Crap, I was about to move there because the namecheap CEO is too impulsive and still waiting for the explanation of their "third party getting hacked" a few weeks ago. Where do I go now?
Dynadot is good
Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
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Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
#222Earlier quoted context omitted.
We're getting bitten by this in the Netherlands as well. Two domain registrars, PCExtreme and Neostrada, merged with Versio, and Versio is now owned by TWS. My company has domains registered with Versio (and PCExtreme and Neostrada), but the control panel was showing multiple domains wrongly flagged as 'processing', and actually getting through to customer service takes the better part of day by now. I'm not looking…
Any suggestion of a good serious independent European registrar?
I'm using Infomaniak. I especially like their renewal warranty [0]. It's a few bucks more a year but they renew the Domain even if you are not paying and try to contact you by phone, snail mail etc. They also support IPv6 and DNSSEC.
Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
#223Earlier quoted context omitted.
> if you transfer to a different registrar, you will not lose the extra years of registration I did not know that. But how do you do it? And where to find a list of reputable registrars (which seems the rarest of species)?
Google Domains has yet to cause me angst
Until your entire google account is suspended.
Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
#224I honestly cannot believe the hubris. A 20% price hike and removal of features mid-term. If I don't pay for the email accounts I apparently didn't pay for, I will lose my business email accounts. I get the impression I should just have stuck with : _ @ gmail.com and moved on with my life. Maddening.
The problem with Google is that if your account gets blocked/banned for whatever reason, you can just say goodbye to it. Minor companies like Gandi do have human customer service, so there's always the chance to recover the account (and move on to another service one you make a dump of your data and all).
Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
#225Earlier quoted context omitted.
> if you transfer to a different registrar, you will not lose the extra years of registration I did not know that. But how do you do it? And where to find a list of reputable registrars (which seems the rarest of species)?
Google Domains has yet to cause me angst
Associating domains with a Google account that is subject to arbitrary automated banning seems like a bad idea to me. It would be fine until it's suddenly not.
Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
#226What registrars has HN been using lately? I've been super lazy and use Route53 for everything right now.
I've only got just one, but I'm pretty happy with Google. I mean, I know it's Google so there's always the worry they'll get bored with the product, but it works fine and has integration with my Asus router so I can dynDNS my home for my kids' minecraft server.
Isn't the biggest issue with Google that your account could get banned for whatever reason, and then your chances of recover it are under 0.001%? That's the biggest fear imho.
Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
#227Earlier quoted context omitted.
We're getting bitten by this in the Netherlands as well. Two domain registrars, PCExtreme and Neostrada, merged with Versio, and Versio is now owned by TWS. My company has domains registered with Versio (and PCExtreme and Neostrada), but the control panel was showing multiple domains wrongly flagged as 'processing', and actually getting through to customer service takes the better part of day by now. I'm not looking…
Any suggestion of a good serious independent European registrar?
Not sure if it meets the European criteria but I use a combination of DNSimple and Porkbun and am very happy with them both.
For less common ccTLDs, Gandi is still hard to beat since they support virtually everything. Apart from that, I have no regrets moving... I saw the writing on the wall about 2 years ago and moved virtually all my domains away from them.
Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
#228Earlier quoted context omitted.
Any suggestion of a good serious independent European registrar?
I am happy with OVH. Only bit that’s missing is IPv6 for dynamic IPs.
doesn't OVH require ID verification after you pay? and then run off with your money if they don't get it
at least, that is my experience
Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
#229So who's the trustworthy, low-bullshit registrar now? I've been using Gandi for over a decade.
There is none. Any registrar has their own shitty stories. Sad times.
Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
#230Earlier quoted context omitted.
That comes with its own set of issues when google decides to block your account for reasons only known to their algorithms and there are no humans to talk to. You end up locked out of your business email with no recourse.
What is an SME supposed to do? I need static web-hosting and an email server that will not get blocked by Google!
Fastmail.