This is a Netfirms review and why I prefer them over Go Daddy.

People have a lot of preferences when it comes to domain registrars.  Some people prefer Go Daddy, others prefer Namecheap, and further, others prefer Netfirms.  I’m one of those who like to buy domains from Netfirms.  So far, I’ve registered about 30 domains through their company and I have been pleased overall with their service and speed.

First off, I’ll tell you why I don’t like Go Daddy.  Go Daddy at the end of the day is a rip-off.  It’s the greedy man of the domain registering world.   Go Daddy is insistent on up-selling you to other services and generally giving you grief about buying their web hosting packages, buying their privacy packages, or pushing more domains on you.  Overall, their entire selling process is a heart-attack.  I can’t tell you how much I don’t like having to click ‘no’ and ‘not interested’ on their various products and go through a ten minute process to buy one or two domains.  Second, Go Daddy can be a bit slow at times changing nameservers of your new domain.  Compared to other domain registration services I’ve used (like Netfirms) they’re like molasses.  When I register new domains I like to get started right away getting content on the site–I don’t like having to wait five hours for the domain to propagate.

Netfirms has by far given me everything I’ve wanted from a domain registrar.  They’re fast, cheap, and non-obtrusive.  Once I’ve done the research and decided on a domain, I can go to Netfirms and have the domain bought and paid for within two or three minutes.  There isn’t any upselling, just simple, straight-forward domain buying.  Once I have the domain purchased, changing nameservers is a cinch.  Unlike Go Daddy where you have to click-through deep into the site to change those details, you can do it all on one page with Netfirms (they use a nifty AJAX-ified interface).  I kid you not, changing nameservers is almost instant.  My web host (Bluehost) picks up the nameserver change almost instantly and I’m ready to go, on the web, within an hour.

If you haven’t tried out Netfirms I strongly suggest that you give them a try.  Their domain registration costs are among the lowest in the industry (especially when you couple them with a coupon).  I use ‘104DOMSPECIAL’ coupon to get $1.04 off the domains I buy.  If you want to try them out, click the banner on my site (yes I get paid if you buy through it) and try them out (use a Netfirms coupon).   I’m pretty darn sure you’ll enjoy them as much as I have.