When I was researching registrars, it was right after SOPA and I was ditching GoDaddy, plus GoDaddy had had at the time several high profile security breaches t

When I was researching registrars, it was right after SOPA and I was ditching GoDaddy, plus GoDaddy had had at the time several high profile security breaches that had led to loss of business for various customers. Even recently GoDaddy's lax security led to the loss of a high profile Twitter account. DreamHost, because they coordinate well with their customers and resist automated/troll take-downs, plus their business practices have been honest and transparent. Namecheap at the time of SOPA did not have customer favoring policies regarding DMCA allegations or otherwise. I've also used 1&1, but 1&1 does not give full DNS control (custom records, etc.). 1&1 also has really shady practices of silently adding more expensive features to your account if you don't opt-out within 30 days of being notified (hey, we're going to convert your 1$/mo email to 40$/mo Microsoft Exchange, cool?).