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+1 vote for Namecheap, for folks looking for a registrar. There are several good ones, Namecheap is just the one I like.

aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
I've yet to have any issues with them.
- igorstellar 4y ago
  Relevant discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812
- johnklos 4y ago
  They're the registrar for MANY spammers and scammers, and provide hosting for plenty of them. They used to respond to abuse complaints; now they just drop complaints sent to their abuse address. That doesn't make them any worse than, say, GoDaddy, but given enough time, they'll probably end up just as bad.
- mort96 4y ago
  The problem with these kinds of comments is, most people who use godaddy probably haven't had issues with them either. If 10% of users have their domain terminated for bullshit reasons -- which would be a ridiculously unimaginably high fraction -- 90% of users would still say "I have yet to have any issues with them".
  - kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
    In the early days GD was run by evangelicals and they had no compunction against canceling a domain for religious reasons. It amazes me that they managed to whitewash their image be among those who should know better.
    - selectodude 4y ago
      The absurd commercials they put out (with the "uncensored" version on their website) probably helped that.
pteraspidomorph 4y ago
I've never been able to move to namecheap because they don't support DNSSEC on .eu domains (last asked in 2021). I do hear good things though.
gibolt 4y ago
Namecheap has been excellent. They automate a lot of things, and make it clear (with real grace periods) when things go wrong.
zamalek 4y ago
Really happy customer of theirs, after hearing good things on HN.
rvz 4y ago
I'd also stick with Namecheap as it does what it actually says and is a very good registrar overall.
vladstudio 4y ago
Not sure how valid my case is, but in March Namecheap gave me (and thousands other Russian-based clients) a week to migrate before they ban me. The fact that I relocated to another country did not matter. It's been discussed here at HN too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 Even if I was affected, I'm not sure I'd want to continue relationship with them. Anyway, user of name.com now, so far so good. (P.S. Might need to say that I support Ukraine in this horrible conflict, I just happen to hold a Russian passport)
- dahdum 4y ago
  Namecheap says it only applies to Russian residents, not citizens. Did they fail to make that exception for you?
bitwrangler 4y ago
I transferred from GoDaddy a few years back. I got tired of the constant attempts to up-sell me for services I didn't want. I went to namecheap and have been happy with their services so far. The UI is clear and pretty easy to use. They also support MFA for added security (GoDaddy did not at that time). I've been playing with cloudflare recently, and just realized they also do domain registration and DNS hosting. I might seriously look at switching to them depending on hassle and potential benefit. But I usually like having dedicated registrar/DNS that is uncoupled from hosting. https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/ https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/

aaaaaaaaata 4y ago

I've yet to have any issues with them.

igorstellar 4y ago
Relevant discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812
johnklos 4y ago
They're the registrar for MANY spammers and scammers, and provide hosting for plenty of them. They used to respond to abuse complaints; now they just drop complaints sent to their abuse address. That doesn't make them any worse than, say, GoDaddy, but given enough time, they'll probably end up just as bad.
mort96 4y ago
The problem with these kinds of comments is, most people who use godaddy probably haven't had issues with them either. If 10% of users have their domain terminated for bullshit reasons -- which would be a ridiculously unimaginably high fraction -- 90% of users would still say "I have yet to have any issues with them".
- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
  In the early days GD was run by evangelicals and they had no compunction against canceling a domain for religious reasons. It amazes me that they managed to whitewash their image be among those who should know better.
  - selectodude 4y ago
    The absurd commercials they put out (with the "uncensored" version on their website) probably helped that.

pteraspidomorph 4y ago

I've never been able to move to namecheap because they don't support DNSSEC on .eu domains (last asked in 2021). I do hear good things though.

gibolt 4y ago

Namecheap has been excellent. They automate a lot of things, and make it clear (with real grace periods) when things go wrong.

zamalek 4y ago

Really happy customer of theirs, after hearing good things on HN.

rvz 4y ago

I'd also stick with Namecheap as it does what it actually says and is a very good registrar overall.

vladstudio 4y ago

Not sure how valid my case is, but in March Namecheap gave me (and thousands other Russian-based clients) a week to migrate before they ban me. The fact that I relocated to another country did not matter. It's been discussed here at HN too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 Even if I was affected, I'm not sure I'd want to continue relationship with them. Anyway, user of name.com now, so far so good. (P.S. Might need to say that I support Ukraine in this horrible conflict, I just happen to hold a Russian passport)

dahdum 4y ago
Namecheap says it only applies to Russian residents, not citizens. Did they fail to make that exception for you?

bitwrangler 4y ago

I transferred from GoDaddy a few years back. I got tired of the constant attempts to up-sell me for services I didn't want. I went to namecheap and have been happy with their services so far. The UI is clear and pretty easy to use. They also support MFA for added security (GoDaddy did not at that time). I've been playing with cloudflare recently, and just realized they also do domain registration and DNS hosting. I might seriously look at switching to them depending on hassle and potential benefit. But I usually like having dedicated registrar/DNS that is uncoupled from hosting. https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/ https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/