Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#1

Post by dangayle » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 8:43 PM UTC

I love using Digital Ocean and Heroku for my websites. Clean designs, straightforward navigation and functionality, affordable.

And then you have domain registrars like GoDaddy, Domain.com and others that are the exact opposite (except cheap).

Is there a domain registrar that doesn't severely suck the life out of creating a new domain? Something that has an easy to use API, clean and modern?

Re: Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#2

Post by niclupien » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 8:48 PM UTC

Namecheap works well. They have an API but I never used it.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#3

Post by kkoch986 » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 8:55 PM UTC

niclupien wrote: post #2

Namecheap works well. They have an API but I never used it.

I'm up to about 12 domains on namecheap, can't complain

Re: Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#4

Post by d0ugie » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 9:01 PM UTC

kkoch986 wrote: post #3

niclupien wrote: post #2

Namecheap works well. They have an API but I never used it.

I'm up to about 12 domains on namecheap, can't complain

Do they have a good deal on SSL certs when buying or transferring domains? the certs are good, yes?

Re: Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#5

Post by gesman » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 9:34 PM UTC

d0ugie wrote: post #4

kkoch986 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm up to about 12 domains on namecheap, can't complain

Do they have a good deal on SSL certs when buying or transferring domains? the certs are good, yes?

I used namecheap and buy SSL certs, including wildcarded SSL certs.

I think they have the best prices for that.

SSL certificate cost is a scam anyways - so you better off with whoever is the cheapest.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#6

Post by dakrisht » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 10:10 PM UTC

niclupien wrote: post #2

Namecheap works well. They have an API but I never used it.

1 for Namecheap

Re: Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#7

Post by ekpyrotic » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 11:32 PM UTC

A Small Orange (http://asmallorange.com). Simple, clean & top-quality support. Used them for 2 years now - and it's been a pleasure.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#8

Post by workhere-io » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 1:40 AM UTC

https://gandi.net / http://doc.rpc.gandi.net. For DNS I sometimes use AWS' Route 53 because it provides some unique options regarding S3 and CloudFront.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#9

Post by RexRollman » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 2:35 AM UTC

I used Gandi for my domains for the last six years. They been great, but since I've never had an issue, I can't say how good their customer service is.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registration and DNS service do you use?

#10

Post by Swanty » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 2:44 AM UTC

https://www.gandi.net/ and https://dns.he.net.