Cheap Domain Renewals

[Mark Phillips]

A quick price comparison -

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:

GoDaddy - $224.84
Google - $96.00
NameCheap - $119.90
NameSilo - $82.92

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.

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.

Thanks!

Mark

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:

> I second google domains, I have almost all mine there now.
>
> 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.
>
> -mb
>
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 1:03 PM, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't let them expire :)  I move them just before.
>>>
>>> -- JD Austin
>>> Voice: 480.269.4335 <(480)%20269-4335> (480 2MY Geek)
>>> jd at twingeckos.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Mark Phillips <
>>> mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> JD,
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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 here
>>>> <https://www.icann.org/news/advisory-2002-06-06-en>.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:31 PM, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Namecheap has been great for me.
>>>>> I don't use any of the 'value added' features from Godaddy so I don't
>>>>> know.
>>>>> As they come up to expire I'm migrating my domains away from Godaddy.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- JD Austin
>>>>> Voice: 480.269.4335 <(480)%20269-4335> (480 2MY Geek)
>>>>> jd at twingeckos.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Mark Phillips <
>>>>> mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I googled cheap domain name renewal, and stumbled on CheapNames (
>>>>>> https://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer.aspx).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Should I look at another domain registrar beyond CheapNames?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
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>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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