I own five .jp domains for current and future businesses, all are currently registered through onamae dot com. They’ve recently added a 20% “service charge” to their renewals which I do not wish to pay. Along with their constant upselling, they really remind me of the godaddy.
So, I’m looking for somewhere to move to.
star-domain looks better, at least on the surface. No weird service charges and less aggressive upselling.
Poking around a bit, xserver domain (aka xdomain) looks pretty good. They do not seem to be ICANN accredited but they are listed as a JPRS registrar, and since I only want to use them for .jp domains, ICANN isn’t that important to me. They offer 1yen incoming transfers for up to 5 domains, which is nice.
Anyone have experience or recommendations? Or registrars to avoid?
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I don’t know how much your current one is now, but google domains lists .jp as 40 per year. I have not had much trouble with registrars but site hosting is another story.
I got one through godaddy
https://muumuu-domain.com/
I have no suggestion. I just want to commiserate about Onamae. It is literal dogshit. The interface is terrible. It feels straight out of 1997.
I never thought I would yearn for GoDaddy.
I use stardomain/ netowl. Been working well for me for the last 5+ years
Ditto on Onamae being trash, hated using that company.
I think 101domains does jp too, but they’re pretty bad with their website/ interface
Is getting a dotcom url instead not an option? Perhaps less hassle?
I only buy .jp domains for extremely specific purposes, but when I do Ive found that godaddy is by far my favorite. Might be more expensive, but Im more than willing to shell out for a comparatively very streamlined product and responsive customer service.
jp-domains.com and Tsukaeru (since we had servers there)
Have you heard of https://www.value-domain.com/ at all?
I host my dot com site on their affiliate hosting provider, since it is the cheapest I have found. (Less than Y3000 for a bare-bones static website.)
I’ve used Hover dot com for everything I use. Nice interface, seems to do everything I need.
If it’s not .jp, it was Cloudflare Registrar
I’ve used gandi.net for all my domains for the past 20+ years. Their motto is “no bullshit” and they live by it.
I just use Godaddy. Have 14 – .JP domains.
Is Godaddy a problem?