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gandi.net seems to charge $364/year for any .is domain. Namecheap charges around the same price as isnic. Any reason why I shouldn't register the domain on isn
by ackyshake 5y ago
gandi.net seems to charge $364/year for any .is domain. Namecheap charges around the same price as isnic.
Any reason why I shouldn't register the domain on isnic directly? Are there benefits to registering the domain via namecheap (or other registrar), apart from getting access to their support?
- xmodem 5y agoA big thing to consider with registrars is support for 2FA - can't speak to ISNIC, but I recently moved all my domains to Namecheap because they have first-class support for U2F/Webauthn. (And also Hover lost a domain on me but that's another story)
- jesterson 5y agoInteresting... I have moved all my domains out of NameCheap for same reason - their "first class support" was just plainly terrible. Mileage may vary I guess.
- 1MachineElf 5y agoI was in the same situation. Moved away from NameCheap to Gandi.Net long ago due to this very thing. Hopefully things have improved for their users.
- julianwachholz 5y agoGandi supports U2F as well. And it's just something about a very aggressive marketing strategy like Hover's that doesn't give me a very secure feeling about their product.
- srhngpr 5y agoI have owned and managed my .is domain directly on ISNIC for over a decade. They support 2FA and the website is available in English as well.
- ackyshake 5y agoThanks! I registered directly on ISNIC. Process was pretty straightforward and I was able to add my DNS records just fine. Do you know if they have any safeguards against domain transfers? I don't see any settings related to that, other than to transfer my domain.
- hazza_n_dazza 5y agoI'd be more worried about a registrar messing with my domain than I would the ëyes".
- InputUsername 5y agoTo add another anecdote, I've had a .is domain from ISNIC for about 4-5 years now and have had no problems with them during that time.