I was at the SES site, working out the best sessions for my US colleagues to visit in Chicago next month, and I saw that one of the exhibitors is Moniker, who I had previously not heard of. It says:

Moniker.com is one of the Top 3 Fastest Growing ICANN Accredited Registrars, offering domain registration, domain name sales and escrow, website hosting and website management services for individuals and businesses. Our emphasis is on providing the very best levels of customer service, the highest levels of security, at the best price.

So I visit their site and find that:

  • At $18.99 it’s not a “best price”
  • “Security” seems to consist of masking WHOIS info, which GoDaddy does much cheaper, and all major registrars offer anyway
  • They can’t spell! It says on their home page, albeit seemingly temporarily, “Due to technical difficulties at the registry, registration of Crountry Code TLD domains is not currently available”

I can’t vouch for their customer service, but they do not appear to be better than GoDaddy in any way, let alone price