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Well that is a really good question. I have had the same thoughts about consolidation to one, but it's hard since none really offer all domain extenstions I own

by iSimone 15y ago

Well that is a really good question. I have had the same thoughts about consolidation to one, but it's hard since none really offer all domain extenstions I own. I have been with Godaddy for a long time (before I moved away and got on the train again). It's ugly and a shitty organisation but it just works and is rather cheap. I have some domains hosted with mediatemple since they had a great 5£/com offer not long ago. There are a few others out there that I hear often like namecheap gandi hover On this topic it's really interesting to read http://www.marco.org/2011/04/14/why-is-it-so-hard-to-be-a-good-registrar http://www.marco.org/2011/04/14/why-is-it-so-hard-to-be-a-go... I guess I could go on and on with the list, but the only thing I can not do so far: give a surefire, perfect and reliable solution. I guess it also comes down to personal preference in the end.

mishmash 15y ago
> hover Hover apparently stores your password in plaintext, as discussed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2727123 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2727123.
- grandpa 15y ago
  Not any more: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2740887 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2740887
  - mishmash 15y ago
    Nice to see, thanks.
nakkiel 15y ago
My experience with Gandi is quite different. I always received timely responses to my emails and I'd say their service was always in line with their "No bullshit" punchline. For more on this, read http://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit http://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit I've been a satisfied customer for five-plus years. Being French, I wonder if the difference in support might be related to language issues (but isn't Marco Arment French?). Also, they tend to hire good hackers even though they may not offer the best work experience for a hacker. I hear they let them work on other projects if roughly in line with the company's development. For example the main guy behind dotclear (a blogging engine) is/used to be working there. IIRC, a guy working on OpenBSD is also working there. And they support some Open Source projects: http://www.gandi.net/supports/ http://www.gandi.net/supports/
- netnichols 15y ago
  Marco is definitely not French. Listen to a talk or podcast with him and that will be immediately apparent. ;-)

by iSimone 15y ago

mishmash 15y ago

> hover Hover apparently stores your password in plaintext, as discussed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2727123 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2727123.

grandpa 15y ago
Not any more: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2740887 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2740887
- mishmash 15y ago
  Nice to see, thanks.

nakkiel 15y ago

My experience with Gandi is quite different. I always received timely responses to my emails and I'd say their service was always in line with their "No bullshit" punchline. For more on this, read http://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit http://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit I've been a satisfied customer for five-plus years. Being French, I wonder if the difference in support might be related to language issues (but isn't Marco Arment French?). Also, they tend to hire good hackers even though they may not offer the best work experience for a hacker. I hear they let them work on other projects if roughly in line with the company's development. For example the main guy behind dotclear (a blogging engine) is/used to be working there. IIRC, a guy working on OpenBSD is also working there. And they support some Open Source projects: http://www.gandi.net/supports/ http://www.gandi.net/supports/

netnichols 15y ago
Marco is definitely not French. Listen to a talk or podcast with him and that will be immediately apparent. ;-)