Registering a domain name, which is better?

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  1. Shadowlayer

    Shadowlayer KEEPIN' I.T. REAL!!

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    So I finally got a good name thats not registered, but I'm not sure which company is better to register it.

    On one side, register.com

    On the other, godaddy.com

    So, which one is better/offers a better legal security?
     
  2. Tomcat

    Tomcat Familiar Face

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    in the past ive gone with Go Daddy not had any complaints.
     
  3. Shadowlayer

    Shadowlayer KEEPIN' I.T. REAL!!

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    One for godaddy then, anyone else?
     
  4. PhreQuencYViii

    PhreQuencYViii Champion of the Forum

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    I used Godaddy. It seemed fine for me.
     
  5. marshallh

    marshallh N64 Coder

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    I'd spend the extra few dollars and go with Network Solutions... I've gotten crap mail (both junk mail and spam) since registering a domain with GoDaddy.
     
  6. Shadowlayer

    Shadowlayer KEEPIN' I.T. REAL!!

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    So they have a crappy antispam?

    Anyway, what about register.com? any references?
     
  7. babu

    babu Mamihlapinatapai

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    all I now is that I registerd a domain with them when I was ~14 iirc and some month later a company from the Netherlands phones my parents and asks for me.. when I answer they ask if I own that domain that I had registered and then asks if I want to donate money.. o_O
    Not something you expect to happen when your 14.
     
  8. Shadowlayer

    Shadowlayer KEEPIN' I.T. REAL!!

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    So they wanted you to donate money? weird, usually a company would call you to buy the domain...
     
  9. PhreQuencYViii

    PhreQuencYViii Champion of the Forum

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    I've gotten ad's from them email wise, but I just unsuscribed. Junk mail, I've gotten I think 2 ad's from them in my box. Kinf of annoying, but ah well.
     
  10. SegaMark

    SegaMark Rising Member

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    Depends where you're from, I'm from the UK and always use ukreg.com - I once used Godaddy but their hosting was shit so I sacked them off and moved my domain to my ukreg account.
     
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    s1xty Peppy Member

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    karsten Member of The Cult Of Kefka

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    i used register.it (guess it's the same as register.com) worked perfectly.
     
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