Seeing the news with Google domains, I’m looking to move registrars, and was wondering who everyone uses.

  • gballantine@lemmy.bitgoblin.techEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I know it’s not the most popular option here, but Namecheao served me well for several years now. No real complaints that I can think of.

  • 18uljnrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I recommend namesilo, and the reason is because they give privacy shield for free in all your domains, also good prices, and also you can pay with bitcoin at market price. I kind of hate to put my personal data and my financial data in the same spot, that’s why the bitcoin part is important to me.

  • HTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.comEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I have been using cloudflare. It works nicely, and integrates well with their tools.

    I moved all of my data from google domains to it.

    I have also previously used amazon, which wasn’t horrible… and previously used quite a few other registrators.

    The only BAD one I have used, was godaddy. Don’t use them. They… are evil.

    • ThreeHalflings@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 years ago

      What problems did you have with GoDaddy? Just wondering what to watch out for, or if there’s a reason to move.

      • iwasgodonce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 years ago

        I emailed their support to complain that their transfer out ui was broken so I couldn’t get the transfer code, they sent me the code without me proving who I was. I was communicating with them using a different email and even different email domain than anything they had on file.

  • cyanide@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I’ve been using Cloudflare for a while now, Namecheap before that. Both have been good to me, but I prefer Cloudflare more for their various other services, so it made sense to move the domains there as well.

    • infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      3 years ago

      I just switched everything over to cloud flare the other day. I already ran most my services through them so it just made sense. The very next day Google sold their domain biz.

  • hoodlem@hoodlem.meEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Namecheap. I’ve been using them for several years for various projects and have never had a problem with them.

    • DontTakeMySky@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 years ago

      Same here. My only complaint was the slow adoption of hardware MFA tokens, and the limited DNSSEC support on some TLDs but that’s mostly resolved now.

      • werm098@werm.socialEnglish
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        3 years ago

        Thanks for this comment, I hadn’t compared pricing in a while and just assumed Name”cheap” was cheap haha! Looks like I might switch to CloudFlare (where I manage DNS anyways) and/or porkbun which others have suggested.

  • ivy@fedi196.gay
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    3 years ago

    I’m using porkbun for my instance and it’s been great
    my domain renewal was half google domain’s offering price

    • Romdeau4@kbin.social
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      3 years ago

      +1 for pork bun! Everything is easy and cheap. I don’t really ask for much more from a registrar

        • asap@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 years ago

          I don’t really think Trustpilot is a good place to get info, a la Yelp.

          Hard disagree on that, I’ve found it invaluable as a tool for assessing the safety of a company. Sure you’re going to get some idiots who simply don’t know how to use the tool and go online to bitch about it, but if you’re seeing a significant number of people making the same complaints about support or having domains withdrawn from them, it certainly makes me suspicious.

          Thank you for your reply though, it’s good to hear that some people are having success. My understanding from the reading I’ve done online is that they used to be a lot better but have fallen in quality over the last 2 years.

  • surrendertogravity@wayfarershaven.euEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I just transferred all my domains out of Namecheap into Porkbun. I think Porkbun is 10 to 50 cents more expensive than Cloudflare, but they seemed a bit easier to use and could hold all my TLDs. So far, a way better experience than Namecheap!

    • curioushom@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      3 years ago

      Do you mind sharing the things that you find better at porkbun over namecheap. I have domains scattered over there registrars and might use this as an impetus to consolidate. I’ve been okay with namecheap but not sure what I’m missing out.

      • surrendertogravity@wayfarershaven.euEnglish
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        3 years ago

        For me it was really the price of domain renewals. Namecheap has great starting deals, but eg. I have a .studio domain and it costs $28.16 to renew at Namecheap and $21.09 at Porkbun. My .xyz domain costs $9.92 to renew at Porkbun, $14.16 at Namecheap. (Registrar comparison chart here.)

        In terms of pure price, Cloudflare is cheaper to renew for all the domains I have, but Porkbun is only a dollar or two off and I like supporting a smaller company. Edit: Porkbun offers free SSL which is nice if you don’t feel like bothering with LetsEncrypt yourself.

        (Also, I find Namecheap’s domain management console absolutely horrible to work with in terms of UI.)

        • curioushom@lemmy.oneEnglish
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          3 years ago

          Thanks for the detailed and thoughtful response, I really appreciate it. Yeah, I’m not a fan of centralizing everything and hence avoid cloudflare. Good to know the differences with namecheap and porkbun. I have my account loaded with credit on namecheap to get API access. I’ll use that up and then move over to porkbun. Thanks again!