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Ask HN: Moving away from GoDaddy - which registrar do you recommend?

#1

Post by duhmain » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 9:26 AM UTC

GoDaddy is the king of bad usability and tacky marketing, but until now I've been okay with this because they're cheap. But when I heard that their DNS servers are slow I decided I'd be willing to spend a little more to get a good registrar.

What registrar would you recommend? I've heard a lot of good things about Gandi.net, but I can't find any new reviews of them here on HN. Are they still a good registrar, and are there other good alternatives to GoDaddy?

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#2

Post by gbrindisi » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 10:13 AM UTC

If your domain needs are limited to classic tdls (.com, .net, .org) I'do go with nearlyfreespeech [1].

They are one of the few bullshit-free hosting/registrar companies out there.

[1] http://www.nearlyfreespeech.net

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#3

Post by sagacity » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 10:19 AM UTC

We've many sites running on domains registered with GoDaddy (but hosted elsewhere) and have not noticed any problems.

Still, if you're looking for an alternative, try:

http://www.moniker.com/

HTH

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#4

Post by aeontech » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 10:51 AM UTC

I've been using http://register4less.com/ for a few years. The price might seem higher than some others, but it includes whois privacy protection that godaddy charges extra for, as well as a dns zone editor and a nice UI.

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#5

Post by us » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 11:07 AM UTC

For .com, .net, .org, and .info, I like Fabulous.com. For everything else, namecheap is a good alternative.

HOWEVER, I wouldn't use them or Godaddy for hosting or DNS or anything else. If you're fine with Godaddy as a registrar, use an alternative DNS and hosting service.

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#6

Post by sagacity » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 11:29 AM UTC

us wrote: post #5

For .com, .net, .org, and .info, I like Fabulous.com. For everything else, namecheap is a good alternative. HOWEVER, I wouldn't use them or Godaddy for hosting or DNS or anything else. If you're fine with Godaddy as a registrar, use an alternative DNS and hosting service.

Yes, Fabulous.com too is a good alternative for domain registration.

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#7

Post by Jach » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 11:29 AM UTC

I like https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new because they do privacy on whois by default.

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#8

Post by hardik988 » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 1:37 PM UTC

If price is not an object, I would recommend Gandi.net - absolutely no nonsense domain hosting ( I even received a free SSL certificate, though I don't know if that offer is still on.) . Another good option is Mediatemple, who are giving away $5 domains as long as you're with them (that's a really great deal).

You can find HN archives on domain names here:

http://remembersaurus.com/askhn.html#domain-names http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive#t...

NearlyFreeSpeech an NameCheap are great alternatives as well.

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#9

Post by kingofspain » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 1:40 PM UTC

I've used Namecheap and Dreamhost recently for domains. Dreamhost offers free privacy (Namecheap too but it's implied that's only free for the first year). Both are $9.9x.

Mediatemple were doing domains for $5 and I'm sure they're reliabe enough.

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#10

Post by znt » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 3:49 PM UTC

kingofspain wrote: post #9

I've used Namecheap and Dreamhost recently for domains. Dreamhost offers free privacy (Namecheap too but it's implied that's only free for the first year). Both are $9.9x. Mediatemple were doing domains for $5 and I'm sure they're reliabe enough.

I wouldn't do any business with Mediatemple. They wanted me to purchase a hosting service just to do a 301 redirect whereas GoDaddy or Name.com do it for free.