How to Choose the Best Registrar for Your Website’s Hosting and Domain Name

As a beginner who is looking to set up a business website or blog, you may be wondering the best registrar for your website that will give you a good value for your money.

There are lots of Registrars out there and I’ll be listing some of them here with a recommendation on which registrar you need and why you need them.

1. Namecheap 
2. Godaddy
3. Siteground
4. Ecowebhosting 
5. Hostgator
6. 1&1 Ionos
7. Bluehost

These are some of the popular registrars but please note that they weren’t listed according to popularity or years in business.

Now you may be wondering the one I will recommend and I guess you’re right 🙂

Namecheap, Inc. is an ICANN-accredited registrar, which provides services on domain name registration, and offers for sale domain names that are registered to third parties. It is also a web hosting company, based in Phoenix, Arizona. They’re known for the moderate prices of their products while giving you the best for your website/ Internet needs and customer service satisfaction better than various other registrars.

Advantages of using Namecheap

1. They provide a free SSL for every domain name added to your hosting account which has a validity period of 1 year. Unlike other registrars where you will purchase domain, hosting and SSL separately, Namecheap gives you SSL free for all domains and Addon domains. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. SSL plays a major role in your website’s security and SEO.
2. Their prices are cheaper compared to the prices of other registrars for domain, hosting and other products they offer.
3. Responsive customer support:  They have a 24/7 Live chat support where your problems are resolved in few seconds.
4. Affiliate Program: Like some other registrars, Namecheap pay you a certain percentage when you become an affiliate and send them sales through your referral link. You can earn lots of dollars daily depending on the number of sales your referral link generated in a day.

Below is a screen of one of the sales generated by a Namecheap affiliate link.

Disadvantages of using Namecheap

None has been observed for now.

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