Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes • Hacker News Board

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by timbowhite » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:11 PM UTC

sfeng wrote: post #34

bob1029 wrote: post #17

What registrars has HN been using lately? I've been super lazy and use Route53 for everything right now.

Cloudflare Registrar, no markup and a reliable company.

The catch is that you must use Cloudflare's nameservers [0]:

  6.1 Nameservers. Registrant agrees to use Cloudflare’s nameservers. REGISTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT MAY NOT CHANGE THE NAMESERVERS ON THE REGISTRAR SERVICES, AND THAT IT MUST TRANSFER TO A THIRD PARTY REGISTRAR IF IT WISHES TO CHANGE NAMESERVERS.

[0] https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by ornornor » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:12 PM UTC

conradfr wrote: post #70

Even last week they were saying nothing would change, that Gandi remained independent inside Your.online. That may be a new record.

If you believe every acquisition PR saying “but nothing will change at all, we’re committed to run $bought_company as an independent entity” then I have a bridge to sell you!

Company A never buys company B to let it do its thing.

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by soiler » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:12 PM UTC

KingOfCoders wrote: post #66

WirelessGigabit wrote: post #46

This is why I only use service A for domains. And service B for emails.

I use service A for domains, service B for DNS and service C for emails.

Which services do you use specifically?

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by manuelmoreale » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:13 PM UTC

bob1029 wrote: post #17

What registrars has HN been using lately? I've been super lazy and use Route53 for everything right now.

Personally been a happy hover.com customer. Definitely not the cheapest but I like that they don't try to upsell me crap.

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by snotrockets » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:13 PM UTC

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #52

swayvil wrote: post #15

So who's the trustworthy, low-bullshit registrar now? I've been using Gandi for over a decade.

I'd say Google. They have incentive not to play games like this as that could jeoparadize their control of .dev and they don't need to juice profits on a minor service.

But if something does happen, it's impossible to get a CS agent that can actually help

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by conradfr » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:13 PM UTC

microtonal wrote: post #21

wlesieutre wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good find. I've never heard of "Total Webhosting Solutions," anybody had experience with them? It's a bummer if Gandi goes downhill. I've never used them personally but I heard a lot of recommendations that they were a good registrar.

They were awesome. I have been with them over 15 years. But I fear it's time to move on. Still looking for an EU registrar that has modern 2FA (FIDO2) and is large enough to not be a target for takeover anytime soon.

Scaleway maybe?

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by AnonC » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:15 PM UTC

glomgril wrote: post #94

Is migrating domains from Gandi to somewhere else easy/possible? I've had the same domain for years, I used to pay like $20 for five years, but then I forgot to renew, and because I let it expire for a few days, now they are charging me $100/year! Sour taste in my mouth about them even before this...

You can’t migrate an expired domain. If you’re still within the redemption period to renew the domain by paying a higher fee, you should choose that (unless you believe nobody else will be interested in that domain name once it becomes available for anyone to purchase).

Once you renew the domain, there is an immediate 60-day (?) period when you cannot transfer the domain elsewhere. So you’d have to wait for that duration and then transfer. You won’t lose out on the expiration date though.

When you transfer the domain to another registrar, you’d have to pay a one year renewal fee, which will extend the ownership of your domain by one more year than what it was before.

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by aendruk » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:16 PM UTC

branon wrote: post #5

Link's 404, Toot removed apparently. What happened? I use Gandi. They were acquired by a holdings company years ago but that's all I know.

It’s flickering up and down so I don’t think it was intentionally removed.

Mirror: https://archive.is/w3yZy

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by Panino » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:17 PM UTC

https://archive.ph/w3yZy

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by KingOfCoders » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:18 PM UTC

soiler wrote: post #113

KingOfCoders wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use service A for domains, service B for DNS and service C for emails.

Which services do you use specifically?

Namecheap (I want to get off) and DNS Made Easy (I've started to use them with our startup for reliability)