Registerfly isn't a true virtualization. It's Virtuosso.

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Jay Faulkner
http://oldos.org

I have a domain at 1and1.com (the US version of oneandone.net), so I can only speak for that "version" (they have other sites for UK, Germany, etc), but www.1and1.com does allow you to specify your own DNS servers. You can even have your own primary and have one of their servers act as a seconary.

But, it's a pain to set up up this way. They seem to cater to people who want to just "put up a web site", so their default DNS setup makes a few assumptions about how you want things. All the documentation assumes you are hosting the web site with them. When I registered this domain (~6 months ago), there was no documentation specific to people who had only a domain registered with them. It took me a couple of tries to get things the way I wanted.

--John

I use NameJunction.

Theire prices reasonable, and their service is excellent - I've used them for over 4 years.

I'm a long term and happy user of www.bulkregister.com who I would heartily recommend.

One of the cheapest places to register a domain is uk2.net, however, I believe they want money if you want to move the registration away from them, there are some horror stories, but many people are very happy.

I would suggest you go to http://www.internic.net/regist.html to check out for a "real" registrar. Many so-called registars are merely resellers of big names like godaddy, etc.

Basically I think the names can be on the Internic list would have the basic credibility.

ywliu

That is interesting. So if I get some registrar from that list, I suppose I shouldn't
worry.
I was afraid of possible disputes with, say, someone from another
country wanting the same domain (a .com or .info domain) -- and I
guess the registrar may decide to give the domain name to someone
else in some situations, right?

-- jp