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I recommend using easydns.com as the registrar and DNS service. Their email helpdesk is fast: <30 minutes. They answer the phone immediately and they are knowl

by mhkool 8y ago

I recommend using easydns.com as the registrar and DNS service. Their email helpdesk is fast: <30 minutes. They answer the phone immediately and they are knowledgeable. Phone support is during business hours, but the more expensive packages have 24hour support. And yeah, you need to have a lot of faith to use .io or other new TLDs which are serviced by new companies.

SaltySolomon 8y ago
.io is not a new domain tho, it's the country tld for Indian Ocean.
Ensorceled 8y ago
I use also easydns and hover and have nothing but good things to say about the support for both of these registrars.
- massaman_yams 8y ago
  +1 for Hover. No problems in close to a decade.
- thomk 8y ago
  Same here for hover. Customer support is excellent and emails about expiring or renewing domains are timely.
mkirklions 8y ago
Okay, anyone want to confirm or add other DNS registrars to the "One of the good ones" list? Ive been recommending my friends to do the entire thing through Dreamhost including a WP install. I personally am more technical, and have my domain name from 7 years ago on godaddy. Any suggestions on where I should use? How about my incompetent friends?
- RX14 8y ago
  I've always heard good things about gandi
  - eridius 8y ago
    I second this. I've been using gandi.net for a few years now and have had nothing but good experiences with them.
    - scrollaway 8y ago
      Thirding Gandi. Their web dashboard sucks but they are excellent when it comes to service, support and reliability.
smallbigfish 8y ago
Hmm, lots of people here recommend EasyDNS. I'm curios so I went to check. They say that the "DNS PRO" offer has 5 million queries/month. Is that a lot? Do they enforce the limit? That's 7000/requests/hour (or 115/minute or 2/second). That's not PRO in my books.
- lallysingh 8y ago
  The results for DNS is cached, often by both browser and ISP resolver, so it's tough to determine the actual query rate for high traffic sites.
- gregmac 8y ago
  DNS results typically get cached for at least a few minutes, and most users use ISP or public DNS servers (eg, Google, CloudFlare, etc) which only do the lookup once for many users, so your authoritative DNS server will see only a fraction of the number of web requests you actually handle. I'd guess for most sites this is probably below 1% in terms of requests per second.
tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago
I generally avoid metered services where cheap unmetered alternatives are available. First of all, 5 million DNS requests sounds like very little. It probably isn't due to caching, but it's hard for me to judge what I need/whether that's enough. Second, what happens when someone who doesn't like me decides to make 5 million DNS requests? 5 million packets sounds like something a decent connection might be able to fire out in a few seconds. If I pick their highest plan, will a person that has a grudge and a fast link capable of IP spoofing cost me $2/second (theoretically $5M/month, although I'm sure they'd show some mercy at that point)?

by mhkool 8y ago

SaltySolomon 8y ago

.io is not a new domain tho, it's the country tld for Indian Ocean.

Ensorceled 8y ago

I use also easydns and hover and have nothing but good things to say about the support for both of these registrars.

massaman_yams 8y ago
+1 for Hover. No problems in close to a decade.
thomk 8y ago
Same here for hover. Customer support is excellent and emails about expiring or renewing domains are timely.

mkirklions 8y ago

Okay, anyone want to confirm or add other DNS registrars to the "One of the good ones" list? Ive been recommending my friends to do the entire thing through Dreamhost including a WP install. I personally am more technical, and have my domain name from 7 years ago on godaddy. Any suggestions on where I should use? How about my incompetent friends?

RX14 8y ago
I've always heard good things about gandi
- eridius 8y ago
  I second this. I've been using gandi.net for a few years now and have had nothing but good experiences with them.
  - scrollaway 8y ago
    Thirding Gandi. Their web dashboard sucks but they are excellent when it comes to service, support and reliability.

smallbigfish 8y ago

Hmm, lots of people here recommend EasyDNS. I'm curios so I went to check. They say that the "DNS PRO" offer has 5 million queries/month. Is that a lot? Do they enforce the limit? That's 7000/requests/hour (or 115/minute or 2/second). That's not PRO in my books.

lallysingh 8y ago
The results for DNS is cached, often by both browser and ISP resolver, so it's tough to determine the actual query rate for high traffic sites.
gregmac 8y ago
DNS results typically get cached for at least a few minutes, and most users use ISP or public DNS servers (eg, Google, CloudFlare, etc) which only do the lookup once for many users, so your authoritative DNS server will see only a fraction of the number of web requests you actually handle. I'd guess for most sites this is probably below 1% in terms of requests per second.

tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago

I generally avoid metered services where cheap unmetered alternatives are available. First of all, 5 million DNS requests sounds like very little. It probably isn't due to caching, but it's hard for me to judge what I need/whether that's enough. Second, what happens when someone who doesn't like me decides to make 5 million DNS requests? 5 million packets sounds like something a decent connection might be able to fire out in a few seconds. If I pick their highest plan, will a person that has a grudge and a fast link capable of IP spoofing cost me $2/second (theoretically $5M/month, although I'm sure they'd show some mercy at that point)?