Register.com Reviews

Out of 10 days of hosting the website was down 5 days. Customer sevice says "sorry" but I am losing money every minute while running pay-per-click promo on diferent networks!

Register.com is the worse domain registrar! They charge $37 a year, and then charge me $25 because I was 1 day late renewing the website. When I called customer support they told me basically too bad. You've been with us for 7 years you should know the costs.

I think a better approach is you have been a loyal customer for seven years....

I'm still trying to get the domain transferred. They do not make it easy! I definitely do NOT recommend using them!

I do not believe that Register.com provides enough value to customers, relative to it's price. They recently had a DDOS attack in April 09, and my email service went down for a couple of days. I generally was OK with this disruption, but this past week caused me to change my mind.

This week (July 1 2009), they "upgraded" their email servers, but as a result, email service was interrmitant all week; I received countless duplicates, and worst of all, their on line support was incapable of solving my problems. I use Outlook 2003 and my smartphone as my 'clients', and each required me to check for late delivery message, and remove multiple duplicate copies (over and over again....).

Tech support provided the rote answers (" we are upgrading to a new improved service"), but either would not or could not help me. Also, they were not inclined to give me a credit for problems with service.

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Our Profile

In 1994, brothers Richard and Peter Forman founded the internet services company Forman Interactive, and five years later the name was changed to Register.com. In 2006 the Formans sold Register.com to the San Francisco-based private equity firm Vector Capital Corporation for around $200 million.

Company and Services
The headquarters of Register.com are in New York City, with further key offices being in Baltimore Maryland; Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and London, UK. Register.com reported an annual turnover of $62.4 million in 2007. The company has a workforce of around 500, with more than half working in sales and support.

As its name implies, Register.com was originally purely a domain name registrar. Through the years its products and services have expanded to meet demand in related areas.

Today, Register.com provides pretty much everything you need to start and run a website including, domain name registration, hosting and website design (with either do-it-yourself or custom options available). It also provides e-commerce solutions and website marketing tools to back up the core offering. Register.com’s applications are designed so that even those with little or no technical know-how should be able to build and manage an online presence.

Register.com offers three shared web hosting packages which vary in disk space from 5GB to unlimited, while monthly data transfer spans 250GB to unlimited. All hosting plans come with at least one free domain name and one free email account. The uptime guarantee is an unbeatable 100%.

Register.com also offers three types of reseller plans for those considering adding hosting to their services portfolio. With its wide range of hosting solutions and stated commitment to reliability, Register.com should have a plan to fit most budgets and technical requirements.

Register.com says it is proud of its technical support staff - the “web service consultants” as they are known. The company has a good record for response times with most support calls supposedly being answered in less than 60 seconds. Support is available 24/7 by toll free phone or online.

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Learning center: http://www.register.com/learning_center/

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Hosting PlanDisk SpaceBandwidthPrice 
Register Essential5GB250GB$8.95/monthView Plan
Register PremiumUnlimitedUnlimited$29.95/monthView Plan
Register Professional250GB1000GB$14.95/monthView Plan
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