What's the best place to register a domain name?

[earthpigg]

i use dyndns.

http://www.dyndns.com/

mostly because they have so many great $0.00 services that i was already using.

[Dr. C]

My suggestion here is to use different companies for domain registration and hosting. In that way one keeps control over the domain name and can shop aggressively for the more expensive part namely hosting.

[Verbeck]

site hosted at home and domain registered on http://www.no-ip.com/

[earthpigg]

http://godaddy.com is good for my needs.

Domain registration is very reasonable. Hosting is only $4.99 monthly.

You can ftp your html files so you aren't tied to their authoring tools.

Their domain control panel is a little slow at times, but other than that I'm happy with it so far.

Every episode of the Linux Action Show includes a shameless plug for godaddy, in addition to a 20% discount code.

If you decide to use godaddy, it may be worthwhile to watch an episode.

[tommy1987]

http://www.dreamhost.com

Many extras included (subversion, mysql databases, shell access etc.), excellent support when I've required it.

[jpeddicord]

http://www.dreamhost.com

Many extras included (subversion, mysql databases, shell access etc.), excellent support when I've required it.

Yeah, if you buy a hosting package with it.

[Untitled_No4]

I'll add my bit...

I use Daily.co.uk to register domain names. They're relatively cheap (compared to other UK based registrars) but what I like about them is that all the management tools are accessible in their control panel. So, if I ever want to change name servers or even transfer the domain I don't need to ask anyone for favours. Some registrars will make transferring a domain quite complicated in the hope that you give up and leave it with them. Avoid those in any case.

[irv]

I am located in the US, so I am not sure how this will work for you, but I have been with 1and1 hosting service for the past 10 years or so, and I maintain 4 sites. I have 6 domain names registered with them. There prices are real good and I have had good luck with their support.
Also they have very nice tools to add thinks like (see screen shots).
There web address is 1and1.com
Edit: they have Linux and Windows servers, and of course I use the Linux server + I have my own server with one domain which is very easy to point to from there server.

[SeijiSensei]

I've used DirectNIC for about a decade now. At $15 they're a bit more expensive than the GoDaddy's of the world, but they have excellent support and, like the registrars mentioned above, you can manage all your servers over the web.

I would never use GoDaddy. I've found them difficult to deal with when trying to move domains away from them, and I've been disgusted by their sexist advertising campaigns.

DirectNIC had its operations in New Orleans at the time of hurricane Katrina and managed though heroic efforts to remain online. That's what I call "customer service!"

[whiskeylover]

I had my domains registered with Godaddy. But then I heard a lot of bad things about them. I personally never had bad experience with them, but I switched nevertheless. My current registrar is nearlyfreespeech.net. Never heard a bad thing about them.

I used to use DreamHost for hosting, and while there are plenty of people that hate them there are plenty more that love them. Pretty decent support there too, and good if you're just getting started with web hosts.

Currently I'm at Linode, a VPS provider, meaning that I get to set up the server myself. If you're looking for something more powerful in the future, I completely recommend Linode, but for beginners to web hosting start with a shared provider.

How would you rate DH? And how good are Linode prices?