How to choose a domain name registrar

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Pricing 3 Support 4 ICANN accredited 5 Reviews

Overview

Choosing a domain name registrar is much like choosing a web host — it is important to choose carefully.
Before choosing a registrar, you should look at:

• Pricing
• Support
• ICANN accredited or not
• Reviews

Pricing

Of course, pricing is an important part of your domain purchase. Nobody wants to pay the $100.00 that Network Solutions used to charge for domains. Domains can be bought for as little as $9.00 now.
But you should always make sure that the price isn't too good to be true. No decent-sized company will charge $0.50 for .com domains — they will make a loss on them.
You should NEVER go with the cheapest domain registrar. Spend a few more dollars, and go with a better company.
Remember that .com, .net domains cost around $7 [depending on if the company is an ICANN accredited, or a domain reseller, so anything less than around $8.50 is too low, and the company will not be making a decent profit, and you could lose your domain name.

 

Support

You will need support at least once. Whether it's a simple question or something requiring a lot of work, you will want the best support.
One of the best ways to test the support is to see if domain registrars have or do the following:

• A support link is visible sitewide
• They have at least two support options
• If they have live chat, it is online when they say it should be
• They reply within 24 hours

Send them a simple sales email, and see how long it takes. Anything over 36 hours is appalling.

 

ICANN accredited

ICANN is the people in charge of monitoring domains. You can become accredited by paying a few thousand dollars per year. Checking if a domain name registrar is ICANN accredited is normally a good way to see the best registrars as the accredited ones must have a few thousand dollars in their bank account and have insurance.
Some other registrars are resellers of accredited registrars. Most of the time, resellers are protected by their registrar, so in the event of a problem, the registrar can take over the domains.