1st Domains Reviews

1st Domains, established in 2003, is a prominent New Zealand-owned domain name registrar and web hosting provider, operating as a division of Voyager Internet Limited. Claiming to be New Zealand's largest Kiwi-owned .nz registrar, the company manages over 130,000 domain names for more than 30,000 customers and handles over 10% of all new .nz domain registrations. Their primary focus is on providing affordable domain registration, particularly .nz domains, alongside web hosting and email services tailored mainly for the New Zealand market, serving over 130,000 Kiwis. They offer a singular 'No Limits' shared hosting plan featuring unlimited disk space and data traffic, hosted on cloud-powered servers in their New Zealand data center (specified as Christchurch in one source). This plan utilizes the Plesk control panel, includes free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates, ImunifyAV malware scanning, and supports WordPress with a dedicated toolkit. Key selling points include being 100% New Zealand owned with local support teams (Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland), competitive pricing, free email/web forwarding, and premium Cloudflare-powered DNS hosting with DDoS mitigation included with domain registrations. Their target audience consists primarily of individuals and small to medium-sized businesses in New Zealand.