Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions • Hacker News Board

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by davidw » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 11:51 AM UTC

jack7890 wrote: post #54

potatolicious wrote: post #23

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Likewise. Have a fairly budget-price but not-so-shady registrar in mind? [edit] WTF guys, why am I being modded up? I asked a question without providing additional insight - this doesn't deserve +points.

I register through Google Apps. They use GoDaddy as the actual registrar, but the process of buying a domain through them is uber-simple; the complete opposite of GoDaddy's constant upsell.

You get the Google apps for free with this, too, which is nice for some kinds of sites. OTOH, it's one more egg in the Google basket.

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by galactus » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 1:39 PM UTC

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Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by jmcnally » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 1:49 PM UTC

staunch wrote: post #53

kogir wrote: post #34

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For a while at Loopt we considered becoming a Tucows reseller and only holding our domains, but it wasn't worth the effort. Whoever bought our first domain used GoDaddy we just stuck with it. We've seen no pressing reason to switch.

Tucows is more of a pain. You can become an eNom reseller in a day or two very easily. As I recall, there's a little faxing involved, but no biggie. It's convenient if you need to register or modify domains programmatically.

I'm with OpenSRS/Tucows. We've recently overhauled the signup process and I think you'll find it much simpler now. Have a look: http://opensrs.com/signup/

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by mattmaroon » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 2:01 PM UTC

sant0sk1 wrote: post #21

charliepark wrote: post #2

It's surprising how many cells of that table say "GoDaddy."

s/surprising/depressing/ GoDaddy's "used car lot" salesmanship makes me loathe the company. I'm in process of transferring all my domains elsewhere.

Man that is so brutal though. I got the domain privacy through GoDaddy which makes the transfer process so much work that I just gave up.

Someone here recommended Dynadot to me and I'm much happier with that.

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by mattmaroon » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 2:03 PM UTC

tdavis wrote: post #25

bradgessler wrote: post #20

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Their UI is horrendously busy for YC founders, but as everybody else is saying, "the price is right."

Everybody complains about the UI -- but it's domain registration! How often do you really use the UI? A couple times a year, maybe? GoDaddy is super cheap and reliable (for domains). Until somebody makes something better (and equally cheap), I'm staying.

Dude, that's what I said and then someone here told me about dynadot. Check it out. It's cheaper than Godaddy if you're using private registration, and the UI is about 100x better.

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by staunch » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 2:43 PM UTC

jmcnally wrote: post #83

staunch wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tucows is more of a pain. You can become an eNom reseller in a day or two very easily. As I recall, there's a little faxing involved, but no biggie. It's convenient if you need to register or modify domains programmatically.

I'm with OpenSRS/Tucows. We've recently overhauled the signup process and I think you'll find it much simpler now. Have a look: http://opensrs.com/signup/

Good to know. It was my first choice, but seemed complicated/slow. I'll definitely give it a shot next time.

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by jf » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 3:00 PM UTC

galactus wrote: post #82

Pie charts considered harmful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_chart#Discussion_on_use

The code is on github. Send me a patch ;-)

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by hypermatt » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 3:27 PM UTC

jhancock wrote: post #64

HN has had several slicehost vs. linode threads. Comments seems they were an even match (different but even). So why are there no linode users in this list? I'm asking as a new startup eyeing both as potential host.

Slicehost is backed by a fairly large hosting company now, they always seemed more professional then linode. I used them back in the day and it always seemed like it was just one dude and he didn't have his processed automated well enough.

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by stevejalim » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 3:35 PM UTC

jseifer wrote: post #37

potatolicious wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Likewise. Have a fairly budget-price but not-so-shady registrar in mind? [edit] WTF guys, why am I being modded up? I asked a question without providing additional insight - this doesn't deserve +points.

I got tired of GoDaddy a while ago and moved all of my domains to NameCheap. They've been great, although private registrations cost a couple dollars after the first year. Edit: http://www.namecheap.com

I third/fourth NameCheap, too. I still have some with 1and1, but all new ones are via NC. Keep an eye out for their discount codes too

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by stevejalim » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 3:37 PM UTC

tybris wrote: post #79

gcheong wrote: post #28

Wow, nothing on Google App Engine or Azure?

Well, Google App Engine isn't exactly suitable for innovative applications since you're locked to what their environment offers you (e.g. no background processes!?). Azure I don't know, is that generally available yet?

App Engine does offer you cron jobs now, at least.