Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Sep 22 '00
Pros: Competitive pricing, responsive customer service, easy-to-use interface
Cons: No provision for looking up owner info for domain names already registered
Summary: Recently, I decided to stake out a piece of e- real estate by securing my very own dot com address. Vain? Perhaps. Practical? Eventually...I hope so.
As a newbie, I know quite little about the ins and outs of how to set up a website. ... read more
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Dec 15 '03
Pros: Inexpensive. If you do talk to someone there, they are more friendly than sullen.
Cons: No phone number, unpredictable response from customer service, defective links sent to complete registration
Summary: All I wanted to do was renew a couple of domains, and I was looking for an alternative to the widely hated Network Solutions. After finding Verio to be a scam (check complaints with the BBB), I turned to Dotster. I registered a domain with them last ... read more
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Jul 17 '03
Pros: None, they're a total scam.
Cons: Too Many to mention, read on.
Summary: read all of the other reviews on this board, it's plain to see they are all planted by dotster. They ... read more
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Jan 08 '03
Pros: ICANN Accredited; Cheap; Easy; Automated Web Access
Cons: Unfriendly WEB Interface
Summary: There have been a lot of positive posts here but none recently, and then there are the really negative posts that made me think twice. Most of the negative posts have to deal with customer service.
Here is my experience with customer ... read more
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Oct 13 '02
Pros: Cheap, easy to use
Cons: None yet
Summary: After reading a couple of the more recent reviews, I was a little concerned about Dotster. However, I was in need of a registrar, and the amount of $$ involved was low so I decided to give Dotster a try.
I registered 2 .com names for 2 years. ... read more
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Sep 20 '02
Pros: Many online features, easy-to-use interface.
Cons: No customer response, long delays (up to "never") in establishing certain features.
Summary: I registered my first domain with Dotster a couple of years ago. Last year, I asked to establish an email account, to be used for "hiding" my ISP userid. I just wanted to be able to change providers without having to notify my two hundred regular ... read more
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Apr 18 '02
Pros: Company does respond to requests for support.
Cons: Some instructions on their website are unclear.
Summary: Among companies catering to the small operators Dotster seems to be better than most. I have been able to contact them by phone and email, and their response is generally fast (within a day or two) and always polite. I have never experienced downtime. ... read more
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Nov 22 '01
Pros: great price, friendly customer service, dns service
Cons: none that i can think of?
Summary: I have registered 4 out of 5 of my domains at Dotster, and I have never had any problems with them.
I "discovered" their site about 2 years ago when I was looking for a low priced registrar. At the time, a lot of places charged between ... read more
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Oct 21 '01
Pros: nice control panel, quite good pricing
Cons: pricing could be better like godaddy, no phone support no.
Summary: Dotster is primarily a domain name registration company, however that isn't the only service they offer. They also offer an Affiliate program that lets other sites have a registration link for domains and receive comission on domains registered through ... read more
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Oct 10 '01
Pros: Cheap, good customer service
Cons: Sometimes reports available names as taken
Summary: I've tried Network Solutions, Register.com and Gandi, but I think I like Dotster the best. Their prices are good ($15/year) and their website is usable and powerful.
The customer service is top-notch, since I always get help within a few ... read more
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May 24 '01
Pros: Good prices and easy domain registration, renewal, and updates
Cons: Nothing of enough consequence to qualify as a true "con"
Summary: Update 11/5/01: I'm leaving this review intact but it's important to note that Dotster does now offer renewal of .tv domains, which they did not when the review was written. They also offer registration of the new .info domain. I recently ... read more
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Apr 17 '01
Pros: Easy to change DNS/contact info via web interface, inexpensive, easy form facilitates leaving current registrar!
Cons: No support for contact person "handles" causes unnecessary duplicative data entry of contact info.
Summary: I have registered at least 20 domains at Dotster over the last one-and-a-half years. In April 2001, I finished the migration of all my remaining domains from Network Solutions over to Dotster.
If you are paying Network Solutions $35/year, ... read more
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Apr 09 '01
Pros: Reasonably priced, straightforward and easy to use.
Cons: Where is the phone number? (Not that I have needed it.)
Summary: I personally own several domain names. In addition to Dotster, I have had experience with Network Solutions, Register.com, and a couple of small registrars. I must say that Dotster.com is by far and away the best of them. I have now transferred all my ... read more
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Feb 12 '01
Pros: Fast, Easy, Powerful, Cheap domain registration services.
Cons: I'll let you know when I find one!
Summary: If you want www.yourname.com, you need a domain registrar and Dotster is one of the easiest, most powerful and least expensive registrars around.
What Domains Does Dotster Register?
Currently you can register .com, .net, ... read more
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Jan 08 '01
Pros: Easy to use interface
Cons: No one seems to work there anymore
Summary: It's always sad to see a good company go bad. It should have come as no surprise that Dotster was in for a downward turn when they took all reference to their phone number off their site, but who could have guessed it would be this bad.
I've ... read more
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Jan 04 '01
Pros: fast, cheap, quick response from support, forwarding
Cons: it's so easy you'll want to buy 100 domains :)
Summary: I found Dotster by accident about 6 months ago. Prior to this date the only registrar I had used was Network Solutions [don't even get me started on them, they're a nightmare]. At first I did all the research, made sure my domain name would really be ... read more
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