I've been dealing with at least 6-7 registrars during the years – all the way back to Network Solutions – both professionally and for personal use, and honestly

I've been dealing with at least 6-7 registrars during the years – all the way back to Network Solutions – both professionally and for personal use, and honestly never had any real problems with any of them. I've always avoided and advised others to avoid the cheapest options though. They might work fine for just an email address or website forwarder, but do you really want to trust a serious business to a company called GoDaddy? Just don't ever forgot to prolong a domain name – keep your (company's) contract information up to date. My personal domains are hosted at Gandi. They seem most aligned with the open-source philosophy and community, and they feel geek-friendly and less corporate and spam-like. They are located in Europe, which somehow makes me feel safer regarding DMCA take-downs or whatever suing troll pops up from nowhere. I don't feel very strongly about it, but I am happy with their services. As I already said, I've never had any difficulties with any of the major registrars, so it doesn't really surprise me that most people don't have strong opinions or incentives to change.