> I don't know for sure that namecheap is the world's best registrar, but I decided not to overthink it
I really wish people would. Who here ever heard of Namecheap before they blasted GoDaddy for ``breaking ICANN rules'' by restricting their whois access just before industry experts confirmed that it's standard practice for preventing abuse? It reeks of dishonesty and Namecheap seems to be doing whatever they can to stay viral. Registrars have always been a shady bunch and adopting one without research has never been a good idea.
I'm not convinced deeply researching registrars is worth my time. I skimmed through the terms of service before switching to namecheap and that's it. They're a commodity. If the only thing distinguishing this one is that they might put out a press release about 25,000 Internet power users voting against SOPA with their money, that's enough for me. Considering that the only harm I suffered from staying with godaddy for years was a sense of dissatisfaction at being associated with them, I doubt namecheap will do anything in the next 60 days (after which I can transfer elsewhere) to make me regret switching.
If you've got a non-shady registrar and reasons to think it's the best, post something and maybe I'll transfer to them in March.
I have. Not that it means anything to you or anyone else. :)
I've been using namecheap for domains and dns for a number of years now without issue. I transferred a majority of my domains there after numerous people (on other social news sites) recommended them over GoDaddy.
I really wish people would. Who here ever heard of Namecheap before they blasted GoDaddy for ``breaking ICANN rules'' by restricting their whois access just before industry experts confirmed that it's standard practice for preventing abuse? It reeks of dishonesty and Namecheap seems to be doing whatever they can to stay viral. Registrars have always been a shady bunch and adopting one without research has never been a good idea.