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Gandi.net – Pricing Update

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Re: Gandi.net – Pricing Update

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Post by thesnide »

em-bee wrote: post #47
codetrotter wrote: post #43

I got an email from Gandi earlier today and it was talking about their commitment to providing best tools and blah blah blah. I didn’t bother to read the thing. But after seeing this headline on HN, I realised that actually that email was probably about a pricing update. Went back to my inbox and sure enough, the subject of the email says pricing update. Anyway, it seems to be mainly about DNS and email services, etc…

domain prices increase too. some doubled. check your domains

Any "commitment to providing best tools" is always about increasing the price, so nothing new.

The fact that it doubled is bad, but I guess everyone will vote with their wallet and market will regulate itself.

Re: Gandi.net – Pricing Update

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Post by thesnide »

sandstrom wrote: post #38

They got bought out by a PE firm that's gobbling up registrars, DNS providers and similar. Mostly a moneygrab, so expect prices to increase and product/tech to deteriorate. I love capitalism in general, but PE firms are mostly a net-negative. They try to squeeze profit out of a company while owning it for 3-5 years, and then selling it at a higher multiple. They usually do this by cutting R&D, jacking up prices and c…

Depends on which perspective. On the firm perspective, it is stupid. On a "grasshopper leader" it is very clever, as they don't plan to be accountable for the long run anyway.

Re: Gandi.net – Pricing Update

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Post by hgsgm »

I moved to Namecheap when Gandi moved to website "v4" and set up a nonfunctional 2FA system so I couldn't log in.

Existing years of registration transfer, minimum 1 additional year required purchase for migration.

The website actually works.

Namecheap's legal name shows up as "! #1 Host Russia, Inc", which is a bit weird, especially this year, as their customer support org is in Ukraine.

Re: Gandi.net – Pricing Update

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom »

basemi wrote: post #31

I had 1 domain + 3 mailboxes with them. Leaved 3 months ago for njalla (domain only) and tutanota

I have a domain registered on Gandi.net and email @mydomain.com also on Gandi.net I am loath to abandon it as I use it for numerous accounts and contacts.

Will tutanota support webmail and app for that domain?

Re: Gandi.net – Pricing Update

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Post by quercusa »

breput wrote: post #2

The text in the link was sent to Gandi users via email today, although they purposefully buried the significant domain registration price increases with the GandiMail bs text. The actual price increases are listed here[0]. For example, currently a .com domain can be renewed for $17.75/year (tax inclusive - I personally renewed a .com domain for the maximum of 4 years tonight). After the increase this will be $23.99/y…

Thanks, I missed that too as I was focused on the email stuff.

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Post by unshavedyak »

mdrzn wrote: post #20
roomey wrote: post #7

Any reccomended alternatives? I've used them because they seemed the most reputable in the murky world of domain name providers.

PorkBun seems cheaper to me, and I haven't had an issue.

My last two purchases have been on PorkBun to avoid Gandi. However they don't offer `.la` domains, which i have one of. Still need to find somewhere to move my .la

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Post by hgsgm »

plantroon wrote: post #14
roomey wrote: post #7

Any reccomended alternatives? I've used them because they seemed the most reputable in the murky world of domain name providers.

Wedos. I migrated my domains from namecheap due to their problematic setting of glue records for IPv6. I'd say Wedos is no-bs enough. I hope referral is not a problem on HN: https://www.wedos.com/?ap=Fy1vRJ

> problematic setting of glue records for IPv6.

What's this?

Re: Gandi.net – Pricing Update

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Post by Tutanota »

Hi, Tutanota team here. In case you're looking for a new mailbox, Tutanota might be an option. We've also had a pricing update recently, but legacy users are allowed to keep what they have in full. Plus, we have a 50% offer running at the moment: https://tutanota.com/blog/announcement-new-prices
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