I have recently consolidated all my domains with godaddy. I am using their free dns manager to handle the dns for them. I know there are dns providers like dyndns and easydns. What exactly do they provide that is different than godaddy? (aside from more records)
Basically, under what conditions should I be looking for a paid DNS host?
Thanks.
Best Answer
Short answer - you are already using a paid DNS host - the cost is just hidden within the domain registration service.
GoDaddy are hosting your DNS records as part of the registration service. EasyDNS will do the same thing for you - i.e. register a domain name for you, and provide DNS services, as will all the competition. If you don't know why you would want one provider over another, then the only thing that probably matters is the price you paid for the domain name.
DynDNS provide additional services which allow you to use your domain name with a dynamic IP address - e.g. your ISP doesn't give you a static IP address. Again, if you don't know you need this, then you probably don't.