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Ask HN: What you paying for .com renewal and with whom

5 points by quintes 3y ago

1. Who are you using as the registrar? 2. How much is your annual renewal?

outlore 3y ago
I use a mixture of Cloudflare and Porkbun. Cloudflare offers domains at cost however there are a few caveats: - they don't support all TLDs - they require use of their own nameservers - in order to transfer a domain from one Cloudflare account to another, you have to transfer it to an external registrar first and then transfer back in. A bit bizarre I still like Cloudflare though :)
menshiki 3y ago
Cloudflare Registrar has been amazing for me.
geuis 3y ago
I use namecheap.com. Just checked a couple domains and it's about $15-16 each.
dsdxd 3y ago
Porkbun about 10.37
rozenmd 3y ago
Cloudflare Registrar, they charge cost only ($9.77 atm)
Leftium 3y ago
1. https://tld-list.com/tld/com https://tld-list.com/tld/com 2. Click "Renew" to sort by renewal fee. I personally use: - Cloudflare - Porkbun: when I want use a custom nameserver (like Vercel) - Sav: domain I want to sell (coolcases.com; used to be cheapest transfer/renewal?)
- quintes 3y ago
  Ah useful thank you!
freetonik 3y ago
I use Cloudflare, Namecheap and Iwantmyname, but will probably slowly migrate to Cloudflare Registrar. Since domain registrations aren't their primary business, I hope they will keep charging the minimum only. I like when companies provide services which help their business indirectly, so they have an incentive to keep that service accessible and simple. But overall annual renewal is around $60 USD.
- BayesianDice 3y ago
  There is another perspective to be aware of on this... I have been caught out by a service provider when it became clear the service I was using wasn't their main business - and their interest in properly maintaining and operating that service dropped - profoundly.
- quintes 3y ago
  Thanks for this. How many domains are included in the $60?
  - freetonik 3y ago
    Ha, now that I checked it's much more than $60, it is around $110. Six domains in total.
beardyw 3y ago
Fasthosts £18 per year
andyjohnson0 3y ago
Cloudflare. They claim to charge cost only, which iirc is about $9. Been using them for a few years, and have migrated domaina from other registrars, with no problems.
throwaway167 3y ago
netim as I like independents and peace of mind. $15.
sacrosanct 3y ago
NJAL.LA for privacy reasons. EUR 15.00 per year which I don't mind.

5 points by quintes 3y ago

1. Who are you using as the registrar? 2. How much is your annual renewal?

I use a mixture of Cloudflare and Porkbun. Cloudflare offers domains at cost however there are a few caveats: - they don't support all TLDs - they require use of their own nameservers - in order to transfer a domain from one Cloudflare account to another, you have to transfer it to an external registrar first and then transfer back in. A bit bizarre I still like Cloudflare though :)

menshiki 3y ago

Cloudflare Registrar has been amazing for me.

geuis 3y ago

I use namecheap.com. Just checked a couple domains and it's about $15-16 each.

dsdxd 3y ago

Porkbun about 10.37

rozenmd 3y ago

Cloudflare Registrar, they charge cost only ($9.77 atm)

Leftium 3y ago

1. https://tld-list.com/tld/com https://tld-list.com/tld/com 2. Click "Renew" to sort by renewal fee. I personally use: - Cloudflare - Porkbun: when I want use a custom nameserver (like Vercel) - Sav: domain I want to sell (coolcases.com; used to be cheapest transfer/renewal?)

quintes 3y ago
Ah useful thank you!

freetonik 3y ago

I use Cloudflare, Namecheap and Iwantmyname, but will probably slowly migrate to Cloudflare Registrar. Since domain registrations aren't their primary business, I hope they will keep charging the minimum only. I like when companies provide services which help their business indirectly, so they have an incentive to keep that service accessible and simple. But overall annual renewal is around $60 USD.

BayesianDice 3y ago
There is another perspective to be aware of on this... I have been caught out by a service provider when it became clear the service I was using wasn't their main business - and their interest in properly maintaining and operating that service dropped - profoundly.
quintes 3y ago
Thanks for this. How many domains are included in the $60?
- freetonik 3y ago
  Ha, now that I checked it's much more than $60, it is around $110. Six domains in total.

beardyw 3y ago

Fasthosts £18 per year

andyjohnson0 3y ago

Cloudflare. They claim to charge cost only, which iirc is about $9. Been using them for a few years, and have migrated domaina from other registrars, with no problems.

throwaway167 3y ago

netim as I like independents and peace of mind. $15.

sacrosanct 3y ago

NJAL.LA for privacy reasons. EUR 15.00 per year which I don't mind.