I love the IO ccTLD, but it's just too expensive to justify on a free side project that doesn't make any money. First-world problem, eh?
Namecheap now offer .io domains
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Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains
#22hexonet and gandi are equally trustworthy and have .io registration for cheaper
Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains
#23A month too late :-) Gonna have to move it :)
Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains
#24I suppose google.io is taken.
Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains
#25I love the IO ccTLD, but it's just too expensive to justify on a free side project that doesn't make any money. First-world problem, eh?
Not coincidentally, that's also why so few .io domains are parked. Overall, I'm OK with this.
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#26For what it's worth, I've been using namecheap for over 2 or 3 years now, with around 10 domains registered with them, and I have to say that their service is quite good. The support is capable and promptly responsive. Very rarely, if ever, have I experienced technical difficulties. Even if it's not the cheapest in the market, the service is worth the extra $
Do they offer proper DNS services?
Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains
#27I suppose google.io is taken.
Created 2002-10-01!
Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains
#28For what it's worth, I've been using namecheap for over 2 or 3 years now, with around 10 domains registered with them, and I have to say that their service is quite good. The support is capable and promptly responsive. Very rarely, if ever, have I experienced technical difficulties. Even if it's not the cheapest in the market, the service is worth the extra $
Do they offer proper DNS services?
Yes. Even email forwarding.
Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains
#29I suppose google.io is taken.
By Google: http://nic.io/cgi-bin/whois?query=google.io
Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains
#30For what it's worth, I've been using namecheap for over 2 or 3 years now, with around 10 domains registered with them, and I have to say that their service is quite good. The support is capable and promptly responsive. Very rarely, if ever, have I experienced technical difficulties. Even if it's not the cheapest in the market, the service is worth the extra $
Do they offer proper DNS services?
Yes, I think so.
The reason I use Namecheap for all my domains is really because of their DNS services. For example, I have a subdomain that points to my home network router. The public-facing IP address of my home network is dynamically assigned by my upstream ISP, so it changes every couple months. I have a script that runs every day that checks if my IP address has changed, and if so, executes a cURL command to dynamically update the A record of the subdomain. Namecheap provides this HTTP API and dynamic DNS capability.
So, you have a good deal of flexibility in configuring the DNS, although of course not as much as running your own DNS server or writing your own zone file.
For most people, however, their DNS services should be sufficient. It certainly is for me.