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Who?, What?, Where?, When?, Why?
Finding the answers to these means you got the answer. Its the same case with any question even if the question is who to marry!!
If you are a seasoned domainer by now you might be having a preferred place to register domains. If you are a big shot then you might [...]

Who?, What?, Where?, When?, Why?
Finding the answers to these means you got the answer. Its the same case with any question even if the question is who to marry!!

If you are a seasoned domainer by now you might be having a preferred place to register domains. If you are a big shot then you might be having your own registrar. But unless your portfolio values in millions then that is just a dream due to high costs involved in having your own ICANN registrar.

Most of the newbie’s to the trade just look at the cheap aspect when registering domains. Though every one likes to get things cheap, most of the time a hitch comes free with being too cheap. If any company is giving away .com registrations at a price tag of below $5.50 then most probably you get some hitch free of charge, such as you have to host the domain there at a high price or they own the domain you just lease it. (unless you read the agreement carefully you wont find these hitches)

Rule of Thumb No 1
Check whether the domain registration company is ICANN accredited.
There are loads of domain resellers who just pop up like mushrooms but you will hardly get much support and in these places.

Rule of Thumb No 2
Go for a famous domain registrar which was there for a while
when you are selling a domain the buyers would prefer if it is with a major registrar.

mmm…. no good me just explaining rules of thumbs on and on, So will give details of the places which I recommend and which is famous amongst domainers.

GoDaddy.com

Ever heard of Super Bowl. Then you should know GoDaddy. They do spend a lot on advertisements and sponsorships, so in a way some complain that they do spend a lot on their glamour models and they don’t care much about their existing customers. But for me GoDaddy is so far so good. And most agree with me. This is my prefered place after all.
If you are using GoDaddy remember to use coupons, otherwise its not a cheap place.

Use Zine3 as the promo code and you get .com registrations for $6.95 which is a 30% discount over the standard pricing of $9.99. This works for renewals and transfers as well.
if you are buying domains from tdnam (GoDaddy expired domain auction) then use gdbb776 to get .com for $7.55

Few more coupons at GoDaddy, but these do have a expiry date
gdp0902a - 25% off on .com, .net, .org, .biz, .name, .us and .ws registrations, renewals and transfers
gdp0828a - private registrations $3.99
gds0124a - save 25% on $75 or over
cjchea30 - $5 off the order of $30 or more
gdp0916a - .Tv $15.99
gdp0915a - .mobi renewals $9.99

Moniker.com
One of the most trusted places amongst Domainers. Offers .com at $7.29 until September 30th.

NameCheap.com
Nice and easy to use interface if you are managing a big domain portfolio. use coupon code GLOWINGSKY to get .com domains at $8.41 (standard price $9.29). Offers free whois guard.

Name.com
Accepts unverified paypal accounts. Offers .com registrations at $7.99. Allows to register one .net at $5.99

DynaDot.com
Accepts MoneyBookers. Most are extremely pleased with their customer service. Offers .com at $8.99 At the moment DynaDot offers IDN .com registrations at $6.50   

There are few more which is recommended but these are the best and big places to get a .com in terms of pricing, security, and customer service.