I’ve been registering a lot of domains lately. Well, not a lot, considering how many domains some people own, but a lot for me. It looks like I will register more new domains in 2004 than I have in any prior year. It’s become a no-brainer. When I have an idea for a new domain, I spend a tiny bit of time thinking it through before registering.

Now I would never have done this back in the early days. No way. It’s only become practical because of cheap domain name registration.

Back in the old days, domain registration was way too expensive. Remember paying $35 per domain name per year? It was hideous! The Goliath that held the reigns has long since been reigned in, thank heavens, and cheap domain name registration is here to stay.

With cheap domain name registration, I pay just a fraction of what it used to cost. Although I’ve seen prices in the eight dollar and change range, I pay a tad more than that, because I like the service that my registrar provides.

But if you’re looking for cheap domain name registration, you owe it to yourself to check out all the options. As with so many things, all cheap domain name registrars were not created equal! ;)