<div dir="ltr"><div>A quick price comparison - </div><div><br></div><div>The cost to renew for 1 year or transfer and renew for 1 year for 8 domains (2 x .com, 2 x .org, 2 x .net, 1 x .biz, 1 x .info) with private registration for each domain:</div><div><br></div><div>GoDaddy - $224.84</div><div>Google - $96.00</div><div>NameCheap - $119.90</div><div>NameSilo - $82.92</div><div><br></div><div>These domains are expiring at the end of the month, so they are my test suite for transferring. Also, 4 of the domains are just parked and 4 are in use, so I want to see what issues I run into.</div><div><br></div><div>I think I will try NameSilo because they are a local company. If they fail for some reason, then off to our Benevolent Overlords at Google.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Michael Butash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@butash.net" target="_blank">michael@butash.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I second google domains, I have almost all mine there now.<div><br></div><div>After I quit working at Godaddy a second time in '14, I figured it was time enough to divest myself of contributing to their financial success all together, and found that migrating to and using Google domains was painless, cheap, and well suited to provide the same level of administration, even a better UI. Even working at GD, I always hated their websites and admin tools... I hate putting all my eggs into one Google basket, but I've seen and tried much worse over the years.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-mb</div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Stephen Partington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I just moved a domain over to google domains, and they have a very nice service set up there. including some goodies to allow for Dynamic Name Clients.<br><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 1:03 PM, JD Austin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jd@twingeckos.com" target="_blank">jd@twingeckos.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#3333ff">I don't let them expire :) I move them just before. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185m_5902252033138591030gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>-- JD Austin<br>Voice: <a href="tel:(480)%20269-4335" value="+14802694335" target="_blank">480.269.4335</a> (480 2MY Geek)<br><a href="mailto:jd@twingeckos.com" target="_blank">jd@twingeckos.com</a></div><br></div></div></div>
<br></span><div><div class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Mark Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz" target="_blank">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">JD,<div><br></div><div>I just read this in the "fine print". Not sure if you were aware of this ICANN rule, but you mentioned moving domains as they expires.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(109,110,112);font-family:"Museo Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">If your domain expired with your previous registrar, and you've reactivated it (renewed after expiration) with them, please do not transfer it within 45 days of the previous expiration date. According to ICANN, the domain will be renewed for 1 year by the new registrar, but the reactivation year added to your domain by the previous registrar will be revoked. You may also lose renewal fees paid to the previous registrar. Check more information </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/advisory-2002-06-06-en" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(222,55,35);font-family:"Museo Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color:rgb(109,110,112);font-family:"Museo Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">.</span><span class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185m_5902252033138591030HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185m_5902252033138591030HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><span style="color:rgb(109,110,112);font-family:"Museo Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(109,110,112);font-family:"Museo Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">Mark</span></div></font></span></div><div class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185m_5902252033138591030HOEnZb"><div class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185m_5902252033138591030h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:31 PM, JD Austin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jd@twingeckos.com" target="_blank">jd@twingeckos.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#3333ff">Namecheap has been great for me. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#3333ff">I don't use any of the 'value added' features from Godaddy so I don't know. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#3333ff">As they come up to expire I'm migrating my domains away from Godaddy.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185m_5902252033138591030m_9103657190790978517m_-5847920370716989153gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>-- JD Austin<br>Voice: <a href="tel:(480)%20269-4335" value="+14802694335" target="_blank">480.269.4335</a> (480 2MY Geek)<br><a href="mailto:jd@twingeckos.com" target="_blank">jd@twingeckos.com</a></div><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185m_5902252033138591030m_9103657190790978517h5">On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Mark Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz" target="_blank">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185m_5902252033138591030m_9103657190790978517h5"><div dir="ltr">I have a number of domains registered with GoDaddy, and the renewal prices are getting expensive - ~$20 for .biz, .com, .org, etc. I have always used GoDaddy, but the price of renewals leads me to look for another registrar. I don't use any of the hosting services or any other services from GoDaddy - just domain name registration.<div><br></div><div>I googled cheap domain name renewal, and stumbled on CheapNames (<a href="https://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.namecheap.com/dom<wbr>ains/transfer.aspx</a>). </div><div><br></div><div>Anyone use this service? Am I missing some value added services from GoDaddy as a domain registrar that I will regret not having at CheapNames?</div><div><br></div><div>Should I look at another domain registrar beyond CheapNames? <br></div><div><br></div><div>Before I do a bulk transfer of my domains (~50) to CheapNames, I wanted to make sure people have had good experiences with this registrar.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><span class="m_318214699053710189m_-4609088476913284185m_5902252033138591030m_9103657190790978517m_-5847920370716989153HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div></font></span></div>
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