I want to get some domains for selfhosted stuff, but I’d like to use a registrar that I won’t regret doing business with later, both in terms of ethics and potential customer service stuff. Who do y’all like most?

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      This. NameCheap actually responds to abuse reports, as well. Turns out they actually think it’s bad for business to allow grifters and con artists to use their services, unlike other major registrars.

  • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been with Porkbun since Gandi got acquired. No complaints.

  • Wrongdoer4094@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    3 months ago

    I’m using Cloudflare, because it’s quite convenient since I always end up using them as DNS server.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      They’re also slightly cheaper since they don’t take any profit from their registrar side, hoping to make it back with other services.

  • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been happy with Hover for several years. They don’t bug me and they’re owned by Tucows so they’ve got decades-old staying power.

  • lol_idk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    3 months ago

    I switched to Porkbun from Namecheap recently because Porkbun is somewhat local.

    Porkbun is decent but cheaper if you have a dozen domains too

  • 42yeah@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    Namesilo is quite good - cheap & been using it for 5 years now (coming from namecheap)

    • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      I find their website so awful and painful to use. Everything is difficult to find and just takes longer to accomplish than nearly anywhere else. I bought one domain from them once and will never use them again.

  • lemonuri@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been with 1984.is for a couple of years now. I think my domains cost around 12 Euros a year each. Their web GUI works fine and I’ve never needed to contact their customer service, so I cannot comment on that.

  • Neo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been a happy customer of Metaregistrar for over a decade. No complaints, fair prices. Just moved a .be from Gandi there because they wanted to charge me €30 excl. VAT for 1 year. Retail price of .be by DNS.be is about €5 and Metaregistrar only charges me €7,5 excl. VAT for a .be for a year. Was at Gandi with that domain because they used to offer free mailboxes with domain name registrations but have since stopped that. Shop around people!

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    I’ve used two, NameCheap, and PorkBun.

    Hated Namecheap, would never use them again. Janky pricing, tons of email spam, terrible UI.

    Porkbun has been pretty great. Simple, solid prices, easy to use, no issues for about a year and a half.

  • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    I have two domains through Porkbun. Never had an issue with them. No-nonsense, simple UI, good prices.