I am in need to park 30 or so domains ( now, much more later ) all in various forms of expiration, some just renewed at places like the top 5 ( GoDaddy etc. ) and others are at obscure registrars as I inherited them that way from a client or other source.

I have about 6 that are up for 30 day renewal right now. One is the domains where I have [email protected] so I want this to be as smooth as possible.

I have managed DNS/bind/named for years, though it has been years since I have. Now it is just troubleshooting with dig and other tools.

What is your favorite registrar only, or colo/shared/hosting/ISP and why?

How are they with SSL certs, changing, and keeping up on keeping TLS secure and doing it all right.

I do need good DNS on their end, though I can't say I have ever had issues with an SOA case, it's always at the DNS level on some remote server somewhere. Though these days I find managing DNS in most registrars browser control panels sufficient. GoDaddy is stupidly convoluted. I am not making mass changes of 1000 domain files at a time. Just one off, add an MX, add DKIM, etc.

If they make setting up any of the above simpler, note that too.

Which ones to stay away from and why.

Thanks for any pointers.

Oh, any that will take current registration time plus what you buy is going to work better for me. I just renewed a large batch with a terrible registrar, and want to move them, but don't want to lose out on those 11 months I just paid for. Some registrars offer "rollover" like that, where you get 11 months plus your year or more you just signed up for.