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?
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As a side question, are there other free DNS providers besides Cloudflare? Ones that don’t require you to register your domain there.
Namecheap. Avoid Dynadot.
Porkbun has been great
Agreed.
Namecheap
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.
I’ve been with Porkbun since Gandi got acquired. No complaints.
I switched to Porkbun from Namecheap recently because Porkbun is somewhat local.
Porkbun is decent but cheaper if you have a dozen domains too
I’m using Cloudflare, because it’s quite convenient since I always end up using them as DNS server.
They’re also slightly cheaper since they don’t take any profit from their registrar side, hoping to make it back with other services.
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.
I can’t believe they’re still around
I have had a lot good experience with Porkbun.
I use namesilo for everything but my .au domains.
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.
Iwantmyname.com ticked almost all boxes last i looked. Hasnt been mentioned yet. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=iwantmyname.com&sort=byDate&type=comment
Namesilo is quite good - cheap & been using it for 5 years now (coming from namecheap)
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.
Pair domains supports ipv4/6 DNS, Dnsmasq, and dynamic DNS. Cheap, 2fa secured and does the job reliably.
Have you tried…GoDaddy???
giggles as the downvotes pour in
I have a domain with godaddy that renews very soon. Is it posible to migrate it to another registrar?
