Private registration

[anytimeflowers]

Okay, I should know this but......I don't:hammer:

I went to renew my domain registration with godaddy, then had second thoughts.

First question is, should I continue with the private registration? Is it worth the extra $25? Is that common and why should I?

Okay, so that's more than one question, consider them parts A-C

Second question, is there another I should register it with instead? I have quite a few domains, but only one site, the others get directed to my live website. Should they all be registered with the same company?

Ditto, parts A and B

Thanks for your input, I have a couple months to decide.

 

[pdxdoug]

Continue with GoDaddy, but I can't think of a reason why you need private registration.
I registered only a single domain as private, and that was because I secured the name before another group thought to get it. Long story ...

I think having a single registrar makes sense. I've consolidated all my domains to GoDaddy, but DO NOT HOST anything on SlowDaddy. They're horrible!

 

[marigold]

I have had mine registered with 123cheapdomain.com for 8 years and pay 13.00 a year.
Never heard of private registration.
I also have some other domains listed with go daddy for something like 8.99 per year, maybe even less. Why private?

 

[BOSS]

Second question, is there another I should register it with instead?

Strider is way cheaper than GoDaddy.....

 

[anytimeflowers]

I think having a single registrar makes sense. I've consolidated all my domains to GoDaddy, but DO NOT HOST anything on SlowDaddy. They're horrible!

Slowdaddy is exactly the reason why I switched to Strider for my web-hosting. The last straw was when I could not get my Father's Day images off my site for three months! They tried to tell me it was my computer, but I tried it on FIVE different comps. I don't ever have those issues now.

When I first bought my domains, I had just learned how to EMAIL, so I had no clue what I was doing.......often still the case.

 

[theRKF]

There is speculation that Google compares the domain WHOIS to the web site's posted address. Private registration takes away this local SEO signal ... not good.

Also, $25 is too much for private registration.

www.domainsbystrider.com has domains from $9.99 and lower

 

[anytimeflowers]

Those buggers, I see an e-mail from them that they automatically renewed it. Charged me ninety-some odd dollars. It was not due to expire until August!

 

[duanermb]

Those buggers, I see an e-mail from them that they automatically renewed it. Charged me ninety-some odd dollars. It was not due to expire until August!

They will reverse that no problem is you call them.