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Gandi.net will contribute $1 per inbound transfer to EFF until Jan 15th

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Re: Gandi.net will contribute $1 per inbound transfer to EFF until Jan 15th

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Post by soult »

Legion wrote: post #50
soult wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Indeed, everyone has the "we're not liable if we terminate your service" legalese, but not everyone has the stated free speech mission statement on NFS's About Us page: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/ You're right in wanting to judge by actions rather than some CYA phrasing in a terms & conditions. NFS has a track record of backing up that free speech mission with action. And then there's Dynadot, who continu…

They do have a track record for supporting open soure, free culture and even environmental organizations: https://www.gandi.net/supports/

Re: Gandi.net will contribute $1 per inbound transfer to EFF until Jan 15th

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Post by mbreese »

biot wrote: post #37
fletchowns wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's $8/yr til the end of 2011. I recently asked them why they charge more than competitors for, this was the response: Thank you for contacting Gandi Customer Care. It is true, Gandi does charge slightly more for domains than some other registrars. We do feel that we are still affordable, however. The reason we need to charge a small premium is that we have a different business model than other, larger companies, an…

If they don't advertise, shouldn't their costs be lower? Also, I'd rather they charge incrementally for services. Charging more for forced bundling of unwanted services only benefits them.

Since they don't advertise, they don't have as much volume. So, if you assume a similar cost to provide services, they require a higher margin.

Re: Gandi.net will contribute $1 per inbound transfer to EFF until Jan 15th

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Post by drewcrawford »

Can anybody tell me how to transfer domains + DNS to Gandi without downtime?

I'm pretty sure the right way to go about it is to move DNS first, but it seems Gandi does not support this (unlike Namecheap).

My DNS is hosted with the current registrar which, shall we say, is not terribly pleased with people leaving. So I would not put it past them to cut off my DNS service.

Re: Gandi.net will contribute $1 per inbound transfer to EFF until Jan 15th

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Post by AdamGibbins »

pclark wrote: post #20

I am a huge fan of Gandi. Yes, they are slightly more expensive than other services, but I find their user interface not just good, but really quite amazing. One simple but obvious feature they have is the ability to create DNS presets and apply those for new domains, it's really useful. (other people probably offer this) Gandi also has fantastic support; it is slightly sad that they do not have a telephone number, b…

I'm not certain, but I have a feeling this is some crazy French law. The other French company I work with on a regular basis (OVH) do this also.

Re: Gandi.net will contribute $1 per inbound transfer to EFF until Jan 15th

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Post by madflo »

AdamGibbins wrote: post #54
pclark wrote: post #20

I am a huge fan of Gandi. Yes, they are slightly more expensive than other services, but I find their user interface not just good, but really quite amazing. One simple but obvious feature they have is the ability to create DNS presets and apply those for new domains, it's really useful. (other people probably offer this) Gandi also has fantastic support; it is slightly sad that they do not have a telephone number, b…

I'm not certain, but I have a feeling this is some crazy French law. The other French company I work with on a regular basis (OVH) do this also.

This is called a NIC handle : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIC_handle

This is not some crazy French law; Gandi has been in the registrar business for quite a long time and OVH loves standards :-)

Re: Gandi.net will contribute $1 per inbound transfer to EFF until Jan 15th

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Post by AdamGibbins »

madflo wrote: post #55
AdamGibbins wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not certain, but I have a feeling this is some crazy French law. The other French company I work with on a regular basis (OVH) do this also.

This is called a NIC handle : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIC_handle This is not some crazy French law; Gandi has been in the registrar business for quite a long time and OVH loves standards :-)

Good spot, thanks :) Never even occurred to me it would be registrar related, as I don't use OVH as a registrar - they must apply the same standard to all their customers.

Re: Gandi.net will contribute $1 per inbound transfer to EFF until Jan 15th

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Post by ninjastar99 »

I've used Gandi for two years now, and my advice can be summed in one word: avoid. Absolutely atrocious, horrible support. No live chat. No phone number. And it took them THREE full days and two "reminder" emails to respond to me on a system critical issue. This is not acceptable - and it quite frankly goes against their "slogan." On the flip side, I've found Namecheap support and value to be far greater. So I support them wholeheartedly.

Re: Gandi.net will contribute $1 per inbound transfer to EFF until Jan 15th

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Post by dbalatero »

pclark wrote: post #20

I am a huge fan of Gandi. Yes, they are slightly more expensive than other services, but I find their user interface not just good, but really quite amazing. One simple but obvious feature they have is the ability to create DNS presets and apply those for new domains, it's really useful. (other people probably offer this) Gandi also has fantastic support; it is slightly sad that they do not have a telephone number, b…

One trick I use if I forget my login is to whois my domain. The handle should be under one of the three domain contacts.
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