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What alternative can you recommend?

by kettleballroll 1y ago

gpjt 1y ago
Another one leaving for Porkbun here.
SG- 1y ago
https://porkbun.com https://porkbun.com
jsheard 1y ago
Porkbun is a solid all-rounder. Cloudflare sells domains at cost so they're slightly cheaper than Porkbun, but the catch is that you're forced to use CFs nameservers so YMMV depending on whether you want that flexibility.
nicoburns 1y ago
Namecheap are reliable and well-priced
- someotherperson 1y ago
  But their ethics are rock bottom. So maybe use of the many competitors mentioned here instead of giving money to this outfit.
  - sillysaurusx 1y ago
    Any proof? Or… anything?
  - nicoburns 1y ago
    Do you have more information on this? First I've heard of this.
    - someotherperson 1y ago
      It's been going on for years. I've personally tried to report phishing scams to Namecheap and get the laziest action on it (for example, I report 30 domains, and only one gets taken down and the rest + the account stay active) or totally ignored altogether after one or two exchanges. This laziness in response despite their platform being abused this heavily suggests they don't want to give up the revenue they're getting from it. The CEO is incredibly defensive about it and suggests that the security theater is evidence that they actually want to do something, but it's been years and they're still heavily used. This is despite not being the cheapest out there, which suggests that scammers prefer it for other reasons. https://www.reddit.com/r/NameCheap/comments/1duy4cn/constant_spams_and_phishing_emails_from_namecheap/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NameCheap/comments/1duy4cn/constant... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30603615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30603615 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/why-do-scammers-love-namecheap/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/why-do-scammers-love-namech... And last but not least: https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/10/ncsc_active_cyber_defence_report https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/10/ncsc_active_cyber_def...
VWWHFSfQ 1y ago
I've been using Tucows/Hover since forever. never even a single problem
Sanzig 1y ago
For Canadians trying to avoid US registrars - grape.ca. They've been in business since '99, I think they were one of the first CIRA accredited registrars for .ca domains.
Faaak 1y ago
infomaniak: swiss & cheap
srhngpr 1y ago
Piggybacking on this comment, what about alternatives for good/basic shared hosting? (i.e., PHP, MySQL, etc.) I've got a few WP sites that I maintain where I need keep something reliable, secure/trusted, and relatively low-cost.
- pinebox 1y ago
  nearlyfreespeech.net

What alternative can you recommend?

gpjt 1y ago

Another one leaving for Porkbun here.

SG- 1y ago

https://porkbun.com https://porkbun.com

jsheard 1y ago

Porkbun is a solid all-rounder. Cloudflare sells domains at cost so they're slightly cheaper than Porkbun, but the catch is that you're forced to use CFs nameservers so YMMV depending on whether you want that flexibility.

nicoburns 1y ago

Namecheap are reliable and well-priced

someotherperson 1y ago
But their ethics are rock bottom. So maybe use of the many competitors mentioned here instead of giving money to this outfit.
- sillysaurusx 1y ago
  Any proof? Or… anything?
- nicoburns 1y ago
  Do you have more information on this? First I've heard of this.
  - someotherperson 1y ago
    It's been going on for years. I've personally tried to report phishing scams to Namecheap and get the laziest action on it (for example, I report 30 domains, and only one gets taken down and the rest + the account stay active) or totally ignored altogether after one or two exchanges. This laziness in response despite their platform being abused this heavily suggests they don't want to give up the revenue they're getting from it. The CEO is incredibly defensive about it and suggests that the security theater is evidence that they actually want to do something, but it's been years and they're still heavily used. This is despite not being the cheapest out there, which suggests that scammers prefer it for other reasons. https://www.reddit.com/r/NameCheap/comments/1duy4cn/constant_spams_and_phishing_emails_from_namecheap/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NameCheap/comments/1duy4cn/constant... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30603615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30603615 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/why-do-scammers-love-namecheap/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/why-do-scammers-love-namech... And last but not least: https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/10/ncsc_active_cyber_defence_report https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/10/ncsc_active_cyber_def...

VWWHFSfQ 1y ago

I've been using Tucows/Hover since forever. never even a single problem

Sanzig 1y ago

For Canadians trying to avoid US registrars - grape.ca. They've been in business since '99, I think they were one of the first CIRA accredited registrars for .ca domains.

Faaak 1y ago

infomaniak: swiss & cheap

srhngpr 1y ago

Piggybacking on this comment, what about alternatives for good/basic shared hosting? (i.e., PHP, MySQL, etc.) I've got a few WP sites that I maintain where I need keep something reliable, secure/trusted, and relatively low-cost.

pinebox 1y ago
nearlyfreespeech.net