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Ask HN: Which domain name registration service should I use for my startup?
I'm asking this for my co-worker. We bandy about ideas for startups all the time and worry about choosing the wrong domain name registration service. What does the HN community recommend?
- mathiasrw 11y agoUnoeuro.com is really good.
- xj9 11y agoNameCheap.com is my personal preference.
- ChaoticGood 11y agogandi.net + Private domain registration + 1-year free SSL certificate namecheap.com + great prices + good reputation 1and1.com + Best prices + Responsive Customer Service - User interface ( Scratch that. They just did redesign and it looks great )
- MichaelCrawford 11y agoLook for one that posts its prices publicly; that is, you should not need to register for an account to find out what you will pay. I researched that a while back. The only one I found was name.com, which I recommend for other reasons as well. If a registrar won't admit to all their prices without requiring a login, you're likely to find a bait-and-switch taking place, for example it is common for renewal fees to be quite a lot more than new registrations or transfers.
- MichaelCrawford 11y agoBefore you register a domain, research it in the trademark section at http://www.uspto.gov/ http://www.uspto.gov/ You might not be infringing a trademark just by registering it. The rules are a little too complex for me to explain in an HN comment. However it is helpful to have a totally unique trademark.
- barce 11y agoThanks, I definitely did not think of looking at the trademark section first.