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Subject: Re: [ OT ]  recommendations for a domain_name registrar
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> On 20 July 2015, at 21:48, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> On 2015/07/21 05:08, spellberg_robert wrote:
>> all that i need is a registrar , with
>>  a reasonable price for a ten_year lease on each name ,
>>  easy transfer [ actually , i expect ns to be the problem , here ] =
and
>>  no grief .
>=20
> gandi.net are my goto company for DNS registrations.  Can't praise =
them
> highly enough.  Only problem, from your point of view, is that they =
are
> a French company, but you can pay for everything in US$ on their site.
>=20
> Oh, and they will throw in use of their nameservers free of charge =
with
> the purchase of any domain.  (Mind you, that's standard for anyone in
> the business of domain registration nowadays.)

I have used GoDaddy successfully for a few domains.  Their system tends =
to change the user interface periodically, but I can usually figure it =
out.  Prices tend to vary considerably depending on the top level domain =
name.