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So who's the trustworthy, low-bullshit registrar now? I've been using Gandi for over a decade.

_fat_santa 4y ago
I personally use Namecheap and Name.com for a few other domains. My rule of thumb is domain registrars only get to manage my domains. Registrars love to upsell you on email and hosting but in my experience that's where all the bullshit starts. If you just buy a domain, you could go to place like GoDaddy and probably have a decent experience. EDIT: Just like I said, in the original thread they are talking about Ghandi screwing customers on email inboxes. Follows my rule of "anything outside of domains and the bs starts".
- koolba 4y ago
  > My rule of thumb is domain registrars only get to manage my domains. Registrars love to upsell you on email and hosting but in my experience that's where all the bullshit starts. That’s the Unix philosophy applied to service providers. The same logic applies to why you should have a separate cable modem and WiFi router. > If you just buy a domain, you could go to place like GoDaddy and probably have a decent experience. No GoDaddy sucks even as just a registrar because even configuring NS records to host your DNS elsewhere is a terrible UX.
  - Tyr42 4y ago
    Yeah, but I just wanted a few accounts I could "send as" in Gmail . No backups or whatever is fine.
- highclass 4y ago
  If you search on hacker news there are some people including me who have bad experiences with namecheap, as they threaten to cut off domain itself easily when they get complaints. I am not talking about hosting, but the domain itself. For any large enterprise client, I recommend against using them. Right now, I am on Gandi and only use them for domain, even reading this I'd still pick them over namecheap.
mohamedattahri 4y ago
I use cloudflare, and their prices are unbeatable.
- recuter 4y ago
  "Cloudflare Registrar is only available for customers that use Cloudflare as their authoritative DNS provider (also known as a full setup)." Wow. Just wow. What happens if I register a domain via Cloudflare but decide later I don't want to use their DNS offerings?
  - jgrahamc 4y ago
    You can transfer the domain to some other registrar.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    You transfer it, hoping that they don't refuse and decide they own you forever.
lagniappe 4y ago
porkbun is nice has been nice for registrations, migadu for email
- stephenhuey 4y ago
  I've used iwantmyname since 2013 and in 2021 started using Porkbun for some.
galenko 4y ago
I am not sure if cloudflare is liked by HN this week, but so far, I’ve not had a bad experience with their registrar. Fast and cheap.
- Traubenfuchs 4y ago
  Their lack of support, or rather their "support fails" and their VP and C-suite level hacker news readers consistently offering personal assistance to high profile incidents on HN kind of made them a negative running gag here.
- Raed667 4y ago
  I like CF and I like the fact that I can probably tweet at the CEO and get a response for my issues.
throwaway81523 4y ago
I still like namesilo and porkbun.
kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
I'd say Google. They have incentive not to play games like this as that could jeoparadize their control of .dev and they don't need to juice profits on a minor service.
- deleted 4y ago
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- snotrockets 4y ago
  But if something does happen, it's impossible to get a CS agent that can actually help
- dakiol 4y ago
  What? With Gandi and others you get screwed by paying more. With Google you get screwed by losing your account completely not matter if you are willing to pay a million to recover it. Google is the worst by far.
rationalist 4y ago
Dynadot They are just as cheap as the often-mentioned NameCheap, but a much better UI. Dynadot also lets you "domain taste" that is get a refund in credit if you change your mind after buying a domain within I think 72 hours. They also are one of the largest domain registrars.
chunk_waffle 4y ago
Also been at Gandi over a decade, this really sucks.
dakiol 4y ago
There is none. Any registrar has their own shitty stories. Sad times.

I personally use Namecheap and Name.com for a few other domains. My rule of thumb is domain registrars only get to manage my domains. Registrars love to upsell you on email and hosting but in my experience that's where all the bullshit starts. If you just buy a domain, you could go to place like GoDaddy and probably have a decent experience. EDIT: Just like I said, in the original thread they are talking about Ghandi screwing customers on email inboxes. Follows my rule of "anything outside of domains and the bs starts".

koolba 4y ago
> My rule of thumb is domain registrars only get to manage my domains. Registrars love to upsell you on email and hosting but in my experience that's where all the bullshit starts. That’s the Unix philosophy applied to service providers. The same logic applies to why you should have a separate cable modem and WiFi router. > If you just buy a domain, you could go to place like GoDaddy and probably have a decent experience. No GoDaddy sucks even as just a registrar because even configuring NS records to host your DNS elsewhere is a terrible UX.
- Tyr42 4y ago
  Yeah, but I just wanted a few accounts I could "send as" in Gmail . No backups or whatever is fine.
highclass 4y ago
If you search on hacker news there are some people including me who have bad experiences with namecheap, as they threaten to cut off domain itself easily when they get complaints. I am not talking about hosting, but the domain itself. For any large enterprise client, I recommend against using them. Right now, I am on Gandi and only use them for domain, even reading this I'd still pick them over namecheap.

mohamedattahri 4y ago

I use cloudflare, and their prices are unbeatable.

recuter 4y ago
"Cloudflare Registrar is only available for customers that use Cloudflare as their authoritative DNS provider (also known as a full setup)." Wow. Just wow. What happens if I register a domain via Cloudflare but decide later I don't want to use their DNS offerings?
- jgrahamc 4y ago
  You can transfer the domain to some other registrar.
- bombcar 4y ago
  You transfer it, hoping that they don't refuse and decide they own you forever.

lagniappe 4y ago

porkbun is nice has been nice for registrations, migadu for email

stephenhuey 4y ago
I've used iwantmyname since 2013 and in 2021 started using Porkbun for some.

galenko 4y ago

I am not sure if cloudflare is liked by HN this week, but so far, I’ve not had a bad experience with their registrar. Fast and cheap.

Traubenfuchs 4y ago
Their lack of support, or rather their "support fails" and their VP and C-suite level hacker news readers consistently offering personal assistance to high profile incidents on HN kind of made them a negative running gag here.
Raed667 4y ago
I like CF and I like the fact that I can probably tweet at the CEO and get a response for my issues.

throwaway81523 4y ago

I still like namesilo and porkbun.

kevin_thibedeau 4y ago

I'd say Google. They have incentive not to play games like this as that could jeoparadize their control of .dev and they don't need to juice profits on a minor service.

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snotrockets 4y ago
But if something does happen, it's impossible to get a CS agent that can actually help
dakiol 4y ago
What? With Gandi and others you get screwed by paying more. With Google you get screwed by losing your account completely not matter if you are willing to pay a million to recover it. Google is the worst by far.

rationalist 4y ago

Dynadot They are just as cheap as the often-mentioned NameCheap, but a much better UI. Dynadot also lets you "domain taste" that is get a refund in credit if you change your mind after buying a domain within I think 72 hours. They also are one of the largest domain registrars.

chunk_waffle 4y ago

Also been at Gandi over a decade, this really sucks.

dakiol 4y ago

There is none. Any registrar has their own shitty stories. Sad times.