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?

  • lol_idk@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years 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

    • kitnaht@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Been using Namecheap for a decade or more now. Great company, no muss, no fuss, just works. The greatest thing is that they’re boring as fuck. That’s one of the best qualities to have in a domain registrar.

    • harsh3466@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Also been using namecheap for years with no complaints. Boring and dependable.

  • Neo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years 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!

    • myrmidex@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      2 years ago

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

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devdeleted by creatorEnglish
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      2 years 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.

  • dblsaiko@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 years ago

    INWX has been great so far, have been with them for about 6 years at this point. Also had good experiences with their customer support.

  • Matt The Horwood@lemmy.horwood.cloudEnglish
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    2 years ago

    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

  • azalty@jlai.luEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Tested porkbun and namecheap. Namecheap has a nice and reactive support from my experience. Porkbun also helped me quickly.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    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
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      2 years ago

      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.comEnglish
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        2 years ago

        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.comEnglish
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            2 years ago

            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.

  • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

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