A high-volume budget registrar known for aggressive first-year promotions across hundreds of gTLDs and ccTLDs. Pennywise Registry monetises through renewals, paid WHOIS privacy, and a large catalogue of add-ons offered throughout checkout. Basic DNS hosting and email forwarding are included.
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Requested the EPP code, got a page telling me why I should stay, then a form, then an email saying a ticket had been opened. Three days and two follow-ups later I had the code. Nothing broke and the transfer itself went through, but it was clearly designed to make me give up. Also the unlock toggle silently re-locked once and I had to redo it.
Registered a .store for under two dollars, thought I'd found a bargain. Renewal notice came in at just under forty. Nowhere in the signup flow was that number shown to me in a way I'd notice — it's in a table three clicks deep. Technically disclosed, practically hidden. Let it drop.
Every domain I hold there wants an annual fee for WHOIS privacy, and if you skip it your address is public. Competitors include it. On top of that the renewal invoice bundles privacy back in automatically if you ever enabled it once. Ended up moving eleven domains out. DNS was fine, honestly no complaints there.
I've used them for six years for throwaway project domains and I've never been surprised, because I read the renewal table every single time and I untick the four add-ons they pre-select. The DNS editor is basic but it works and changes go live fast. Would I recommend them to my mum? Absolutely not. For me they're the cheapest way to park an idea.
They carry ccTLDs nobody else bothers with, which is why I keep an account. Got a fairly obscure one registered same day with no fuss. Support was slow but eventually helpful when the registry rejected my initial contact details. Pricing is what it is — you're paying for catalogue breadth.
Requested the EPP code, got a page telling me why I should stay, then a form, then an email saying a ticket had been opened. Three days and two follow-ups later I had the code. Nothing broke and the transfer itself went through, but it was clearly designed to make me give up. Also the unlock toggle silently re-locked once and I had to redo it.
Registered a .store for under two dollars, thought I'd found a bargain. Renewal notice came in at just under forty. Nowhere in the signup flow was that number shown to me in a way I'd notice — it's in a table three clicks deep. Technically disclosed, practically hidden. Let it drop.
Every domain I hold there wants an annual fee for WHOIS privacy, and if you skip it your address is public. Competitors include it. On top of that the renewal invoice bundles privacy back in automatically if you ever enabled it once. Ended up moving eleven domains out. DNS was fine, honestly no complaints there.
I've used them for six years for throwaway project domains and I've never been surprised, because I read the renewal table every single time and I untick the four add-ons they pre-select. The DNS editor is basic but it works and changes go live fast. Would I recommend them to my mum? Absolutely not. For me they're the cheapest way to park an idea.
They carry ccTLDs nobody else bothers with, which is why I keep an account. Got a fairly obscure one registered same day with no fuss. Support was slow but eventually helpful when the registry rejected my initial contact details. Pricing is what it is — you're paying for catalogue breadth.
