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$9.73 renewals at Porkbun. https://porkbun.com/tld/com https://porkbun.com/tld/com

by tiffanyh 3y ago

agwa 3y ago
That's presumably going to increase on September 1 or else they'll be taking a $0.04 loss every time they sell a .com.
- ceejayoz 3y ago
  Which they might be willing to do, if the average domain generates enough upsell revenue with other services.
- deleted 3y ago
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- brewdad 3y ago
  There is definitely an increase coming for Porkbun but it is still a tiny amount. I just moved four domains from Namecheap to Porkbun.
- KomoD 3y ago
  Yes, it's rising to $10.37.
fullstackchris 3y ago
Wow! Porkbun! I nearly forgot about that place! Shamelessly been using Namecheap for a while now... their UI is a bit old school but they have some of the best prices around (at least did)
- Ayesh 3y ago
  > their UI is a bit old school This honestly is a (positive) feature IMO.
  - KronisLV 3y ago
    > This honestly is a (positive) feature IMO. Personally, I rather like old school UIs, since the usability is pretty good! That said, Namecheap's website has always felt a little bit on the slow side: every page navigation for me takes at least 2-3 seconds and that's on a pretty decent connection. Luckily I don't have to use it daily. Overall, the prices and services that they offer seem decent to me. They are even supported well by local software like ddclient (dynamic DNS, if ever needed): https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/583/11/how-do-i-configure-ddclient/ https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx... Except for their VPS hosting: there are more affordable and nicer options out there like Hetzner (as long as you can get an account) and perhaps Contabo (as long as you don't mind setup fees). Unless you want to have everything on as few platforms as possible, I guess.
  - whostolemyhat 3y ago
    Why's that? I've always found Namecheap's UI to be pretty bad - slow, inconsistent on mobile and takes several clicks to find the list of domains I actually own. What about that is positive?
    - Ayesh 3y ago
      Sorry I meant that the oldish UI on PorkBun is a positive feature.
chuckreynolds 3y ago
eh they too will increase prices over time as namecheap has; just a matter of time
jfoster 3y ago
Pricing like that makes me uncomfortable. Even if they have a tiny margin on the domain costs, that means that they are probably a loss-making business. So they plan to just sell to Google, Amazon or Microsoft in the future, and we don't yet know which one of those it's going to be? Even if they had a small margin, does that mean that there's poor quality support, despite domains being mission-critical to businesses?
- Tokumei-no-hito 3y ago
  Probably not google. They just sold google domains off
  - jfoster 3y ago
    You're making me nostalgic for the first time they retired one of their chat offerings...
- jbc1 3y ago
  Selling headline products at or near break even and then making your margin on add ons is a fairly standard pricing strategy. Doesn't mean they plan to sell any time soon. I do agree that having something so mission critical be managed by someone making practically nothing off of you is concerning, but I dont think that changes all that much at double their price. Either way the second something goes wrong, you leaving as a customer is much cheaper for them than it is for someone to spend any amount of time fixing your problem. Unless you're markmonitor big then as far as I can tell the best bet is to just go off of general sentiment about domain providers. Or maybe have it through a cloud company if you're spending enough on other things to warrant proper tech support?
  - jfoster 3y ago
    Those are great points. Agree with everything, except does Porkbun actually make a decent margin on any of their offerings? They all seem quite cheap, but it's possible that some of the hosting could be shared out to a ridiculous degree, so it might be a bit difficult to say for sure.
RexM 3y ago
I moved ~10 domains from namecheap to porkbun awhile back, since they were already cheaper.

$9.73 renewals at Porkbun. https://porkbun.com/tld/com https://porkbun.com/tld/com

agwa 3y ago

That's presumably going to increase on September 1 or else they'll be taking a $0.04 loss every time they sell a .com.

ceejayoz 3y ago
Which they might be willing to do, if the average domain generates enough upsell revenue with other services.
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brewdad 3y ago
There is definitely an increase coming for Porkbun but it is still a tiny amount. I just moved four domains from Namecheap to Porkbun.
KomoD 3y ago
Yes, it's rising to $10.37.

fullstackchris 3y ago

Wow! Porkbun! I nearly forgot about that place! Shamelessly been using Namecheap for a while now... their UI is a bit old school but they have some of the best prices around (at least did)

Ayesh 3y ago
> their UI is a bit old school This honestly is a (positive) feature IMO.
- KronisLV 3y ago
  > This honestly is a (positive) feature IMO. Personally, I rather like old school UIs, since the usability is pretty good! That said, Namecheap's website has always felt a little bit on the slow side: every page navigation for me takes at least 2-3 seconds and that's on a pretty decent connection. Luckily I don't have to use it daily. Overall, the prices and services that they offer seem decent to me. They are even supported well by local software like ddclient (dynamic DNS, if ever needed): https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/583/11/how-do-i-configure-ddclient/ https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx... Except for their VPS hosting: there are more affordable and nicer options out there like Hetzner (as long as you can get an account) and perhaps Contabo (as long as you don't mind setup fees). Unless you want to have everything on as few platforms as possible, I guess.
- whostolemyhat 3y ago
  Why's that? I've always found Namecheap's UI to be pretty bad - slow, inconsistent on mobile and takes several clicks to find the list of domains I actually own. What about that is positive?
  - Ayesh 3y ago
    Sorry I meant that the oldish UI on PorkBun is a positive feature.

chuckreynolds 3y ago

eh they too will increase prices over time as namecheap has; just a matter of time

jfoster 3y ago

Pricing like that makes me uncomfortable. Even if they have a tiny margin on the domain costs, that means that they are probably a loss-making business. So they plan to just sell to Google, Amazon or Microsoft in the future, and we don't yet know which one of those it's going to be? Even if they had a small margin, does that mean that there's poor quality support, despite domains being mission-critical to businesses?

Tokumei-no-hito 3y ago
Probably not google. They just sold google domains off
- jfoster 3y ago
  You're making me nostalgic for the first time they retired one of their chat offerings...
jbc1 3y ago
Selling headline products at or near break even and then making your margin on add ons is a fairly standard pricing strategy. Doesn't mean they plan to sell any time soon. I do agree that having something so mission critical be managed by someone making practically nothing off of you is concerning, but I dont think that changes all that much at double their price. Either way the second something goes wrong, you leaving as a customer is much cheaper for them than it is for someone to spend any amount of time fixing your problem. Unless you're markmonitor big then as far as I can tell the best bet is to just go off of general sentiment about domain providers. Or maybe have it through a cloud company if you're spending enough on other things to warrant proper tech support?
- jfoster 3y ago
  Those are great points. Agree with everything, except does Porkbun actually make a decent margin on any of their offerings? They all seem quite cheap, but it's possible that some of the hosting could be shared out to a ridiculous degree, so it might be a bit difficult to say for sure.

RexM 3y ago

I moved ~10 domains from namecheap to porkbun awhile back, since they were already cheaper.