Somebody Pinch me!: What am I still doing with eNom?
This post might come as a surprise to some of you who actually ready my blog. I know I have once proclaimed eNom as one of the best registrars in the world. Well I am going to rescind that honor in this post and I will tell you why in very few words.
Enom is great, I have enjoyed working with them and maybe because I have used them for so long, I have gotten really comfortable with them. However about a year or so ago, I started registering names with Fabulous.com also.
Enom has a 3% surcharge when you register a domain with Credit Card, Paypal or even direct deposit. I think the only way to avoid the 3% surcharge is to wire the money. It is either that or some very cumbersome method that I have never used.
Are you following so far? See when you deposit 100 dollars into your enom account, you are only credited 97 dollars. The sad part of this story is that it does not end there. I have been cleaning up my portfolio recently to a leaner meaner and more productive portfolio, I have been letting a lot of names expire in both Fabulous and Enom.
Now the names below expired in enom, and enom want $160 EACH for one year registration. Now that is robbery
biodieselstudy.com ,blogcicle.com, businesstimes.biz, blogerstar.com, braziliancruises.com
Now these names expired last month in Fabulous: rocketracingbet.com, rocketpilots.com and bikerkillers.com and should I want to re-register them, the cost will be my usual registration fee. It does not matter what name it is as long as Fabulous has not deleted it.
Enom does selective pricing when a domain expires. I plan on moving 90% of my portfolio away from enom. As a matter of fact, I seldom do new registrations there anymore.
So which registrar do you use regularly? What are your experiences, likes and dislikes?
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Unless this has changed recently, most credit card companies don’t allow companies to charge a fee to customers for using their cc cards. They expect sellers to eat these fees. Same thing with Paypal.
You might want to chat with your cc company about this Enom policy.
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In the past 8 months I’ve moved 40% of my portfolio to Fabulous. The remaining is being moved as they are due for renewal – excluding .us and .biz that Fabulous cannot manage. With regards to the 3% surcharge at Enom, that’s still a business expense when tax time comes.
I’ve used Moniker for the past 3 years. I really like the seamless integration with SnapNames and the added benefit of their affiliation with TRAFFIC auctions. I’ve also used Enom and Godaddy.
That is awful! Highway robbery! I like Moniker a lot. They aren’t the cheapest but worth the few cents more for the ease of the control panel, etc.
Same thing happened to me when I forgot to move out a name won at Namejet… not worth the $100+ renewal. I use GoDaddy, Dynadot and Moniker typically…
Hey Frankie
I’m sorry to hear what happened. If/when you’re ready – Moniker is here to help! Feel free to contact me!
I think that Fabulous offers a great service with very competitive pricing. Been with them for a number of years and have no complaints. The only thing that can use improvement is their renewal notification system. If you have a lot of domains and want to renew on a case-by-case basis you have to carefully read the notifications to see which domains need renewing. I wish they adopted more of the GoDaddy style where you get a number of notifications and the domains appear on the first control panel screen. Anyways, that’s about it.