I am asked every week who is the best domain registrar? My answer is always it depends on your specific needs and interests.
For me it’s Epik, GoDaddy, Name.com.
Epik.com for the pricing, all the tools provided such as escrow, free privacy, marketplace, payment plans, etc…
GoDaddy for their reach, their auction platform and that for a lot of people outside of domaining, GoDaddy = Domain Names. Many a time when telling someone I am a domain investor/trader, they say “Oh GoDaddy.”
Name.com I have purchased many domain names through their expired platform, I like their back end for managing domain names.
So who is the best registrar to you and why?
Data from RegistrarOwl.com, last updated 10/2018
GoDaddy 59,977,854
Tucows 10,068,597
NameCheap 9,339,744
HiChina 7,760,915
Network Solutions 7,186,121
Enom 6,377,477
1&1 Internet 5,223,628
PublicDomainRegistry 5,108,937
Onamae 4,779,422
Alibaba 4,304,967
XinNet 3,078,907
Wild West Domains 2,921,994
Chengdu 2,811,699
Google 2,640,681
Fast Domain 2,391,424
