Seeing the news with Google domains, I’m looking to move registrars, and was wondering who everyone uses.
I use porkbun.
The prices are similar to google domains and the dns management interface is ok.
I like their sense of humour. The definitely don’t take themselves too seriously.
Moved to Porkbun yesterday. No fuss, quick setup and pricing is good.
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Been using porkbun as the registrar and cloudflare for Dns, no complaints. I like the cloudflare interface better and like having Dns and registrar separate.
Do they have dyndns support? That was what led me to google.
Keep in mind you can always use a different DNS provider who does support dynamic dns. For example you could use cloudflare (free) with a domain bought from Pork Bun.
Yeah, it’s just nice to consolidate where able.
I used porkbun with Cloudflare DNS, porkbun were cheaper for me than Google.
I’ve been using Cloudflare for a while now, Namecheap before that. Both have been good to me, but I prefer Cloudflare more for their various other services, so it made sense to move the domains there as well.
I just switched everything over to cloud flare the other day. I already ran most my services through them so it just made sense. The very next day Google sold their domain biz.
Whatever you do, just don’t ever use GoDaddy.
Please everyone, whatever you do, listen to this comment.
Ha, GoDaddy is not bad at all compared to Network Solutions. Run far, far away from them. Only registrar I’ve ever had the displeasure of dealing with that will actually actively attempt to block you from transferring domains away from them.
Agreed. Network Solutions is the worst.
Why not? I work with a few companies that swear by GoDaddy.
Namecheap. I’ve been using them for several years for various projects and have never had a problem with them.
Same here. My only complaint was the slow adoption of hardware MFA tokens, and the limited DNSSEC support on some TLDs but that’s mostly resolved now.
Porkbun. I’ve been using it for almost 4 years. Cheap and without errors
Seem to be upfront with costs as well. Another +1 for Porkbun from me 🐷
I’m probably gonna go cloudflare because that’s what I’ve had the best experience with besides Google Domains
I use cloudflare. its really good, plus it includes a tunnel.
Namecheap has okay starting prices but man their renewal prices aren’t great compared to other registrars.
Thanks for this comment, I hadn’t compared pricing in a while and just assumed Name”cheap” was cheap haha! Looks like I might switch to CloudFlare (where I manage DNS anyways) and/or porkbun which others have suggested.
Namecheap
Another +1 for namecheap here. Have a dozen or so domaions/projects with them.
I use Namecheap personally. I really like it.
Another vote for Namecheap. I’ve been using them for years and I’ve never had a problem.
Third. Even their hosting isn’t so bad for just personal projects.
haven’t had any problems with namecheap
I have used NameCheap for a long time and they have been great. I use AWS Route53 and Cloudflare for some zone hosting and both of their domain registration services are fine but usually not the cheapest out there.
I’m basically in the exact same boat. Used namecheap forever, and sometimes use route 53. They both work well
Same. Namecheap as the registrar and cloudflare for the dns zones.
Cloudflare for supported TLDs and Hover for the rest
I have been using cloudflare. It works nicely, and integrates well with their tools.
I moved all of my data from google domains to it.
I have also previously used amazon, which wasn’t horrible… and previously used quite a few other registrators.
The only BAD one I have used, was godaddy. Don’t use them. They… are evil.
What problems did you have with GoDaddy? Just wondering what to watch out for, or if there’s a reason to move.
I emailed their support to complain that their transfer out ui was broken so I couldn’t get the transfer code, they sent me the code without me proving who I was. I was communicating with them using a different email and even different email domain than anything they had on file.
Oof, OK, good to know!
Namecheap has been good so far. They even provides free DNS service when everyone was still charging for DNS. We have cloudflare now that provides better free DNS service, but for domain registrar I’m still loyal to namecheap.
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Have you used Njalla? I was considering them recently, but these reviews gave me serious pause:
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I don’t really think Trustpilot is a good place to get info, a la Yelp.
Hard disagree on that, I’ve found it invaluable as a tool for assessing the safety of a company. Sure you’re going to get some idiots who simply don’t know how to use the tool and go online to bitch about it, but if you’re seeing a significant number of people making the same complaints about support or having domains withdrawn from them, it certainly makes me suspicious.
Thank you for your reply though, it’s good to hear that some people are having success. My understanding from the reading I’ve done online is that they used to be a lot better but have fallen in quality over the last 2 years.
I’ve been using nearlyfreespeech.net for (looks) 14 years now. Their business aligns with my ideals and I’ve always been happy with their service.
