Most Your Web Department clients are not techies. That's why they have chosen our service, but there is no getting away from the fact that managing your domain (your URL) can be a challenge.
To help you make Your Web Department experience as pleasurable as possible, we are providing a chart of good and 'not so good' domain registrar. The 'good' hosts provide all the tools you need to connect Your Web Department website to the World Wide Web.
What to look for: Can your provider manage the 'CName' of your DNS?
| Name of Domain Manager | YWD Friendly Y/N | Notes |
| Your Web Department | Y | YWD provides a free domain with each account. However, we do not provide any domain management tools, but it's guaranteed to work with our system. |
| Go Daddy | Y | Slightly confusing interface but able to self-manage ARecord, CName and MXRecords. |
| Hover.com | Y | This is the easiest to use service. They also don't try to up-sell you all sorts of confusing services the way GoDaddy does. It's a few dollars more, but this is our favourite. |
| Internic.ca | Y | They let you manage the CName alias to comply with YWD standards. The fact that they took so long to add this does not make us confident with their service, however. |
| Network Solutions | Y | Intimidating interface but able to self-manage ARecord, CName and MXRecords. |
| EasyDNS | Y | Provides all the tools for complete control of your domain. A very sophisticated service but at a heftier price. |
| Register.ca | Y | Slightly confusing interface but able to self-manage ARecord, CName and MXRecords. |
| Canada Web Hosting | Y |
Provides all the tools for complete control of your domain. |
| Sibername | N | Stay away from this service. They do not allow for external URLs to be used with the CName interface. We do not support Sibername. |
| 10dollar | Y | Not the most intuitive interface but easy to use once you get to the right place. You have to select the forwarding option and then look for the DNS management link. Nice and cheap. |
| NetAccess System | Y-ish | Does not provide the necessary tools, but it can be done by making the request to their technical staff. |
