crazy domains

Is there any reason not to use crazydomains.co.nz as a registrar?
They are not listed on
http://dnc.org.nz/content/srs_registrar_list.html
Should that be cause for concern?

 

Probably not.

However I hear from a very reliable source that DNS Management is NOT
free - that is, you have to pay $24 for (to setup and point) A and C
records!

 

Just FYI...

I sent an email to a mate, thinking, maybe he might know??? His
reply...

Subj: Do you know much about these people? - seems very cheap...

Yes

I bought a domain off them yesterday $15 - wellingtonquakelive.co.nz

They are s<expletive deleted >!

NO DNS Management tools (A, CNAME etc) unless you pay $24

I just changed the NameServers to a different one (IServe) and managed
to get around it that way. But there was issues with caching etc. Seems
to be resolved now.

After 5 days you can transfer to another company.

 

Thanks Dave.
That is just what we need to know. I am sorting this out for a mate
and have never had a .co.nz domain myself.
He would not be put off by the dollars but any hassle he would not
thank me for

 

I think it depends on what your mate's trying to do. However, it's
quite typical to use a registrar that is NOT the host for the webserver
or e-mail server - in which case, Crazy Domains doesn't look like a good
choice. (ie one uses the Registrar to for the name registration service
*only*, and you use their DNS management facility to point stuff to
servers (web, mail, ftp, sub-domains etc etc).

If the e-mail server is hosted internally (by your mate), then there is
possibly (usually) little redundancy, then having a backup mail service
is worth a look (if e-mail transmission is *vital* - ie 100% of the
time). I use DNSMadeEasy's backup MX service for this...
http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/services/backup-email/
($13 USD / year).

And that in itself can have problems on some Domain Registrars - eg.
even Freeparking's DNS management system does not allow that addition of
the three extra MX records. However, it's just a matter of phoning 'em
or asking them and they'll do that for you for nothing. No problems
doing this yourself on GoDaddy (however they're not very cheap for .nz
domains).

 

Thanks guys. That's been a great help.
Reg