I'd really appreciate some recommendations for a good domain registrar. A few years ago I bought two domain names on Epik.com. I only chose them because a friend of mine had been using their services for a few years without issue, and had a referral code. Recently I've been really unimpressed with their lax security, poor management, and shady business practices. I'd like to move my domains to a new registrar, but I'm not sure who to choose. Any recommendations would be really appreciated!
Ask HN: What is your preferred domain registrar?
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#2Porkbun has been excellent for a long time and over the years I moved all my domains to them. They also provide a lot of built-in functionality at no additional cost.
The only issue I have is that they moved their DNS offering to Cloudfare instead of running it themselves, which is understandable to some degree as running DNS for a large numbers of domains for "free" must've been a lot of work for them and I'm sure Cloudfare made them a great offer, but I fundamentally disagree with. It also caused a few domains from certain TLDs to stop working after the transition and I later had yet another issue with url https forwarding due to DNS verified SSL certs not being issued. I expect from my domain provider that included services are solid and that they never break any aspect of my domains that they're are responsible for.
Nonetheless, apart from this one incident their offerings and support have been outstanding and I would still recommend them.
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#3I’ve been a happy customer at Dynadot for many years.
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#4Cloudflare, Porkbun, used to use Namecheap but their prices are too high now.
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#5Not the OP but I’d be interested in hearing from anyone that’s used multiple - which ones have you used, and which you prefer from a user experience perspective.
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#7Dynadot. Low prices, free domain privacy, domain tasting (refunds within 72 hours).
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#9Gandi were my go to, however, there recent movements caused me to move. I've now gone over to Mythic Beasts and so far seem decent.
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#10Cloudflare due to their security posture around customer accounts.