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Show HN: Badger.com, a new domain registrar, needs beta testers (1 free domain)

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Re: Show HN: Badger.com, a new domain registrar, needs beta testers (1 free domain)

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Post by cybojanek »

cybojanek wrote: post #6

!! Quick and painless !! Thanks!

Great, simple UI. I like the domain searching, as well as the X, checkmark and + symbols/table. DNS updated quickly. WHOIS made private by default :-)

"APP" installation is a neat automation.

Re: Show HN: Badger.com, a new domain registrar, needs beta testers (1 free domain)

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Post by cybojanek »

cybojanek wrote: post #6

!! Quick and painless !! Thanks!

Cannot easily uninstall an "APP", but have to delete all records manually (perhaps at least group them?). Side bar doesn't update immediately once DNS entries removed and "APP" uninstalled (chrome).

Re: Show HN: Badger.com, a new domain registrar, needs beta testers (1 free domain)

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Post by davesmylie »

Looks nice! (And a lot easier to use than godaddy)

I'll be creating an extra domain tonight and pointing it towards my webapp. If all goes well I'll look at moving my other domain registrations over as they expire on godaddy.

Only downside would be the price seems a little steep compared to the typical godaddy pricing with a coupon code...

Re: Show HN: Badger.com, a new domain registrar, needs beta testers (1 free domain)

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Post by helen842000 »

Awesome, thanks! Just used it to find and register a useful domain in under 10mins.

SO much less headache than Go Daddy - very speedy.

I also love the search feature, letting you know it's available while you're typing.

That's how I actually found the domain I registered!

I was a bit confused when using URL forwarding as it automatically appended /path to the source. So I removed that. I found I had to type my destination in, then click on the source box to make /path disappear and then press Add to get it to add forwarding to the root of the site.

Many thanks again. If I can provide a more detailed write up/feedback let me know.

Re: Show HN: Badger.com, a new domain registrar, needs beta testers (1 free domain)

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Post by padraigk »

Very nice! Speaking as a non-US resident, the fact that 'State' be a mandatory field in the profile registration form is a bit annoying but I can understand why that's the default. Maybe that could be optional if the country field is set to nations other than the US?

Re: Show HN: Badger.com, a new domain registrar, needs beta testers (1 free domain)

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Post by badger-com »

thedevelopment wrote: post #9

How have you written this? It's fast and has an interesting feel to it, but I don't recognize the JavaScript framework. Also, how can I leave feedback from within the site?

Thanks for noticing! We built badger.com a bit differently from most sites. Our backend is just a JSON api and the frontend uses this API and is implemented entirely in Javascript using an internal library we'll be releasing soon (code name: Hasher).

API Docs - http://badger.github.com/

Frontend Source Code - http://github.com/badger/frontend

Hasher JS Lib - https://github.com/badger/frontend/tree/master/javascripts/l...

So for example, the Javascript behind our DNS manager can be found here -- https://github.com/badger/frontend/blob/master/javascripts/d...

Re: Show HN: Badger.com, a new domain registrar, needs beta testers (1 free domain)

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Post by gregparadee »

On top of the simplicity, design, and overall awesome feel of the website, the greatest thing is the privacy feature. Having everything in the WHOIS set to private is awesome and I applaud you for that. Godaddy charges an absurd price to make the WHOIS record private. Thank you!
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