[sf-lug] Domain registrars :-) ... 8-O

[Michael Paoli]

I quite like this bit that Rick posted to the Conspire list not all  
that long ago:
http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2015-December/008256.html
Among other things, includes lots of good well reference information on
many of the less than scrupulous past and present practices of many  
domain registrars,
along with fair bit of recommendations of and against, and various  
practical advice.

And, if one might be looking for yet another relatively current source  
of opinions and
information about registrars:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/3ynwpw/fuck_you_network_solutions/
Includes ample anecdotal and otherwise - accounts of Network Solutions  
/ Web.com
issues/problems ... along with a fair bit of godaddy accounts and  
bashing thereof,
and a sprinkling of recommendations, and other miscellaneous related  
and not quite so
related commentary and questions and opinions.  "Of course" the title  
and description
of that posting might somewhat bias / self-select those that comment  
upon it ... but
probably doesn't skew the results all that incredibly much.  Were it  
instead an
"I love Network Solutions" or "What do you think of Network  
Solutions?" posting,
I think the responses likely would've been about the same (once they  
get going they
kind'a take on a life of their own, and [d]evolve into relatively predictable
pattern, based upon the registrars, and folks' experiences with them).