I just saw that Google will be shutting down Google Domains / selling all domains to Squarespace, which makes me wanna see if I can pick a better registrar.

I only used Google Domains for the reliability and convenience, but would rather not go with Squarespace. I don’t see any section on hosting/registrars on the main site so was wondering what anyone else recommends.

I’ve heard talk before that Njalla is bad because you don’t actually own the domain and there have been instances of them shutting down / revoking access?

Also along the same lines I wouldn’t mind recommendations for good website hosting services too.

    • Tyler WolfEnglish
      7•1 year ago

      I also recommend Porkbun, I have been using them for years with no problems.

    • pootriarchEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      damn, automatic whois privacy and easy let’s encrypt certs - that does look legit

    • @[email protected]English
      5•1 year ago

      I’ll second porkbun. They are great.

      If not porkbun then name cheap.

      If not either of those anyone but godaddy.

      Don’t forget to run the DEJIGAMAFLIPPER on your domain after purchase. Very important.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•1 year ago

        So I hear the “anyone but godaddy” thing a lot, however I have struggled to find anyone that has the same features as they do. For example:

        • Domain security which entirely hides contact information for registries
        • Email Proxy
        • 2FA that supports yubikey or security keys
        • Doesn’t black hole registration when using a protonmail.com email domain.

        The email and contact proxy seems to be specific to certain TLDs but for the one I happen to use GD supports it.

        I’d love to move to something else if for no other reason than the website is annoying, but every time I look the other options are worse.

        • @[email protected]English
          9•1 year ago
          • WHOIS privacy is like the most common feature among registrars?
          • Mail forwarding isn’t always free but pretty common too
          • According to dongleauth DNSimple, Gandi, Namecheap, and Porkbun also support webauthn right now (hover plsss)
        • @[email protected]English
          3•1 year ago

          I see the anybody but GoDaddy thing a lot too. The controversies page on Wikipedia does a decent job at pointing out some of the reasons people dislike them.

          Looking at feature set though, I’m in the same boat as you. Part of it is me being lazy though. When my registrations come up for renewal in a few years I’ll take a serious look at porkbun.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 year ago

          If nothing else, GoDaddy is expensive as f**k. I was quoted ~$150/yr to host a site + purchase a domain. Same service on Namecheap (same SSL and HTTPS and whatnot) costs me ~$25/yr.

      • pootriarchEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        i did end up going back to namecheap, where i already had an account. i’m trying not to create new relationships with businesses that heavily use recaptcha, and with porkbun it’s part of the login process