Dave, I second Deirdre's general comments, although I have no experience specifically with Domain Direct. A couple of other points:
o Commodity rates for domain registration are about $12-15. o It's highly desirable to pay quite a few years in advance. o Registrars encourage transfers by giving you credit for time you have remaining at your existing registrar. In consequence, considering a move to a new registrar is always timely (except within one month of expiration, when you need to stay put and pay the man pronto, before doing anything else) -- and paying additional years in advance is always a good idea at any reasonable annual rate. What you want to scrulously avoid is _ever_ getting within even a couple of months of expiration. Here's what happens during the expiration process: "Domain Expiration" on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Network_Other/ ...and likelihood of registrar misbehaviour (including mysteriously delaying or losing your transfer request) increases dramatically as you approach expiration. > Going back over the check book records, it looks like we paid $70 in > 1998 for 2 years, $35 in 2000 for one year, and $140 for five years in > 2001. Those are Network Solutions rates, which are notably high, and buy you (historically) sub-par service.
