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Re: Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by tych0 »

speps wrote: post #17
tych0 wrote: post #16

Off topic, but something I've wondered for a while. Maybe someone here knows :) Years ago (13, to be exact) when I was young and didn't know anything and couldn't afford to buy a parked .com that made more sense, I registered a .ws domain at Godaddy of all places. It has subsequently become the e-mail address I use for everything. Unfortunately, .ws doesn't really allow transfers. Now that there are all these non-evi…

http://samoanic.ws/faq/index.dhtml > Can I transfer my domain to another registrar? > Yes, .WS domain transfers may take place in accordance with ICANN's "Policy on Transfer of Registrations between Registrars". Please contact the registrar you would like to transfer to for instructions on how to proceed.

Unfortunately nobody actually supports it. Dreamhost doesn't, Namecheap doesn't, etc.

If you try, they all give you the same "The WS registry doesn't allow transfer of domains." error, because historically they have not.

Re: Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by samatcloudflare »

partiallypro wrote: post #20

I've been in the beta for months, but it's a bit annoying...5 months in and you still can't register new domains. The domain management is also pretty confusing, because it's all jumbled together with the DNS interface. They need to have 2 interfaces, even if they are interconnected.

Thanks for the feedback. Working on new registrations now; focus at launch was to help users of Cloudflare's DNS services find a better alternative to domain registration.

Re: Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

snek wrote: post #24
throw0101a wrote: post #21

Meta: "support for hundreds of TLDs" * https://www.cloudflare.com/tld-policies/ Crikey there's a lot of stuff out there. Seems that ICANN has approved just about any random word in the English language.

But they still haven't got .dev :(

.uk domains still not supported either

Re: Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by dessant »

New GTLDs may cost considerably more at Cloudflare Registrar.

For example, the annual cost of a .space domain during transfer is $15.18 (it was $17 two months ago), while renewal for the same domain at Namecheap costs $9.06.

To be fair Namecheap lists it as a discounted offer, but that appears to be always the case for the .space TLD renewals.

Re: Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by samatcloudflare »

brobinson wrote: post #25

My experience with Registrar has been 4/5 okay and 1/5 horrible so far. I transferred five domains from Namecheap, and four of them went through within an hour. The fifth was in a pending status. I was charged a one year renewal for each domain as part of the transfer process. The fifth domain hadn't transferred after a few days so I filed a support ticket. They told me it could take up to 15 days. After roughly 30 d…

Sorry about the billing issue; that's really frustrating. We've been working on a migration of our billing systems, but that has led to some cases of double charges which are unacceptable. Working to make that right now and glad the refund was successful.

I'm looking at your ticket now; will make sure this gets solved today.

Re: Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by useful »

adventured wrote: post #15
useful wrote: post #14

Can you hide your contact details? The service is super cheap but that spotlight has a hidden cost.

Contact information is redacted by default. I've moved a bunch of domains over, they're all redacted in the whois without me taking any action. It lists the registrar as Cloudflare. It shows the domain updated date, the creation date and registry expiration date. There are no contact details listed at all. And it shows the DNS servers (in this case the Cloudflare LOU and MAY name servers). In fact the sole problem I'…

Awesome, thank you. I have the same situation with godaddy, recently purchased 10 years to avoid yearly gouging.
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