Through the years we've seen the problems clients can find themselves in when a domain name is not properly managed.  With so many other responsibilities it's easy to lose track of renewing a domain.  If you've changed your email address, you may not even be able to renew the domain.  There's also some security issues involved.  Not to paint a scary picture but it's worth having someone like Revenant Design manage your domain names.  For $35/year you'll have piece of mind.  

If you insist on managing your own domain name, then we highly recommend Directnic.com.  We've used them for years and they're great.  Their pricing is excellent along with their support.  We also recommend that you keep your domain name registration separate from your site hosting.  Many hosts now make it very easy to manage your domain names through them.  That's fine unless your host goes down.  Then, chances are, you can't access your domain name either to point it to another host.

If this is all too much to think about, just let us manage your domain names for you.  You'll still own them and be listed as the owner which gives you control over the domain.  You just won't have the hassle.