I'll let others pick the registrar. (The question becomes. What do you mean by manage domain names. The full shebang. Or only the simple stuff, like email &

I'll let others pick the registrar. (The question becomes. What do you mean by manage domain names. The full shebang. Or only the simple stuff, like email & web forwarding.) I use domain registrars from all over the world. And am familiar with domain registrars from all over the world. It's a result of the land rushes of the early 2000's. Where names were awarded in a round robin fashion. Pre-registering* with as many registrars as possible could increase the chance of obtaining a name. For the most part I've stuck with and had good experiences with the registrars that got me the domain names I was after. So you can just about pick any registrar and get a fairly good experience. However; they have their quirks. I transferred some names to a register because their prices were low. But then found out they renew names once a year. As they're expiring, for only one more year. So every year I'm on pins and needles hoping my credit card won't be denied for some reason. I ran into trouble with some other companies in the fall this year when a new credit card was issued to me, and the old one stopped. Just as names needed to be renewed. Just as my Amazon Web Services bill came due. Some registrars used to have clunky interfaces. Many have upgraded and that's no longer the case. I would want a registrar that allows multi-year registration and auto renewal. Email & web forwarding. The ability to easily change name servers and modify DNS records (you may need to provide domain ownership to your hosting provider through modification of your txt record). A registrar that makes it easy to lock and unlock a domain, and makes it easy to get the authorization code needed to transfer a domain. A registrar that let's you have your zone file when you want to transfer to another registrar. A registrar that let's you set a privacy policy so your email address isn't shown in the whois database and so you don't receive spam messages. I have somewhere shy of 140 2nd level domain names. And I used to see 140 of the same email. You want a registrar that gives you backup name servers and name servers that won't slow you up. (I believe my .tw domains don't allow auto renewal; and you have to renew before the expiration date. A gotcha.) There might be legal considerations. You might want to register domains in a country where the laws are different - to avoid trademark problems. I would want a register that isn't on shaky financial footing. Where if the registrar went out of business my domains might be tied up and/or available. It's happened. So I guess what I'm saying is there's a lot more involved then just price. There are a lot of domains that are much more expensive then $10/yr. Maybe those expensive domains would be worth registering if you could get a more sensible name. Maybe an extension reserved for the business you're in. As an example; if you're Wells Fargo, wellsfargo.bank $10/yr. seems kind of low. Unless the registrar tacks on charges for name servers, email & web forwarding, ... I think it used to cost $35 a year through the only registrar, Network Solutions. So I don't mind paying $15 or $20 at all. My .tw names are normally $40/yr. And other extensions can be much, much higher. Google domains is easy to use and doesn't cost any more then the other registrars I've been using. * I ruefully found out how credit cards actually worked after the land rushes started. They can authorize transactions on your card even though you haven't won the domain name(s). So if you want to get involved in a round robin land rush. You really want to have a high credit limit. I get .tw names from www.bookmyname.com (Online SAS) in France for less then half the cost