Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by mariushn » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 7:24 PM UTC

_diyu wrote: post #30

I've used a few registrars over the years in different ways. About 10 years ago I used pair.com because they also had PHP hosting and that's all I knew at the time. I did little with them. I think for a very brief period I actually used godaddy for one or two domains. A few years later I used gandi.net because they were "no BS" domain name registration, which I think was a direct reaction to having a hard time using…

gandi.net provides email hosting too, 5 users, included in price. Most other registrars, including namecheap, charge extra.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by domtron_vox » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 10:39 PM UTC

bmarquez wrote: post #27

Currently use Namesilo.com for free Whois privacy. I used to use Namecheap but they charged extra for Whoisguard, and I wasn't happy that they pulled the Daily Stormer (yes I hate Nazis, but IMO censorship should be handled by court orders not CEO's opinions.) Used Gandi.net back in the day, had no complaints other than the price.

Same, I have two personal domains with them and the free Whois guard sold it for me.

We use namecheap at work. Recently they have been messing up dns (I think it was a one time thing). Not a huge amount only like 3-6 domains out of 400ish, but it's silent. We caught most with monitoring, but have found several that slipped through the cracks since.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by joshribakoff » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 11:13 PM UTC

pfg wrote: post #61

Cacti wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ha! I too am being charged for Route 53 for what, I have no idea. Very confusing service.

There's a fee of $0.50 per hosted zone and month for Route 53, in addition to the $0.40 per million queries. This is optional if you don't want to use Route 53 for DNS, so you can still use a free option like Cloudflare instead.

Most registrars would reach out & ask you to pay for premium DNS after some sort of soft limit anyways. Companies like Google pay thousands for their DNS. Free DNS is a form of over-selling. Cloudflare also has a history of shutting of people's service after they hit some soft limit, and asking you to upgrade to paid.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by gremlinsinc » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 12:36 AM UTC

I don't know why so many people love namecheap... Name silo is 8.90/year and it comes with free privacy.

Any domain provider who doesn't have free privacy, or a bundle for < $9.00 isn't worth it. I've been w/ namesilo for a few years and they're top-notch, and have a good api as well.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by gremlinsinc » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 12:40 AM UTC

epc wrote: post #15

PairDomains.com – boring UI, strong passwords allowed, two factor authentication via TOTP or SMS. Cover most of the popular TLDs but not many of the crazy new ones nor country based TLDs. Zero upsell, zero scammy lockins so far.

Namesilo is like $5/cheaper for .coms, and has free privacy, it also has 2-factor auth. I highly recommend them.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by Something1234 » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 1:09 AM UTC

I like google domains. I think that I get the fastest DNS service through them. The administration interface also feels very fast. They cost a little bit more than most, but the faster DNS is very nice.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by Something1234 » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 1:12 AM UTC

gmays wrote: post #73

GoDaddy has improved significantly over the last few years. It's nice to have everything in one place.

GoDaddy is a bad company. They upsell, and they're expensive. There's way too many horror stories to list to deal with this.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by timbit42 » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 2:41 AM UTC

oblib wrote: post #19

Well, I'll admit I didn't do a ton of research on it, but I moved all my domain names to "NameCheap.com" a few years ago and I've been happy with their services. They had a pretty sweet deal to move them over too. I'd been using "Verio" for probably 15 years before and the last 5 of them were just awful. I should've never waited as long as I did to ditch them.

Take a look at NameSilo.com

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by timbit42 » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 2:42 AM UTC

indigodaddy wrote: post #49

Surprised that there has only been a couple of mentions of Namesilo. Cheap, straightforward/easy interface, but still plenty of options. Don't think there is any cheaper reputable registrar is there?

Agreed. None that I've found and I've been looking.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you registered your domains and why?

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Post by timbit42 » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 2:46 AM UTC

gmays wrote: post #73

GoDaddy has improved significantly over the last few years. It's nice to have everything in one place.

Having everything in one place isn't a good thing. If you have a problem with GoDaddy, your domain is there too and you can't just up and leave. With your domain elsewhere, and a backup of your site, you can leave at any time.