Nov 20 2007
123-Reg DNS Issues & Other Problems
I use 123-reg for a lot of my domain registrations and they used to be pretty good. Great prices, decent enough support when you needed it and full control of your domain. It seems lately they’ve been having lots of problems though and an old post of mine 123-Reg Problems - Approach with Care is gathering loads of comments from disgruntled users.
So here’s a quick question for other affiliate marketers who I’m sure have the condition known as Domain Name Buying Addictivitis. Where is the best place to manage a pile of domain names? It would be a huge hassle to move from 123-Reg but it might be a whole lot more hassle to stay.
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Nov 20th, 2007 at 4:21 pm | #
I hear where you are coming from Fraser, and if you find a viable alternative give me a shout.
Kudos to 123-reg though they did hold their hands up and admit to the outrage last weekend
http://inside.123-reg.co.uk/archives/problems-with-123-reg-this-weekend/
Its not all that long ago we wouldn’t have heard a dicky bird about the problems.
Nov 20th, 2007 at 6:41 pm | #
1&1 for me every time. Switching over means a 2 year contract for each domain with fees paid upfront and it can take around 24 - 48 hrs for the DNS settings to propagate.
I’ve used 1&1 for a while now and apart from their horrid accounting panel, they are the bees knees.
Nov 21st, 2007 at 1:10 pm | #
Ok. I am biased. Very biased. But give Daily.co.uk a try - it was set up by the same people who originally set up 123-reg, who then sold it to Pipex. Daily.co.uk has a control panel built in 2007 not 1997, and the telephones are answered in 4 rings. And its cheaper than 123-reg. But bear in mind I am biased because I work for ‘em.
Nick Salter. A biased person, but not hiding it.
Nov 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 am | #
Keith - that’s a good point and like you say is an improvement on past performance.
David - Sorry I’ve been with 1&1 before and didn’t enjoy the experience. As you say the control panel is horrible and my experience of support wasn’t much better.
Nick - Thanks for your input. Respect at least for not trying to disguise your plug
I’ll have a look at daily.
Nov 22nd, 2007 at 5:03 pm | #
No worries, I didn’t want to commercialise your plea for help! But I guess I ended up doing that anyway…
Nick
Dec 5th, 2007 at 2:14 pm | #
I’m impressed with Daily so far. I tried to register a handful of domains with 123-reg earlier but as tends to happen the registration didn’t seem to go through.
I signed up with daily and the same domains were registered seconds after the order was placed. Now I just need to make sure I don’t get charged by 123-reg!
I’ll test things out for a bit longer before considering moving all my domains though.
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