I have several web projects that I'm starting to develop.They are 4 different domains, registered in 3 different places.The 60 days period that the ICANN sets as mandatory waiting time (before you move the domains) have passed, and I'm free to move them now, and eventually centralizing them.I tend to think it would be better for a more comfortable management, however, would there be any reason not to do it, or any pros in keeping them scattered?Just trying to get some inputs/experiences before I move ahead!
Several domains: centralize them in a single registrar or using multiple registrars?
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I worked for a company once who went down this road. It was manageable with a handful of domains, but at one point we held several hundred and it just got to be silly. Sure we had a spreadsheet to tell us what was where, but when it came to ongoing management like renewals (and remembering to charge end-clients for them) it led to more frustration than it was worth.Ultimately we decided to find one registrar who gave a good balance of price & ease of management. This also meant that whenever we needed to transfer a domain in/out for a client we had the process down pat without having to think about which registrar requires what information &c.There were a few cases where a separate registrar was required for specific TLDs (like Switzerland & Hong Kong) but at least that was easier to remember than randomly spreading them apart.