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What are good alternatives? I’ve been in the dark about this transition and am in the middle of classes so I haven’t had time to look into it. Just saw 3 dozen

What are good alternatives? I’ve been in the dark about this transition and am in the middle of classes so I haven’t had time to look into it. Just saw 3 dozen square space emails about transfers…

peddling-brink 2y ago
For domains? I really like porkbun.
- rrr_oh_man 2y ago
  Cheap, fast, highly configurable. And it feels friendly. I love it. Usually I search domains on Namecheap, but buy them on porkbun.
  - peddling-brink 2y ago
    Their search is downright terrible. That's the only real negative I've found, aside from not having a few gTLDs, but that's just the game.
- jasonvorhe 2y ago
  +1 for Porkbun. Have been happy there for many years. Though they don't have some country TLDs like .de.
- fragmede 2y ago
  I wanted to like Porkbun but failed to buy a .io domain through them because of technical problems on their end. Their website is also a bit programmer-y and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone non-technical. (Eg UX of login flow includes "Leave password blank if using a passkey or passwordless login.") I ended up using http://hover.com http://hover.com
  - AlchemistCamp 2y ago
    > Their website is also a bit programmer-y This is a feature, not a bug. Porkbun is the least sketchy site I’ve ever encountered in the domains business.
leesalminen 2y ago
I moved my domains over to Cloudflare.
- chatmasta 2y ago
  I’d recommend against this if you are using Cloudflare for DNS or Proxying. If they decide to close your account then you’ll lose access to your domains too. Whereas if you register them elsewhere, you’ll at least have a path to recovery in the event of Cloudflare account closure or catastrophic failure.
  - tracker1 2y ago
    +1 here... a few weeks ago, it wouldn't have been nearly the concern for me, where today it definitely is.
    - Quarrel 2y ago
      Did cloudflare do something bad in recent weeks and I missed it? Have have both my dns and domains at cloudflare ...
      - senkora 2y ago
        Arguably, opinion is split: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808
      - mrngm 2y ago
        A somewhat one-sided story + large thread here from 10 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808 Regardless of the parties involved, it's always advisable to spread risk for critical (digital) assets.
  - relyks 2y ago
    This is a really good point and something I hadn't considered. Thanks

peddling-brink 2y ago

For domains? I really like porkbun.

rrr_oh_man 2y ago
Cheap, fast, highly configurable. And it feels friendly. I love it. Usually I search domains on Namecheap, but buy them on porkbun.
- peddling-brink 2y ago
  Their search is downright terrible. That's the only real negative I've found, aside from not having a few gTLDs, but that's just the game.
jasonvorhe 2y ago
+1 for Porkbun. Have been happy there for many years. Though they don't have some country TLDs like .de.
fragmede 2y ago
I wanted to like Porkbun but failed to buy a .io domain through them because of technical problems on their end. Their website is also a bit programmer-y and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone non-technical. (Eg UX of login flow includes "Leave password blank if using a passkey or passwordless login.") I ended up using http://hover.com http://hover.com
- AlchemistCamp 2y ago
  > Their website is also a bit programmer-y This is a feature, not a bug. Porkbun is the least sketchy site I’ve ever encountered in the domains business.

leesalminen 2y ago

I moved my domains over to Cloudflare.

chatmasta 2y ago
I’d recommend against this if you are using Cloudflare for DNS or Proxying. If they decide to close your account then you’ll lose access to your domains too. Whereas if you register them elsewhere, you’ll at least have a path to recovery in the event of Cloudflare account closure or catastrophic failure.
- tracker1 2y ago
  +1 here... a few weeks ago, it wouldn't have been nearly the concern for me, where today it definitely is.
  - Quarrel 2y ago
    Did cloudflare do something bad in recent weeks and I missed it? Have have both my dns and domains at cloudflare ...
    - senkora 2y ago
      Arguably, opinion is split: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808
    - mrngm 2y ago
      A somewhat one-sided story + large thread here from 10 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808 Regardless of the parties involved, it's always advisable to spread risk for critical (digital) assets.
- relyks 2y ago
  This is a really good point and something I hadn't considered. Thanks