NameSilo: How to buy a domain name? Price: What you see is what you get. There are no tricks worth trying.

How to buy a domain name at the cheapest price?

If you search casually, you will find a large number of purchase tutorials on domain name service providers such as GoDaddy and NameCheap. This is very friendly to newbies. However, the routine of domain name sales is usually to attract new users with extremely low first-year purchase prices, and then increase the unit price per customer through increasing renewal prices and additional services year by year. If you are not careful, you may easily encounter a price shock when renewing your subscription in the second year.

In addition, if you want to hold a domain name stably for a long time, in addition to renewal, you also need to consider factors such as the domain name security defense, domain name transfer, and customer support of the domain name service provider. I will attach some negative information about GoDaddy at the end of the article. Friends who are interested can move to the end.

Let me talk about my personal opinion first: GoDaddy does not live up to its name, while Namecheap and Namesilo have good reputations.

Because I have registered four domain names with Namesilo and renewed them once. So, if you don’t have a better option, consider it.

1. Make sure that ICANN certification is a formal domain name registrar.

As an ordinary individual, I have had several doubts about digital assets such as domain names:

• Can any company be sold?
• Who holds the pricing power?
• If the value of the domain name is too high, will these domain name registrars take it back without authorization?
• If the domain name price is too high, will renewal be prohibited?
• …

Of course, these are usually irrelevant to us. If continuity is not a concern, then if this domain name doesn’t work, you can just register another one.

However, domain name registration is actually managed by an organization, namely ICANN, which stands for The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This is a non-profit international organization established in 1998. It is responsible for coordinating the Internet's unique identifier system and its safe and stable operation on a global scale, including the space allocation of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and the assignment of protocol identifiers. , generic top-level domain name (gTLD) and country and region top-level domain name (ccTLD) system management, as well as root server system management.

Therefore, no matter how cheap the domain name is, we'd better choose a regular domain name registrar certified by ICANN. The specific search website is as follows:

ICANN domain name registrar query website

2. Namesilo’s rising star is too low-key

Among the domain name registrars that claim to be cost-effective, Namesilo stands out.

Its domain name prices are straightforward, renewals do not increase in price, and there are no tricks in sales, so it is well-known among netizens. I don’t know if it’s because of poor marketing, but I have to search carefully for soft articles online. But don’t think that Namesilo is unknown. Its parent company, NameSilo Technologies Corp., was listed on the Canadian Nasdaq Stock Exchange (CNSX) on December 2, 2021. It is also a listed company.

There are many tricks to sell domain names. When you search AA.com and see the price of $9.99, you think you can buy it. You may only find out after placing an order that you need to buy it for two years. The first year is $9.99, and the second year is $99. In addition, there are additional charges for ICANN free, domain name privacy and other fees.

It is said, just said... When some netizens used GoDaddy to check the price of a domain name, they could still buy it on the first day, but the domain name was put on sale on the second day... I can only say that some so-called big brands are able to do well in sales, not without methods.

On Namesilo, the price of the domain name is much higher, and the nominal price is what it is. The price not only includes ICANN free. It is also one of the first domain name providers to provide domain name privacy protection for free.

Of course, it is not without its shortcomings. That is, the web page for domain name backend operations is a bit out of date. It feels like a design from 20 years ago. Fortunately, the UI for domain name search query and account backend has been redesigned. There is a sense of fragmentation when using it, which once made me suspect that I had logged into the wrong website.

So, if you want to buy a domain name on Namesilo, you can use this link:

New users can use promo code: playful to save $1.

To be honest, this is all the discount Namesilo can offer, which is outrageous. I can't find a lower discount code anywhere on the internet.

If anyone finds it, please let me know in the comments via private message.

3. Namesilo registration and domain name purchase tutorial

1. Register an account

Just register with your email. If you need additional information, fill it out normally.

2. Select a domain name

Enter the domain name you want. If the price is right, it is recommended to choose a familiar top-level domain name such as com/net. If you still want to renew in the second year, pay attention to the price of ren(ewal).

3. Paid purchase

Then click "checkout" to purchase. It supports UnionPay, Alipay and other payment methods, which is more friendly to Chinese users.

Below is a screenshot of me typing the wrong English and buying the wrong domain name. After using the discount, it only cost me $1.

4. Domain name resolution and DNS server modification

This part of the content will be published in conjunction with the VPS server purchase tutorial, so please wait a few more days.

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Even if you don't buy a server, you can do a lot of things with CloudFlare's Worker. Friends who haven't tried it yet can refer to these articles:

• "Basic Tutorial: Cloudflare Warp Registration and Use"
• "Cloudflare Warp Preferred IP Tutorial"
• "Advanced Tutorial: Cloudflare deploys worker preferred IP"

5. About GoDaddy

These are some negative comments I saw on Zhihu. They are for your reference only and you can identify them yourself:

• DNS servers hacked multiple times
• It is suspected to be a stolen domain name, which is what I mentioned above. It was registered after a search.
• There are tricks in pricing
• It is suspected that the customer service has a sales KPI and insists on asking whether to renew.
• Support SOPA

Okay, after reading this, if you find it useful, please click on the ad. It’s not easy to write.

New user discount code: playful