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The pricing tiers are great, as other providers are requiring expensive fees on domain creation, transfer, or renewals, Namesilo is doing their expertise to keep the price down. It is also great for domain parking, as they provide different themes for the parking page, custom text or slogans you can display, and most importantly, Namesilo can also handle domain transfer via auction/market-selling. Great to have this feature when you have couple of domain unwanted, but want to make them as a profit.
Free WHOIS privacy is their gimmick, however that's a big plus to most of us. We don't need to disclose all or even partial information to the public, makes our profile safer, and away from spam. However me myself keeps the WHOIS profile public, to allow certain transparency for my customer to see and gain their trust. Though this action brings us alot of spammy WHOIS junk mail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The panel is a pain in the ass, as you will find there is A LOT of "managers" inside the system, which can be simplified as some other easy-to-understand names, I guess that's their disadvantage.
No Strip payment is a big minus, but as long as they are accepting PayPal, Credit Cards, BitCoin, Skrill, Dwolla, and also Wired transfers, I am happy with that.
As for the API part, it is a nightmare while Namesilo didn't provide any SDK for developers, made us to count on ourselves. However there is a plenty plugins for billing solutions like Blesta or WHMCS, so reselling is not a problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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They haven't figured out the notice and warnings. I had set my domain to auto renew, I had entered my payment info, and they did not auto renew my domain. Fortunately, I was not on a vacation the day it happened. Apparently, you need to go to their renewal manager and put your payment info there and turn the auto renew there too.
when my domain went down, and I complained to their dupport do you know what they said? "that is the configuration that you didn't know but you put a blame on us" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
They are not user friendly. You will highly likely lose your domains with them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
They are approachable and responsive. Receive feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
They do not care about their customers. I transferred a domain name in 147$ and it got wasted (because the registry did not let it move) even though I asked for refund in less than 24 hours, they are denying the refund. Reason? Transfer is complete. This is weird logic, nobody wants to cancel a transfer before it has or has not made sense to them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The competitive pricing of their domains. They also offer advance notice of price increases giving customers the opportunity to buy at the current price and save money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The interface is a bit outdated and could do with an upgrade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Namesilo has some of the best prices for domains compared to bigger companies. There's simple pricing with no hidden fees or upselling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Their website user-interface can feel outdated or overwhelming. The main landing page is fine, but once you get logged in and go to account management, it looks like a website from the late 1990's and very busy looking. But if you know where to click, then you can accomplish what you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Our website was experiencing a conflict with email and website due to nameserver changes. Nii, the chat rep, helped explain the issue and was very helpful and friendly. I had to initiate a chat with our web hosting to confirm IP addresses, and she was super awesome to standby while I clarified the nameserver IPs. Since I was new to managing this, she was very patient and walked me through the process and clarifying each step and change made to make sure the records were added correctly. Thank you very much for all your help, Nii!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
So far, we haven't experienced anything that's unpleasant. As I continue to use their service, I'll update accordingly, if anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Namesilo is the cheapest longterm for domain names, and they don't try to upsell all the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's not the prettiest user interface, but once you figure out what you are doing it goes very smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Honestly, I really love their price for .com domains: $8.99 per year. I like their easy-to-use interface that allows you to manage all of the domains in one place. I like how good they are about features that other places would normally charge you money to have. I like how they have a live chat and that you can actually push your domains from one NameSilo account to another. I like how if you actually don't need the domain you registered/purchased with NameSilo you can sell it easily from your account or just drop it altogether without having to sell it. Transferring a domain to NameSilo is also super easy and I feel like my domains are really secure with NameSilo as the registrar.
A place I really trust: LLC University, recommended NameSilo to me as what they use for their domains, and so I like how I'm using the same place as the 100% and utterly trustworthy LLC University. ;) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I don't dislike anything about them. They really work well for me. I noticed that if and only if you are going to sell a domain on their site, they will need to fill out a W9 form, but this is normal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
