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Re: Ask HN: Which domain registrar do you recommend?

#31
I've migrated a few dozen domains from Godaddy to Namecheap, for various reasons, mostly because Godaddy absolutely sucks.

Namecheap tech support is great. Loving their dynamic DNS application too since I'm taking advantage of my 500mbit up/down running a server at home. I've had no problems with Namecheap since I started using them a few years ago and finally migrated everything over to them a few months ago.

Goodbye Godaddy!! Good riddance!

Re: Ask HN: Which domain registrar do you recommend?

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post #13

Gandi[1] and Namecheap[2] are the only ones that I trust. [1]: https://www.gandi.net/ [2]: https://www.namecheap.com/

you should look at this for Gandi - https://www.cbronline.com/cloud/gandi-outage-hardware-failur...

Different service. They got most of the data back in the end. And you should always have backups somewhere else. I'm not sure why this is relevant.

Re: Ask HN: Which domain registrar do you recommend?

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post #13

Gandi[1] and Namecheap[2] are the only ones that I trust. [1]: https://www.gandi.net/ [2]: https://www.namecheap.com/

you should look at this for Gandi - https://www.cbronline.com/cloud/gandi-outage-hardware-failur...

I wasn't aware of this but shit happens. I don't use their cloud (have some e-mail boxes that forward to my own so I have copies), but I can see how something like that can be an issue with people.

Also this is just another example of how Twitter shouldn't be used for any serious type of communication.

Re: Ask HN: Which domain registrar do you recommend?

#36
post #13

Gandi[1] and Namecheap[2] are the only ones that I trust. [1]: https://www.gandi.net/ [2]: https://www.namecheap.com/

you should look at this for Gandi - https://www.cbronline.com/cloud/gandi-outage-hardware-failur...

Doesn't appear to affect their DNS but VM hosting service. Kind of embarrassing but is it relevant?

Re: Ask HN: Which domain registrar do you recommend?

#37
As it hasn't been mentioned yet, I use namesilo.com.

What originally drew me to their service was 2FA, no additional services bullshit (i.e. I'm never going to buy "web hosting" from a domain registrar, I don't want the current-customer-spam they all use to cross-sell) and decent prices.

They've recently started selling "web hosting" but so far it hasn't really been pushed, and their focus seems to be very much on domains still.

Re: Ask HN: Which domain registrar do you recommend?

#38
post #8

Very happy with Namecheap [1]. I have 3 domains registered with them, one of them going back a long time. Never had problems with anything from search to payment. They have 2FA support that works with the open source TOTP apps too. [1]: https://www.namecheap.com

+1, I've been a happy user for a few years now

Re: Ask HN: Which domain registrar do you recommend?

#39
post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you should look at this for Gandi - https://www.cbronline.com/cloud/gandi-outage-hardware-failur...

Different service. They got most of the data back in the end. And you should always have backups somewhere else. I'm not sure why this is relevant.

Yeah, at the time they got a lot of bad press for their abysmal support responses. Things like saying that their backup solution was not a backup solution, blaming the customer, etc etc.

Saying that people should have geographically diversified backups is like saying you should always read the T&Cs of every website you interact with. Yes, you definitely should. But many people would rather just trust the brand, and a trust broken is not easily fixed.

And understandably, that broken trust has a knock-on effect for other services in the same brand.

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