{"id":2192,"date":"2012-01-29T20:46:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T01:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2012-01-29T20:46:39","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T01:46:39","slug":"ten-points-for-register-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/ten-points-for-register-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten points for Register.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has their registrar of choice and prefers to register their domains with them.<\/p>\n<p>For the purpose of organizing one&#8217;s domains, it&#8217;s prudent to keep your domain names with as fewer registrars as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Register.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Register.com<\/strong><\/a> is not my choice of registrar, although it belongs to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Register.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>first group of domain registrars<\/strong><\/a> to become available after Network Solutions lost its monopoly in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>I acquired a domain at Register.com and having had an account there I unlocked and attempted to transfer it to Fabulous.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Register.com implements a tight security regarding the provision of authorization codes; five days later I received an email that my request had been denied and I had to call them.<\/p>\n<p>So I did call them, on a Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The phone was answered promptly and I was patched through to their tech support. At the other end of the line, Gary was understanding and resolved my issue quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>I had the authorization code in an email within minutes and proceeded with the transfer.<\/p>\n<p>I feel bad when such positive experiences occur at a losing registrar but at the end of the day it&#8217;s all about cost of registrations.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I&#8217;d give Register.com ten out of ten for customer support efficiency, on a Sunday no less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has their registrar of choice and prefers to register their domains with them. For the purpose of organizing one&#8217;s domains, it&#8217;s prudent to keep your domain names with as fewer registrars as possible. 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