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Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by Nerada »

jgrahamc wrote: post #40
JohannesH wrote: post #32

Do cloudflare want to be registrar for other foreign TLDs in the future? I would love to see them support TLDs such as .dk, .de, .it etc. That way both me and my clients could begin consolidating domain registration in one place, instead of using expensive and shitty domain registration management services. Harder ones, like Tonga (.to) or Greenland (.gl) would be nice to have as well, but I don't think it's feasible…

Yes, we do.

Any chance of allowing more TLDs for the registration process? My TLD of choice for e-mail (.Industries) is considered illegitimate when attempting to register for Cloudflare.

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Post by iamshs »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #74
zawerf wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems like it was just a handful of users who posted their story multiple times. The users highclass, ethanwillis, kweks all had multiple comments only about namecheap on a thread that wasn't directly about namecheap. Can I get more horror stories to confirm those are real? It's unfortunate because namecheap used to have the exact opposite reputation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396606

I've had namecheap for about 5 years, no complaints other than their 2FA requiring their own app for TOTP instead of supporting Authy. Moving to Cloudflare Registrar when it's released.

Biggest problem with them is the 2FA. I had to let my domains expire with them after I lost my phone and couldn’t login back. I just want to use freeOTP to get my 2FA codes and nothing else.

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Post by toomuchtodo »

bdcravens wrote: post #54
ksec wrote: post #24

I wouldn't have cared much about Domain Name Register just a week ago, but after what happen at Zoho, and all the horror story in the comments section from namecheap and others, Cloudflare Registar couldn't come at a better time. I really wish Cloudflare at least made $1 or $2 Gross Profits per domain. Who paids for Domain Register Support? I would much rather be a "customer" than I am not sure where they are making…

> How do other companies made money when they are selling it for $0.99 or $6.99 Private Whois, Email, Hosting, SSL, etc offered as up-sells Article actually addresses this: "With a good idea on how to build a more secure registrar we asked our customers what they hated about their current registrar. Two phrases kept coming up: "bait and switch" and “endless upsell.”"

With GDPR in effect, it seems a lot of registrars are giving private Whois away for free now, and Let’s Encrypt is cannibalizing SSL certs, not leaving a lot of opportunity for upselling high margin services to offset razor thin domain margins.

I anticipate consolidation, most likely around providers like Cloudflare, Google, and Amazon, where their costs are minimal and it’s a loss leader.

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Post by aestetix »

aestetix wrote: post #104
Meekro wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very true, but the risk of using them should be weighed against the risk of not using them. Don't forget that pretty much all other registrars were much more eager than Cloudflare to shut down Daily Stormer, and expose you to Zoho-type risk that Cloudflare claims to mitigate.

Except that Cloudflare terminated Daily Stormer after allowing terrorist groups to operate under the guise of "free speech": https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/cloudflare-and-...

Can anyone explain why they downvoted me instead of just downvoting?

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by icantdrive55 »

1. Why are they doing this? Is it to create goodwill? It it an advertisement for their servers?

I honestly think they know the tech party is about to end, and they want to keep the persistent gold miners, along with their dreams.

And yes, when my Google domains are up, I will go to them with my wallet--if their honest price is the same.

The real price of a .com domain is finally out, and it's a little over 8 bucks. Privacy should be included.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by _JamesA_ »

This is great.

I have used Namecheap as a registrar and Cloudflare as DNS for many years.

I just registered for Early Access and was placed in Wave 1 estimated for Mid-October. I happily donated to Girls Who Code anyway.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by brobinson »

rk249 wrote: post #41
ksec wrote: post #24

I wouldn't have cared much about Domain Name Register just a week ago, but after what happen at Zoho, and all the horror story in the comments section from namecheap and others, Cloudflare Registar couldn't come at a better time. I really wish Cloudflare at least made $1 or $2 Gross Profits per domain. Who paids for Domain Register Support? I would much rather be a "customer" than I am not sure where they are making…

I though namecheap was one of the better ones around? I'm looking for a domain registrar. Could share the link with namecheap horror stories? Thanks

If you are using PrivateInternetAccess, you can't login to your NameCheap account. As in, your valid username and password will be rejected. This happens even if you have 2fa enabled. I reset my password twice (even though I _knew_ the original because I use a password manager) before I opened a support case, and they confirmed that they block legitimate logins if they detect you're using a VPN.

I wanted to move off of them, but everyone else is worse. CF Registrar is interesting, but there is precedent for CF revoking its services from non-abusive customers before (whatever that alt-right site was) so I don't think I will support them either. I heard Gandhi is good so I might check them out.

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Post by tokyodude »

rk249 wrote: post #41
ksec wrote: post #24

I wouldn't have cared much about Domain Name Register just a week ago, but after what happen at Zoho, and all the horror story in the comments section from namecheap and others, Cloudflare Registar couldn't come at a better time. I really wish Cloudflare at least made $1 or $2 Gross Profits per domain. Who paids for Domain Register Support? I would much rather be a "customer" than I am not sure where they are making…

I though namecheap was one of the better ones around? I'm looking for a domain registrar. Could share the link with namecheap horror stories? Thanks

not sur about horror stories but IIRC namecheap only supports SMS 2 factor which is insecure and not recommended by NIST

namecheap also can't handle standard 410 character DKIM records from gsuite since their internal DB only allows 256 character records

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by dawnerd »

tokyodude wrote: post #129
rk249 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I though namecheap was one of the better ones around? I'm looking for a domain registrar. Could share the link with namecheap horror stories? Thanks

not sur about horror stories but IIRC namecheap only supports SMS 2 factor which is insecure and not recommended by NIST namecheap also can't handle standard 410 character DKIM records from gsuite since their internal DB only allows 256 character records

They also apparently support 2fa using just their app. REALLY wish they'd allow 3rd party.

They used to be amazing but recently their site has been slow and buggy with support trying to be helpful but ultimately falling short. Their prices seem to have also gone from being really good to just normal.

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