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Me with 100+ domains with Google: chuckles I'm in danger! I should have known. I started a transition for most of my stuff to cloudflare anyway. I kind of fig

Me with 100+ domains with Google: chuckles I'm in danger! I should have known. I started a transition for most of my stuff to cloudflare anyway. I kind of figured this would come eventually.

ipaddr 3y ago
You believe things will go better with cloudflare?
- jahewson 3y ago
  Do you want to buy domains from an ad company or from a web infrastructure company?
- re-thc 3y ago
  Cloudflare makes you use their DNS with the registrar so there's an incentive for them to keep it (bundling).
grayrest 3y ago
I worked for Squarespace 2010-2012 and the focus from management was mainly on keeping customers happy. It's not like it's ad focused and there's a need to extract maximum value from the userbase. It's possible that's changed in the last decade but Anthony (CEO) was really into having a premium product and a quick glance at the about page shows that most of the senior leadership hasn't changed so I don't see why they'd change direction.
- efficax 3y ago
  going public and focusing on building a "platform" has definitely changed sqsp, although i wouldn't say they don't care about the customer experience anymore.
- WillPostForFood 3y ago
  I appreciate they don't have a dozen stupid upsells on domains like GoDaddy. But $20 a year is a straight ripoff.
  - samspenc 3y ago
    I thought this was $20 a year for hosting, and thought "that's cheap!" But this is actually $20 a year for a domain, which is about 50-80% more expensive than most other domain hosting, including Google Domains.
  - grayrest 3y ago
    > $20 a year is a straight ripoff. Low cost has never been the priority. If you don't value their service at $20/yr they have no problem with you going elsewhere.
    - WillPostForFood 3y ago
      Having a premium web hosting and web building service is great. Squarespace makes nice looking pages. But they are offering nothing special for the $20 premium for domain hosting. And really there is nothing to offer. Their DNS management UI is worse than Google's, and Google's is nothing special. I'm already in the process of moving domains - I don't want to be around for the transition.
  - nucleardog 3y ago
    This comes up all the time when registrars come up... "I just want a non-scummy registrar that doesn't try and upsell me, has support when I need it, and generally isn't shit." "Why is this non-shitty registrar $20/yr instead of $10/yr like everyone else! Hell, I can go to Joe's Discount Domain Emporium and get this for _$8_!" I guess I'd just really like to know, for the people that are looking at it like this... how many domains y'all buying? Because I have to assume it's "lots and lots" or else I don't know how to make sense of any of this. The $10 difference literally couldn't get me a Big Mac meal these days. Maybe I'm just the super-privileged class to be able to afford an extra 83 cents a month, but I happily pay more for my domains to buy from non-scummy companies.
    - qodeninja 3y ago
      look at you, overpaying! how cute.
- qodeninja 3y ago
  well theyre not going to keep me happy with "$20-$70" domain renewals. Fuck all of that. I dont need any of their services.
xuki 3y ago
Maybe go some places that make money because they’re a registra instead of a feature of a big product.
Jacky4Chan 3y ago
what do you mean by "in danger"?
- supriyo-biswas 3y ago
  It’s a reference to [1]. [1] https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-in-danger https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-in-danger
- simonw 3y ago
  It's a Simpsons meme: https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-in-danger https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-in-danger In this case the danger is having to take tedious action to migrate 100 domains, or suffer from a small price increase x100 = a big price increase.

Me with 100+ domains with Google: chuckles I'm in danger! I should have known. I started a transition for most of my stuff to cloudflare anyway. I kind of figured this would come eventually.

ipaddr 3y ago

You believe things will go better with cloudflare?

jahewson 3y ago
Do you want to buy domains from an ad company or from a web infrastructure company?
re-thc 3y ago
Cloudflare makes you use their DNS with the registrar so there's an incentive for them to keep it (bundling).

grayrest 3y ago

I worked for Squarespace 2010-2012 and the focus from management was mainly on keeping customers happy. It's not like it's ad focused and there's a need to extract maximum value from the userbase. It's possible that's changed in the last decade but Anthony (CEO) was really into having a premium product and a quick glance at the about page shows that most of the senior leadership hasn't changed so I don't see why they'd change direction.

efficax 3y ago
going public and focusing on building a "platform" has definitely changed sqsp, although i wouldn't say they don't care about the customer experience anymore.
WillPostForFood 3y ago
I appreciate they don't have a dozen stupid upsells on domains like GoDaddy. But $20 a year is a straight ripoff.
- samspenc 3y ago
  I thought this was $20 a year for hosting, and thought "that's cheap!" But this is actually $20 a year for a domain, which is about 50-80% more expensive than most other domain hosting, including Google Domains.
- grayrest 3y ago
  > $20 a year is a straight ripoff. Low cost has never been the priority. If you don't value their service at $20/yr they have no problem with you going elsewhere.
  - WillPostForFood 3y ago
    Having a premium web hosting and web building service is great. Squarespace makes nice looking pages. But they are offering nothing special for the $20 premium for domain hosting. And really there is nothing to offer. Their DNS management UI is worse than Google's, and Google's is nothing special. I'm already in the process of moving domains - I don't want to be around for the transition.
- nucleardog 3y ago
  This comes up all the time when registrars come up... "I just want a non-scummy registrar that doesn't try and upsell me, has support when I need it, and generally isn't shit." "Why is this non-shitty registrar $20/yr instead of $10/yr like everyone else! Hell, I can go to Joe's Discount Domain Emporium and get this for _$8_!" I guess I'd just really like to know, for the people that are looking at it like this... how many domains y'all buying? Because I have to assume it's "lots and lots" or else I don't know how to make sense of any of this. The $10 difference literally couldn't get me a Big Mac meal these days. Maybe I'm just the super-privileged class to be able to afford an extra 83 cents a month, but I happily pay more for my domains to buy from non-scummy companies.
  - qodeninja 3y ago
    look at you, overpaying! how cute.
qodeninja 3y ago
well theyre not going to keep me happy with "$20-$70" domain renewals. Fuck all of that. I dont need any of their services.

xuki 3y ago

Maybe go some places that make money because they’re a registra instead of a feature of a big product.

Jacky4Chan 3y ago

what do you mean by "in danger"?

supriyo-biswas 3y ago
It’s a reference to [1]. [1] https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-in-danger https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-in-danger
simonw 3y ago
It's a Simpsons meme: https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-in-danger https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-in-danger In this case the danger is having to take tedious action to migrate 100 domains, or suffer from a small price increase x100 = a big price increase.