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?

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    73·
    vor 1 Jahr

    Top answers from the last 39580202 times this was asked:

    • Namecheap
    • Porkbun
    • Gandi
    • Cloudflare
    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      25·
      vor 1 Jahr

      I was with Namecheap for years, and they’re totally fine. I am now with Cloudflare because they’re a bit cheaper and their API is well supported in various tools, and they also seem fine.

      • r.EndTimes@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        vor 1 Jahr

        I use porkbun and you get cloudflare through them, not sure to what extent, porkbuns just cheaper, I like their ui, straightforward, everything you need on one screen.

      • TedZanzibar@feddit.ukEnglish
        7·
        vor 1 Jahr

        Exactly this. Also it annoys me that Namecheap tries to automatically “top up funds” over a month before renewals are due. I think they’ve always done it but it wound me up enough this year to move to Cloudflare.

        • keckbug@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          vor 1 Jahr

          Counterpoint, I quite like this. I’m terrible at keeping payment details up to date, and I’ve got long renewal periods on my domains. The early renewal attempt allows me to get an email that my payment is expired or revoked (due to a stolen card number or something) and I have a month to go correct it.

    • jonathan@lemmy.zipEnglish
      19·
      vor 1 Jahr

      I wouldn’t buy domains from Cloudflare from a risk mitigation perspective. At work I direct six figures of budget their way annually, but as a free-tier customer in my personal life I don’t trust them not to fuck up at some point and lock my account. If I register my domain elsewhere I can bring myself back online by moving the nameservers. If it’s registered at Cloudflare I’m fucked.

      • folekaule@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        vor 1 Jahr

        I have one of my domains on Cloudflare and was thinking of moving the rest of them there. What makes it harder to move name servers away from Cloudflare than other places?

        • jonathan@lemmy.zipEnglish
          4·
          vor 1 Jahr

          Your registrar (the place you buy your domains) is where you update your nameservers. If Cloudflare have locked you out then you won’t be able to change them. Other standard registrars will have far less cause, legitimate or not, to lock or disable your account, since they don’t host/proxy your content.

    • vfsh@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      11·
      vor 1 Jahr

      Another +1 for name cheap, been using em for a decade now. Their deals are stellar and renewal prices are on par with any other competitors usually

      • scarilog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        vor 1 Jahr

        Transferred all my domains from nanecheap to CloudFlare and I’m saving like 1/3 of price on renewals.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    24·
    vor 1 Jahr

    In case anyone was wondering:

    • namecheap: US
    • porkbun: US
    • INWX: Germany
    • OVH: French
    • onlydomains: NZ

    I personally have been with onlydomains for a decade or so. No complaints.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialEnglish
      5·
      vor 1 Jahr

      I’ve domains from both DomainMonger and NameCheap. If it were trivial, I’d probably move my domains to NameCheap. The web UX is a little better; aside from that, I’ve never had issues with either, not heard anything particularly bad about either.

      But, yeah: +1 on the NameCheap suggestion.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        English
        2·
        vor 1 Jahr

        Does UX really matter?
        I’d rather decouple DNS and domain.
        Feels like (no proof, just gut feeling) services like Cloudflare have better security and integration than the respective registrars.

          • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            English
            2·
            vor 1 Jahr

            While yes, that’s true, you can point the domain to have 3rd party DNS servers.
            For example Cloudflare.
            You could register VMs with them or with another registrar. Same with DNS. Do it with your choice of registrar or use whatever else you maybe actually want.

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      10·
      vor 1 Jahr

      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.

    • bigDottee@geekroom.techEnglish
      5·
      vor 1 Jahr

      Also use Cloudflare as new domain registrar because I use them as DNS as well. I can’t say that I’ve had any problems with them at all.

      • cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        vor 1 Jahr

        Same, I also use Cloudflare dns, tunnels, and pages. Having these all in the same place makes it easy to deploy/keep track of everything

  • lol_idk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    vor 1 Jahr

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

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

  • lemonuri@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    vor 1 Jahr

    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.

    • Zelaf@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      vor 1 Jahr

      I’ve been with 1984.is for some time as well. They’re international domain is 1984.hosting. I’ve also had contact with their support and they’re friendly, knowledgeable and straight on point.

      I had to transfer my domain and they wanted the domain key. Not wanting to send that over insecure email asked if they have a GPG key and told me they do, sent me a link to their site to get it and a specific mail to send it to which I then was able to send over. The process of contacting them and getting everything set was very speedy and I felt in good hands.

  • Matt The Horwood@lemmy.horwood.cloudEnglish
    7·
    vor 1 Jahr

    I moved all my domains from Google to OVH, OVH have an API so you can get certs with certbot. You could also use the API to update records for a dynamic home broadband

  • 42yeah@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    vor 1 Jahr

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

  • Neo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    vor 1 Jahr

    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!

    • myrmidex@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      vor 1 Jahr

      Thanks for the tip, I’m getting pissed off at the Gandi .be prices as well, just ludicrous.