I'm not sure how many domains you handle, but in my case I have less than 10 domains so I pay $36 yearly + 8 per domain transfer from GoDaddy (or $14 as you men

I'm not sure how many domains you handle, but in my case I have less than 10 domains so I pay $36 yearly + 8 per domain transfer from GoDaddy (or $14 as you mentioned). With one click you get stuff like Google Apps or Heroku setup for you. After dealing with registrars for a long time I've realized that paying extra $5 per domain per year is totally worth it if you don't have to deal with companies like GoDaddy. I'm not familiar with the Amazon service, but if it's $1 per domain per month then you'd save $0.7 for every domain using DNSimple. EDIT: I should link to another HN discussion on the subject: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2753471 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2753471. One comment that resonates by jbyers: "Read your registrar's terms. See if you still want to save that $6 a year".