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Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by dasil003 »

cshenoy wrote: post #25
anthony_franco wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1 on Dreamhost. They also throw in free domain privacy so your personal details aren't plastered all over the net.

Dreamhost kinda sucks. My work has a few domains hosted there and their servers have gone down over 4 times in the past 10 months alone. Support is terrible too.

I've had an account there since 2001. I host 25 domains on it. Downtime is rare, performance is better than any of 10 other shared hosts i've used since 1996, and support is well adequate. If you have serious performance issues you can ask to be moved to a different server. Dunno what people expect for $100 / year, but there's not much better than Dreamhost and my anecdotal evidence is worth more than most because I worked for years at an agency that resold hosting to hundreds of clients via various whitelabel and dedicated hosting services not to mention freelancing for dozens of clients.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by waratuman »

arn wrote: post #28
aaronmoodie wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

4th recommendation for namecheap. Easy management, no adds or clutter when purchasing, and as the name sugests, cheap.

another recommendation. I have 300+ domains with them. very good control panel, esp for bulk.

again, I love namecheap. All domains are with them

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by edash »

jjcm wrote: post #17

http://name.com I've used godaddy, namecheap, and 1&1, but ended up switching all my domains to name.com. One of the best interfaces I've used as it doesn't try to abstract the DNS records from you. That was one of my biggest issues with 1&1 and godaddy - their interface made it so that I never knew exactly what my DNS settings were, just what the spoon-fed messages that I was given told me. The only "abstracted" thi…

I switched from GoDaddy to Name.com and almost cried for joy when I bought my second domain name there and it took 10 seconds as opposed to 10 minutes.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by waivej »

brk wrote: post #9

I use enom.com If you're going to do any quantity of domains above 5 or 6, it's worthwhile. Stay away from godaddy.com (IME).

I agree on Godaddy.

Enom has a nice interface and good prices, though I don't trust their DNS or email (occasional outages).

Also,

- If you just click the "email" select box in the UI, it can drop your custom MX record, even if you don't hit save.

- If you use their DNS hosting for an outside domain that expires, they point to an advertising page and it's hard to make them switch back.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by gregcain »

trampsymphony wrote: post #5

Gandi.net is my favorite. Decent prices, big selection of ccTLDs, great UI.

+1 on Gandi. A very nice UI, and I like having my registrar outside the US. As a DNS host, it's robust enough, but they don't provide SPF records (~ 6 months since I've looked.)

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by jdunck »

sahillavingia wrote: post #2

http://godaddy.com/ - Cheap (esp. for just a year, renewals are a bit more) but their interface sucks. http://namecheap.com/ - Almost as cheap, and has a much better interface. Those are the two I use exclusively, minus some for ccTLD-specific domains.

Times like this, I wish I could down-vote.

GoDaddy is popular, but it's a terrible service, has underhanded billing, foists misfeatures on unaware domain purchasers, and uses sexist advertising.

http://nodaddy.com/#horror

I recommend Gandi.net (upvoted the previous submission below).

Price is not the only consideration -- your time is worth something, and the practices of your business partner mean something.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by shantanubala »

russell_h wrote: post #20
Lammy wrote: post #11

I like https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ for their policies on complaints and DMCA notices.

In my search for a GoDaddy alternative I switched one of my domains over to nearlyfreespeech.net. My only complaint so far is that you have to pay to add money to your account, so the prices they advertise aren't really the whole picture. Other than that it seems like a pretty decent service, especially if you want to take advantage of their privacy policies, etc.

To their credit, the "25 cent" price tag would really only make sense in a prepaid environment. I kinda figured nobody would charge less than credit card processing fees.
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