I want to get some domains for selfhosted stuff, but I’d like to use a registrar that I won’t regret doing business with later, both in terms of ethics and potential customer service stuff. Who do y’all like most?

  • lol_idk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    I switched to Porkbun from Namecheap recently because Porkbun is somewhat local.

    Porkbun is decent but cheaper if you have a dozen domains too

  • lemonuri@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    I’ve been with 1984.is for a couple of years now. I think my domains cost around 12 Euros a year each. Their web GUI works fine and I’ve never needed to contact their customer service, so I cannot comment on that.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    46·
    10 hours ago

    Top answers from the last 39580202 times this was asked:

    • Namecheap
    • Porkbun
    • Gandi
    • Cloudflare
    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      10 hours ago

      I was with Namecheap for years, and they’re totally fine. I am now with Cloudflare because they’re a bit cheaper and their API is well supported in various tools, and they also seem fine.

      • TedZanzibar@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        2 hours ago

        Exactly this. Also it annoys me that Namecheap tries to automatically “top up funds” over a month before renewals are due. I think they’ve always done it but it wound me up enough this year to move to Cloudflare.

      • 3dmvr@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        5 hours ago

        I use porkbun and you get cloudflare through them, not sure to what extent, porkbuns just cheaper, I like their ui, straightforward, everything you need on one screen.

    • vfsh@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      10·
      10 hours ago

      Another +1 for name cheap, been using em for a decade now. Their deals are stellar and renewal prices are on par with any other competitors usually

      • scarilog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 hours ago

        Transferred all my domains from nanecheap to CloudFlare and I’m saving like 1/3 of price on renewals.

    • jonathan@lemmy.zipEnglish
      92·
      9 hours ago

      I wouldn’t buy domains from Cloudflare from a risk mitigation perspective. At work I direct six figures of budget their way annually, but as a free-tier customer in my personal life I don’t trust them not to fuck up at some point and lock my account. If I register my domain elsewhere I can bring myself back online by moving the nameservers. If it’s registered at Cloudflare I’m fucked.

      • folekaule@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 hours ago

        I have one of my domains on Cloudflare and was thinking of moving the rest of them there. What makes it harder to move name servers away from Cloudflare than other places?

        • jonathan@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Your registrar (the place you buy your domains) is where you update your nameservers. If Cloudflare have locked you out then you won’t be able to change them. Other standard registrars will have far less cause, legitimate or not, to lock or disable your account, since they don’t host/proxy your content.

          • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 minutes ago

            I’m not sure what the consequences are for ignoring it, but it would violate the ICANN RAA to lock a person out of being able to transfer their domain except for legal reasons like evidence of fraud or a court order. Sure, they can terminate your account on their services but they can’t prevent you from transferral without violating their agreement with ICANN.

            It would be a weird scenario that you’re describing that would be unusual and exceedingly rare. You would need to be directly connected to something highly illegal for that to happen, not just a normal user.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    171·
    11 hours ago

    In case anyone was wondering:

    • namecheap: US
    • porkbun: US
    • INWX: Germany
    • OVH: French
    • onlydomains: NZ

    I personally have been with onlydomains for a decade or so. No complaints.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialEnglish
      4·
      11 hours ago

      I’ve domains from both DomainMonger and NameCheap. If it were trivial, I’d probably move my domains to NameCheap. The web UX is a little better; aside from that, I’ve never had issues with either, not heard anything particularly bad about either.

      But, yeah: +1 on the NameCheap suggestion.

  • 42yeah@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    9 hours ago

    Namesilo is quite good - cheap & been using it for 5 years now (coming from namecheap)

  • Wrongdoer4094@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    11 hours ago

    I’m using Cloudflare, because it’s quite convenient since I always end up using them as DNS server.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      10 hours ago

      They’re also slightly cheaper since they don’t take any profit from their registrar side, hoping to make it back with other services.

    • bigDottee@geekroom.techEnglish
      3·
      10 hours ago

      Also use Cloudflare as new domain registrar because I use them as DNS as well. I can’t say that I’ve had any problems with them at all.

      • cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        9 hours ago

        Same, I also use Cloudflare dns, tunnels, and pages. Having these all in the same place makes it easy to deploy/keep track of everything

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      9·
      12 hours ago

      This. NameCheap actually responds to abuse reports, as well. Turns out they actually think it’s bad for business to allow grifters and con artists to use their services, unlike other major registrars.

  • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    11 hours ago

    I’ve been happy with Hover for several years. They don’t bug me and they’re owned by Tucows so they’ve got decades-old staying power.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    I’ve used two, NameCheap, and PorkBun.

    Hated Namecheap, would never use them again. Janky pricing, tons of email spam, terrible UI.

    Porkbun has been pretty great. Simple, solid prices, easy to use, no issues for about a year and a half.

  • azalty@jlai.luEnglish
    3·
    10 hours ago

    Tested porkbun and namecheap. Namecheap has a nice and reactive support from my experience. Porkbun also helped me quickly.

  • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    6·
    13 hours ago

    INWX has been great so far, have been with them for about 6 years at this point. Also had good experiences with their customer support.

  • Matt The Horwood@lemmy.horwood.cloudEnglish
    6·
    13 hours ago

    I moved all my domains from Google to OVH, OVH have an API so you can get certs with certbot. You could also use the API to update records for a dynamic home broadband