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?

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
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      2 months 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.

  • ouch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    As a side question, are there other free DNS providers besides Cloudflare? Ones that don’t require you to register your domain there.

  • 42yeah@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

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

    • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I find their website so awful and painful to use. Everything is difficult to find and just takes longer to accomplish than nearly anywhere else. I bought one domain from them once and will never use them again.

  • lol_idk@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months 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

  • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months 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.

  • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve been with Porkbun since Gandi got acquired. No complaints.

  • dblsaiko@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 months 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.

  • Neo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve been a happy customer of Metaregistrar for over a decade. No complaints, fair prices. Just moved a .be from Gandi there because they wanted to charge me €30 excl. VAT for 1 year. Retail price of .be by DNS.be is about €5 and Metaregistrar only charges me €7,5 excl. VAT for a .be for a year. Was at Gandi with that domain because they used to offer free mailboxes with domain name registrations but have since stopped that. Shop around people!

    • myrmidex@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Thanks for the tip, I’m getting pissed off at the Gandi .be prices as well, just ludicrous.

  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I migrated from IONOS and Namecheap to INWX because it does support both domains I use.
    And their prices were reasonable.

    Migration was quick and neat. Had to issues doing it.