{"id":13481,"date":"2010-10-20T14:53:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T12:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13481"},"modified":"2010-10-20T14:53:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T12:53:06","slug":"automattic-becomes-domain-registrar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/20\/automattic-becomes-domain-registrar\/","title":{"rendered":"Automattic becomes domain registrar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Matt Mullenweg reports<\/a> in his blog that Automattic became a domain registrar.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0some folks have noticed already<\/a>,\u00a0Automattic<\/a> is now a \u201creal\u201d domain registrar (ID #1531<\/a>). This has been a goal of mine for several years now, chiefly because I am a bit of a domain collector myself and I\u2019ve never been completely satisfied with the domain buying or management experience on any of the usual players. Second, custom domains are a popular feature on\u00a0WordPress.com<\/a> and should become even more popular with some changes we\u2019re introducing this month and it\u2019ll be good to be able to provide a fully integrated experience for our users there. It\u2019ll be a few months while we build all the tools necessary to begin taking advantage of our registrar status so in the meantime we\u2019ll continue to use Godaddy, who has been an excellent partner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These are excellent news! \u00a0I do agree with Mutt that current domain registration and maintenance experience is a pain in the back. \u00a0No matter which registrar you choose, there is always something awkward about it – prices, support, control panel, etc. \u00a0I am using GoGaddy for a few years now, and while they provide excellent discounts and DNS hosting uptime, their control panel is horrible. \u00a0Yet, it’s still better than most.<\/p>\n

Automattic on the other hand, is a company known for it’s humanity in policies and user interfaces. \u00a0WordPress being just one of such examples. \u00a0Them becoming a domain registrar gives me great hope of having a better domain registration and maintenance experience one day.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Matt Mullenweg reports in his blog that Automattic became a domain registrar. As\u00a0some folks have noticed already,\u00a0Automattic is now a \u201creal\u201d domain registrar (ID #1531). This has been a goal of mine for several years now, chiefly because I am a bit of a domain collector myself and I\u2019ve never been completely satisfied with the … Continue reading Automattic becomes domain registrar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[918,2288,1762,2470],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-13481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-announcements","tag-automattic","tag-domain-names","tag-godaddy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26804,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/30\/automattic-and-blog-domains\/","url_meta":{"origin":13481,"position":0},"title":"Automattic and .blog domains","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I was very excited when six years ago Automattic, the company behind WordPress, became a domain registrar. \u00a0Registering, renewing, and managing domains is still a painful process today as much as it was six years ago. 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