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

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Post by hyperhopper »

btown wrote: post #297
motrm wrote: post #203

As some comments have mentioned the pricing will increase for domain names too, not very explicit in their email on Tuesday evening "Gandi.net - Update": Domains We remain committed to offering you the largest portfolio of TLDs, customized TLD suggestions and best-in-class anycast-level primary DNS servers. In addition, we will step-up our effort to unburden you by introducing new managed features: Advanced and easy…

Gandi was always a premium provider at premium prices. But I was pitched them, years ago, by someone who knew someone at the company that they were worth the extra price... because there would be no BS. No hidden pricing, no sniping of domains based on searching for them, all that. Everything in this thread, frankly, is a breach of that trust.

I mean they got sold. A company is only as honest as who currently runs it.

Same thing with people saying "I trust company X with my data." Do you also trust the next 4 CEOs and the next 10 governments who will have authority over them?

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Post by chillfox »

cortic wrote: post #212
bambax wrote: post #193

Earlier 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)?

As an ex-customer, I'd avoid namecheap. They are expensive and have given me no end of trouble. I currently use porkbun and namesilo with very few issues so far (about 3 years). You will need to unlock your domain and get an authorization code (EPP Key) from Gandi and then go to your new registrar and select Transfer Domain . Its fairly straight forward.

+1 on the issues with NameCheap.

1. They routinely fail to auto renew domains despite correct billing details and auto renew being on (I lost some domains to this).

2. They support premium domains, so you can be struck by lightning and randomly have the price of your domains dramatically jacked up (had to drop a domain due to this).

3. The name (NameCheap) no longer checks out, they are not cheap anymore.

They stopped being good about 2 years ago.

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Post by ehPReth »

LoganDark wrote: post #305
uselpa wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had to identify by ID iirc because I wanted a .eu domain which is restricted to EU citizens. But I had to give the ID upfront.

I wanted to purchase a VPS and they took my money before asking for ID. I refused to give them an ID that I didn't have (because I don't have one) and they kept my money and refused to provide service. So at least don't get a VPS unless you're ready to give ID, heh.

I had a dedicated server for.. 4 months? or something before they suddenly required a scan of my ID before they would let me renew. Really weird and annoying. No abuse complaints or anything awry I was doing with it either :/

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Post by mnordhoff »

jonathantf2 wrote: post #273
throwaway81523 wrote: post #45

Gandi email has been useless from the start. They say right in the contract that they don't back up their email servers. Isn't the host handling chores like backup part of the point of a hosted product? Of course you can and should distrust the host's backups and have your own in addition, but that's way different than the host not doing them in the first place. Maybe they have fixed that (I don't see it on their sit…

Just to be clear, Microsoft and Google don't back up their e-mail services, it's a common misconception about "cloud" services.

In 2011, Gmail accidentally some people's email and restored it from tape. https://gmail.googleblog.com/2011/02/gmail-back-soon-for-eve...

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Post by gpm »

em-bee wrote: post #268
dang wrote: post #208

The submitted title was "Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, screws existing customers". The latter bit is linkbait so I've edited it (as the site guidelines request - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ). But I realize the OP isn't just complaining about price increases, so if someone can suggest a more accurate and neutral title, we can change it again.

how about: "Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes"

This title strikes me as incorrect. The user paid for the mailbox as part of the bundle they purchased with their domain name. It was not free.

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

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Post by InGoodFaith »

chillfox wrote: post #312
cortic wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As an ex-customer, I'd avoid namecheap. They are expensive and have given me no end of trouble. I currently use porkbun and namesilo with very few issues so far (about 3 years). You will need to unlock your domain and get an authorization code (EPP Key) from Gandi and then go to your new registrar and select Transfer Domain . Its fairly straight forward.

+1 on the issues with NameCheap. 1. They routinely fail to auto renew domains despite correct billing details and auto renew being on (I lost some domains to this). 2. They support premium domains, so you can be struck by lightning and randomly have the price of your domains dramatically jacked up (had to drop a domain due to this). 3. The name (NameCheap) no longer checks out, they are not cheap anymore. They stoppe…

> 2. They support premium domains, so you can be struck by lightning and randomly have the price of your domains dramatically jacked up (had to drop a domain due to this).

Do you have an example of this as it is against ICANN's rules IIRC.

The only instances I have seen about this were the posts here on HN when someone didn't read the registration price being at a discount compared to the renewal price thereafter.

If there is of course a legitimate instance of reclassification into a premium domain after the fact, you have a big case on your hands.

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Post by imilk »

motrm wrote: post #203

As some comments have mentioned the pricing will increase for domain names too, not very explicit in their email on Tuesday evening "Gandi.net - Update": Domains We remain committed to offering you the largest portfolio of TLDs, customized TLD suggestions and best-in-class anycast-level primary DNS servers. In addition, we will step-up our effort to unburden you by introducing new managed features: Advanced and easy…

I've been using Porkbun for years and it's been great. Good prices, reliability, security, and they don't push nonsense add-on services on you like a lot of other domain providers.

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

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Post by andreareina »

InGoodFaith wrote: post #318
chillfox wrote: post #312

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1 on the issues with NameCheap. 1. They routinely fail to auto renew domains despite correct billing details and auto renew being on (I lost some domains to this). 2. They support premium domains, so you can be struck by lightning and randomly have the price of your domains dramatically jacked up (had to drop a domain due to this). 3. The name (NameCheap) no longer checks out, they are not cheap anymore. They stoppe…

> 2. They support premium domains, so you can be struck by lightning and randomly have the price of your domains dramatically jacked up (had to drop a domain due to this). Do you have an example of this as it is against ICANN's rules IIRC. The only instances I have seen about this were the posts here on HN when someone didn't read the registration price being at a discount compared to the renewal price thereafter. If…

Maybe a premium domani the whole time, but with an "introductory offer" so it's not clear at the time?
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