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If you’re buying a domain, you should consider http://gandi.net/ http://gandi.net/ No affiliation, I just love it and see people in this thread rightly lamenti

If you’re buying a domain, you should consider http://gandi.net/ http://gandi.net/ No affiliation, I just love it and see people in this thread rightly lamenting godaddy, and surprisingly no mention of this gem of a company

a5aAqU 5y ago
Another vote for Gandi. Each domain also comes with 2 email accounts and extra forwarders.
anderspitman 5y ago
Fun fact: Gandi is what AWS uses under the hood when you buy a domain from them.
vincentmarle 5y ago
Gandi still offers services in Russia and Belarus [1] while Namecheap discontinued its services to them [2]. No affiliation with Namecheap, just a happy customer of a company that is not supporting a dictatorial regime. [1] https://news.gandi.net/en/2022/03/for-all-the-people-and-one-internet-against-escalation-and-war/ https://news.gandi.net/en/2022/03/for-all-the-people-and-one... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22956581/russia-ukraine-namecheap-ends-service-war-crimes https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22956581/russia-ukraine-na...
- sodality2 5y ago
  Providing services to Russians =/= supporting a dictatorial regime. That's very reductionist in my view. Many Russians simply cannot up and leave their country at once, or worse, maybe they are running a website that broadcasts against the Russian government, and Namecheap was one of their only options. I don't think it's as clear cut as "provide them service" but it's more nuanced than that/
- bartvk 5y ago
  > Gandi still offers services in Russia What does that tell you?
  - mirekrusin 5y ago
    That they don't answer to Uncle Sam?
- shiomiru 5y ago
  Meaning Namecheap treats those living under dictatorial regimes as second class people. As a citizen of a country headed in a similar direction, this only makes me less inclined to deal with the company.
nullwarp 5y ago
Gandi and Porkbun are my two go to registars. I dunno if I'd ever trust google with that TBH
srhngpr 5y ago
I've used Name.com for many years and have been very happy, but recently switched basic shared hosting from another provider to Gandi.net and got exposed to their backend and tools. I am now considering transferring my domains over as they come up for renewal; been very impressed!
pupppet 5y ago
I used to host with them but found their interface painfully slow. I see the admin UI has updated since then, maybe they fixed the issues..
Jayschwa 5y ago
I've been a Gandi customer since 2014 and my opinion of them is not as favorable, especially since they rolled out a new and buggy dashboard a few years ago. Historical problems I've had: 1. When attempting to update the email address on my domains and accounts in 2018, the form to do so was broken. Support merely linked me to the broken forms and did not comprehend the problem. After re-explaining the problem, they changed my address to something completely wrong, which was alarming because it wasn't an address I controlled. It was eventually resolved, but it was not an experience that inspired confidence. 2. After getting married and having my legal name changed in 2019, there was no easy process for updating Gandi's records. Support walked me through some convoluted and time-consuming process that involved creating a new account and transferring all my domains to it. I recognize this use case isn't as common, but it shouldn't have been as difficult as it was. 3. Because of the combined shenanigans of (1) and (2), I now get five duplicate emails from Gandi for everything. I have notified support of this a few times over the last couple years, but it's always met with, "sorry, it's a known bug", and I guess it will never be fixed. The only reason I haven't moved off of them at this point is because of inertia and I don't know what other registrar would be better.

a5aAqU 5y ago

Another vote for Gandi. Each domain also comes with 2 email accounts and extra forwarders.

anderspitman 5y ago

Fun fact: Gandi is what AWS uses under the hood when you buy a domain from them.

vincentmarle 5y ago

Gandi still offers services in Russia and Belarus [1] while Namecheap discontinued its services to them [2]. No affiliation with Namecheap, just a happy customer of a company that is not supporting a dictatorial regime. [1] https://news.gandi.net/en/2022/03/for-all-the-people-and-one-internet-against-escalation-and-war/ https://news.gandi.net/en/2022/03/for-all-the-people-and-one... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22956581/russia-ukraine-namecheap-ends-service-war-crimes https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22956581/russia-ukraine-na...

sodality2 5y ago
Providing services to Russians =/= supporting a dictatorial regime. That's very reductionist in my view. Many Russians simply cannot up and leave their country at once, or worse, maybe they are running a website that broadcasts against the Russian government, and Namecheap was one of their only options. I don't think it's as clear cut as "provide them service" but it's more nuanced than that/
bartvk 5y ago
> Gandi still offers services in Russia What does that tell you?
- mirekrusin 5y ago
  That they don't answer to Uncle Sam?
shiomiru 5y ago
Meaning Namecheap treats those living under dictatorial regimes as second class people. As a citizen of a country headed in a similar direction, this only makes me less inclined to deal with the company.

nullwarp 5y ago

Gandi and Porkbun are my two go to registars. I dunno if I'd ever trust google with that TBH

srhngpr 5y ago

I've used Name.com for many years and have been very happy, but recently switched basic shared hosting from another provider to Gandi.net and got exposed to their backend and tools. I am now considering transferring my domains over as they come up for renewal; been very impressed!

pupppet 5y ago

I used to host with them but found their interface painfully slow. I see the admin UI has updated since then, maybe they fixed the issues..

Jayschwa 5y ago

I've been a Gandi customer since 2014 and my opinion of them is not as favorable, especially since they rolled out a new and buggy dashboard a few years ago. Historical problems I've had: 1. When attempting to update the email address on my domains and accounts in 2018, the form to do so was broken. Support merely linked me to the broken forms and did not comprehend the problem. After re-explaining the problem, they changed my address to something completely wrong, which was alarming because it wasn't an address I controlled. It was eventually resolved, but it was not an experience that inspired confidence. 2. After getting married and having my legal name changed in 2019, there was no easy process for updating Gandi's records. Support walked me through some convoluted and time-consuming process that involved creating a new account and transferring all my domains to it. I recognize this use case isn't as common, but it shouldn't have been as difficult as it was. 3. Because of the combined shenanigans of (1) and (2), I now get five duplicate emails from Gandi for everything. I have notified support of this a few times over the last couple years, but it's always met with, "sorry, it's a known bug", and I guess it will never be fixed. The only reason I haven't moved off of them at this point is because of inertia and I don't know what other registrar would be better.