transfer their reseller technology over. And when in order to do this, they have to migrate their servers to new locations and piece everything together again.
Sure, registry connections eg Nominet, get broken in the complex backend re-piecing process.
I just experimented with eNom's new ID protection today. It works like it promises and looks really great.
Domain Name: blahblahblah.BIZ
Domain ID: Dblahblahblah-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Domain Status: ok
Registrant ID: 9blah
Registrant Name: Whois Agent
Registrant Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Registrant Address1: PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
Registrant Address2: C/O blahblahblah.biz
Registrant City: Bellevue
Registrant State/Province: WA
Registrant Postal Code: 98007
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Country Code: US
Registrant Email:
[email protected]
Administrative Contact ID: 9blah
Administrative Contact Name: Whois Agent
Administrative Contact Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Administrative Contact Address1: PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
Administrative Contact Address2: C/O blahblahblah.biz
Administrative Contact City: Bellevue
Administrative Contact State/Province: WA
Administrative Contact Postal Code: 98007
Administrative Contact Country: United States
Administrative Contact Country Code: US
Administrative Contact Email:
[email protected]
Billing Contact ID: 9blah
Billing Contact Name: Whois Agent
Billing Contact Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Billing Contact Address1: PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
Billing Contact Address2: C/O blahblahblah.biz
Billing Contact City: Bellevue
Billing Contact State/Province: WA
Billing Contact Postal Code: 98007
Billing Contact Country: United States
Billing Contact Country Code: US
Billing Contact Email:
[email protected]
Technical Contact ID: 9blah
Technical Contact Name: Whois Agent
Technical Contact Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Technical Contact Address1: PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
Technical Contact Address2: C/O blahblahblah.biz
Technical Contact City: Bellevue
Technical Contact State/Province: WA
Technical Contact Postal Code: 98007
Technical Contact Country: United States
Technical Contact Country Code: US
Technical Contact Email:
[email protected]
Name Server: DNS5.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: DNS4.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: DNS3.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: DNS2.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: DNS1.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Created by Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Last Updated by Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Domain Registration Date: Wed Sep 17 16:40:40 GMT 2003
Domain Expiration Date: Fri Sep 16 23:59:59 GMT 2005
Domain Last Updated Date: Sun Nov 23 12:07:02 GMT 2003
The webhosting is also looking strong, with instant association with whatever name you chose on your account, exceptt for $8 per month, I wish I had my own unique IP address for the site :-D
Bottom line is - memories are always short on what eNom did for us and this industry, faults - on the other hand - are long remembered. :-(