Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars

Post by Eightloop » Thu, Oct 07, 2010, 10:59 PM UTC

edash wrote: post #43

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.

Post by Payamd » Fri, Oct 08, 2010, 2:14 PM UTC

Post by AdamGibbins » Fri, Oct 08, 2010, 3:10 PM UTC

gregcain wrote: post #47

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.)

Post by nailer » Fri, Oct 08, 2010, 3:49 PM UTC

aeden wrote: post #56

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 Pow…

Post by lennysan » Fri, Oct 08, 2010, 5:16 PM UTC

davidu wrote: post #116

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…

The CTO of name.com, Sean Leach, is one of the most knowledgeable and industry-connected DNS guys I know. I would also highly recommend name.com