[AusNOG] Domain registrar advice/recommendations

[Sean K. Finn]

This is what one of our subsidiaries  / related entities did, i.e. dumped the registrar and became a registrar themselves.

This was mainly to stop ourselves being at the mercy of X / Y / Z registrar's issues on the day.

AusRegistry themselves are great to deal with, from a Registrars point of view, and manage more than just .au.

It's not for everyone,and it would be much much easier to go through a registrar with their own awesome API that works well and manage from there, rather than trying to be your own registrar. (There's a fair bit of upkeep to do, and the API is basically EPP).

If you can donate an entire staff member to managing domain names full time, then I would suggest that is the tipping point to look at being your own registrar, but not before then.

From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Joseph Goldman
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:24 PM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Domain registrar advice/recommendations

I suppose this is where you then look at the potential (if managing thousands of domains) on simply attempting to become a registrar yourself. It has been a while since I've looked at the policy / eligibility / process of doing so, but at what point is it tipped to make it worth being your own registrar?

On 12/02/13 3:58 PM, Tim March wrote:

That's the classic argument, right? Pay an Australian provider twice as much for the same thing because you'll allegedly get local support...

OTOH, ($15.00 * 5,000 Domains) == $75,000 off your bottom line... Put me on hold, shut up and take my money! =)


T.
On 12/02/13 3:22 PM, Joshua D'Alton wrote:
Oh Lord not godaddy. At least go to someone like mydomain or TPP if you're willing to skimp out, godaddy is not for business use at all. I don't critisize your clients really, but if they have websites and $5-15/yr difference matters... Tell em not to buy a couple coffees and use that money to buy piece of mind instead of panic when godaddy screws up and you're on hold for a couple hours at midnight.
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Heinz N <ausnog at equisoft.com.au<mailto:ausnog at equisoft.com.au>> wrote:
Sorry if this is not 100% on topic.

I administer a bunch domains for various clients and they are all currently with an expensive (but reliable) Australian domain registrar.

As the number of domains is growing, I am thinking of using GoDaddy as they are significantly cheaper and now offer .com.au & .net.au.

If anyone has any recommendations/experience of overseas domain registrars, I would appreciate some advice (off list if necessary).

Thanks,
Heinz N.
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