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Posted on April 26, 2000

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With a new range of registrars available through which to register a domain, Web developers might be confused. Who offers the best price? Who offers the best contract to support domain owners? A domain name is incredibly important, and the contract you agree to when purchasing is often ignored.

A new Web site, www.DomainNameBuyersGuide.com alerts consumers to contract wording from registrars that could lead to future difficulties. They also provide a ranking system, judging registrars on price, legal issues, and overall.

Network Solutions who, up until recently, was the sole source for domain registration, comes in nearly last in the overall rankings, rating with one star out of five. DomainNameBuyersGuide provides extra information in the form of consumer alerts and with Network Solutions, alerts users to some dodgy contract wording.

Their top pick and suggestion for who you should be using to register your domains is, interestingly enough, an Australian company - Melbourne IT with four out of five stars. Melbourne IT, who recently floated on the ASX, is the generally well-respected, long-time registration point for .com.au domains, and receives a perfect five-stars for their legal ranking.

Who do you use to register your domains? Have you ever encountered legal problems? Please comment on this article below.

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Isaac is a designer from Adelaide, South Australia, where he has run Triplezero for almost a decade.

He was a member and administrator of evolt.org since its founding in 1998, designed the current site, and was a regular contributor on evolt.org's direction-setting discussion list, theforum.

On the side, he runs Opinion, Hoops SA, Confessions, Daily Male, and Comments, as well as maintaining a travel gallery at Bigtrip.org.
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Submitted by everyknight on May 3, 2000 - 17:15.

Unfortunately, this site does NOT yet rate the CORE or TUCOWS registrars. These registrars, while certified by ICANN, use a shared registration system on the theory that wheels shouldn't have to be invented. And they offer services CHEAP! For example, the cheapest registrar rated is Internet Domain Registrars at $30 per year with a two year minimum. On the other hand, Joker.com will register names with a one year minimum for less than $1.00 per month. When this site expands to rate the other registrars it will be much more valuable.

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Submitted by shelley on July 22, 2000 - 00:13.

Network Solutions is low on this list primarily because of a clause in their domain name agreement which allows them to REVOKE your ownership if you sell your domain name. I find this hard to believe, especially since NSI is now setting up their own "for sale" feature. They may not be the BEST in the list, but I question the rating they have received...

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