[SpeedracerIndy]

I like godaddy.com. (Even before their Superbowl commercial!) They are around $8 per domain name. I have four of my five domain names with them, and have been very happy. One I would reccomend to stay away from is network solutions. (if they are even still in business) I have heard VERY bad things about them. Do a search on network solutions and you will find tons of horror stories.

Are you going to be running a web server, or just owning the domain name??? If you're running a web server, you have to know your DNS nameservers before you buy the name so that you can tell the registrar their addresses. That is what "points" the traffic to where your website is being hosted. If you are just wanting to buy a domain name (such as yourname.com) and use your ISP to host the site, you will probably need to find a registrar that provides a redirecting service. Most ISPs will not host a domain name you buy. They will let you host a website under their name (such as yourname.yourisp.com). Your ISP could be different, but I haven't seen a residential ISP service that allows that.