Mr. Lake:
For a domain name reservation, I would recommend Tabnet
tabnet.com
The fee for reserving the domain name is $50, for which they will host the domain and give you an "under construction" web page for as long as you like. On top of that, you have to pay Internic a two-year registration fee, which, unless they have dropped their price (which I can't imagine) is $100 for two years plus (at present) $50 per year thereafter.
I own two domain names myself which I registered through them at a total cost of $300 ($100 to Tabnet, $200 to Internic).
I don't have any current web site there at present, but if you visit my domains you will get an "under construction" web page, which they maintain as long as you pay the Internic yearly fees. If you want to put up a page, their fees start at $29 per month. I haven't tried that yet (maybe next year), so I can't say how well or how poorly it works. But I have been very favorably impressed with their service in my own minimal use of it (as described above).
My most recent contact, if you're interested, was Jana, Extension 1128, at (888) 4TABNET. I hate those word phone numbers, but every time I write them down as numbers I get 'em wrong, so I won't try to translate it.
Regards and best success in your efforts.
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