Domain registrar that won't block my domain with zero notice?

Question

Hi,I had a registrar suspend a my very important domain for no good reason and with no warning, and it was hell getting it back online.I'm now in the market for a premium registrar where they actually contact me and get my side of the story before messing with my business. I've contacted MarkMonitor, Com Laude, and Safenames so far, waiting for a response.I'm curious what the ballpark cost of this kind of services would be? Also, is there another option that HN recommends?Thanks

bearjaws · Accepted Answer

I would love to hear more of this "no good reason and with no warning".What are the domains hosting?

KomoD · Answer

So who was the registrar and what do the domains host? I do doubt that it was for no reason.

toast0 · Answer

IIRC, MarkMonitor charged about $100/year for a basic .com, more if you wanted registry lock and they had a minimum spend in the neighborhood of $10,000/year. Circa 2013, when NetworkSolutions had a phishing incident and I realized my boss was still using NetworkSolutions in 2013...

cpach · Answer

Porkbun seems very popular these days. My personal favorite is Dynadot. I hope that neither of them would shut down a domain in the manner that you described.

solardev · Answer

Can you just use a standard registrar like Cloudflare?

romerocarlos · Answer

Any of the options you cite are acceptable and handle high-level clients. I would also recommend CSC.

readyplayernull · Answer

Godaddy? I left that clown car of a registar for Namecheap, never looked back.