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I use godaddy. I have used 1and1, NameCheap, ipowerweb, yahoo, etc.

GoDaddy may suck balls for a lot of things, but they are the best that I've found for having multiple domains. I don't have a lot, just a dozen or so active - but the interface is sweet, fast, and very easy to do domain locking/unlocking, nameservers, multiple edits, etc.

Of course, I'm not authority. This is just me saying what I've done, and what I like.

I hate how the godaddy UI is packed full of adverts. When you buy a domain you're bombarded with 50 or so offers that you're almost tricked into signing up to. Really not a fan.

I'm an avid namecheap user. The interface is clean and there are no adverts blocking your view. They've also just released their own API for registering domains off-site if that's your gig.

Also, the "private domains" feature is reasonably priced on namecheap. On godaddy, it just isn't.

but the interface is sweet, fast, and very easy to do domain locking/unlocking, nameservers, multiple edits, etc.

That's weird, I use GoDaddy, and the interface drives me nuts because of how slow it is. It does let me do pretty much anything I need to, and GoDaddy is probably as cheap as it gets - but "fast" has never been a word I associate with them.

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