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Personally, I've had no experience with HostWay.com, but $53 is waayyy too much for a domain name.  Go with GoDaddy and you won't be disappointed.

Don't use GoDaddy. I'd used them for a few years, and their domain management interface is heinous, their change process is laborious, and their checkout/registration process is borderline criminal in how they try to trick you into buying unnecessary extras. I can't un-recommend them enough.

Instead, NameCheap is a dream. On the outset, they sort of look similar to other registrars; their interface doesn't appear terrific, and it looks just as salesy as the others. But the entire process, from registration to management, becomes a thing of beauty in practice. It's fast, efficient, non-spammy... I honestly can't imagine why you wouldn't want to use them.

I cannot say enough: GoDaddy is a piece of ass, and not the good kind.

Btw guys (OT), how does the 60 day policy works? Is it you can't transfer within 60 days of new registration or both 60 days after new registration & transfer?

GoDaddy is such a piece of crap.  Sure, it's cheap, but they're about the most difficult to use, most laden with advertising, and most likely to decide to screw you because they figure they can make a few extra bucks.

Miles wrote:

I like 1&1.  Their control panel is a little confusing, but the price is right, and they provide free private domain registration and DNS management.

The lack of control over Mail server settings, etc. forced me to make a switch from 1&1 to GoDaddy. Besides, 1&1 does "domain kiting."

Last edited by parkology (2006-07-07 10:06 pm)

parkology wrote:

Miles wrote:

I like 1&1.  Their control panel is a little confusing, but the price is right, and they provide free private domain registration and DNS management.

The lack of control over Mail server settings, etc. forced me to make a switch from 1&1 to GoDaddy. Besides, 1&1 does "domain kiting."

No, they allow you to point your domain's MX record to an external mail server. They're okay I guess. What's domain kiting?

I love 1&1. For 6 bucks per domain, I can put up with a slightly annoying control panel for those rare instances where I have to change the DNS and such.

a few years ago I transferred one of my domains to godaddy because they were cheap (and because I wanted to see if their domain services were better than their hosting), and I do have to say that overall I'm impressed.  Then again, I nearly expected them to steal my domain.  It wasn't one I realy cared about anyway.

Sure, their checkout is horrible (make sure to double check everything!), and their control panel sucks, but really, how often do you change a domain name's settings.  They seem to have plenty of features and control if you dig for a bit as well, plus in my experience with them their support is great.

Godaddy isn't bad, and they're inexpensive, plus you have enough control to transfer away if you want.  Just don't go with them on hosting (I was inexperienced, it was a poor decision).  Of course, I seem to be the only person who doesn't mind godaddy (as muh as I hate their site, they aren't that bad.  Domains are what they're good at.)

hmmm seems like the best bet is to find some one that can provide me with a dedicated server and do my own thing. I'm currently with Vizaweb - but over the last year I get the impression they are not doing well although everything has been working well, etc.

Now I'm hearing bad things about godaddy and 1&1 - so I'm not sure what to do exactly. ev1servers.net in Houston ripped me off for a long time before I realized what was going on.

Seems like there is no hope of a good hosting service out there!