Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by ww520 » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 4:44 AM UTC

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…

Seconded. Been with them for couple years for some domains. Been great.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by pg » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 4:50 AM UTC

bl4k wrote: post #13

http://joker.com or enom.com for domains http://easydns.com for DNS (don't be cheap on DNS - most that registrars offer is slow/cheap/bad/down)

We use easyDNS. They're not cheap, but they're very good.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by iworkforthem » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 5:10 AM UTC

davidmurphy wrote: post #48

Google actually registers domains (in partnership with outside registrars): https://google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new $10. The advantage is they come all easily configured for Google Apps usage.

A reseller or partner with enom.com ... at $10 a domain without having the need to configure anything to Google Apps. It is pretty decent. Domain alone purchases alone without coupons/discounts are starting to cost more than $12 these days.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by seldo » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 5:10 AM UTC

waratuman wrote: post #42

arn wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

again, I love namecheap. All domains are with them

I've been using them for well over a decade. No nonsense, low prices, interface miles better than GoDaddy.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by nazariusk » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 5:14 AM UTC

Google Apps (http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html) is a eNom reseller, and provides you with all the Google goodness (mail/docs/cal).

1 year = $10 (privacy included).

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by aeden » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 5:46 AM UTC

Just recently I launched http://dnsimple.com/ since I was fed up with GoDaddy and decided that I never wanted to use them again in my life, and I knew others felt the same way. DNSimple has an easy to use web interface, a REST API for domain registration and DNS management and an iPhone app. The service is pretty new but the response so far has been positive.

Under the hood I used enom for domain registration and PowerDNS for the DNS portion. enom has the best API of all of the registrar APIs I looked at. To be a reseller there is a bit of an investment, but it's still significantly less expensive than becoming an accredited registrar.

I've been in the domain industry since 1999 when .com was deregulated, and built one of the first domain registrars (but I wasn't the founder thus left when the founder decided to go other directions) and it is unfortunate how little inovation has occurred in the domain industry. Hopefully that'll start changing soon.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by buymorechuck » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 5:48 AM UTC

Dynadot http://dynadot.com has excellent service, lightning fast website. Working great for my domain names.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by jread » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 5:58 AM UTC

buymorechuck wrote: post #57

Dynadot http://dynadot.com has excellent service, lightning fast website. Working great for my domain names.

I'll second dynadot. I switched from godaddy a few years ago and could not be happier. Website is lean and fast, domain lookups are super fast, and checkout is a simple 1 minute process.

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by sslcertificates » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 5:59 AM UTC

bl4k wrote: post #13

http://joker.com or enom.com for domains http://easydns.com for DNS (don't be cheap on DNS - most that registrars offer is slow/cheap/bad/down)

i use namecheap for domain & https://www.thesslstore.com for SSL certificates

Re: Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

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Post by chow » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 6:03 AM UTC

Lammy wrote: post #11

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

NFSN is attractive in principle, but their management UI is awful. I had a few low-traffic domains registered and hosted there and ended up transferring them elsewhere out of sheer frustration.