Seeing the news with Google domains, I’m looking to move registrars, and was wondering who everyone uses.

  • pacologyEnglish
    28·
    2 years ago

    I use porkbun.

    The prices are similar to google domains and the dns management interface is ok.

  • cyanideEnglish
    20·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      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.

    • greg@greg.cityEnglish
      101·
      2 years ago

      Please everyone, whatever you do, listen to this comment.

    • stephenc@waveform.socialEnglish
      71·
      2 years ago

      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.

    • RoyalEngineeringEnglish
      32·
      2 years ago

      Why not? I work with a few companies that swear by GoDaddy.

  • hoodlem@hoodlem.meEnglish
    16·
    2 years ago

    Namecheap. I’ve been using them for several years for various projects and have never had a problem with them.

    • DontTakeMySkyEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      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.

  • danielintempestaEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    Porkbun. I’ve been using it for almost 4 years. Cheap and without errors

  • kn33English
    12·
    2 years ago

    I’m probably gonna go cloudflare because that’s what I’ve had the best experience with besides Google Domains

    • SurvivaLlamaEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      I use cloudflare. its really good, plus it includes a tunnel.

      • werm098@werm.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        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.

  • xftsEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    I use Namecheap personally. I really like it.

    • frostcandy@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Another vote for Namecheap. I’ve been using them for years and I’ve never had a problem.

      • decadentrebelEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Third. Even their hosting isn’t so bad for just personal projects.

    • nodeEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      haven’t had any problems with namecheap

  • bigredgiraffeEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • orionsteinEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      I’m basically in the exact same boat. Used namecheap forever, and sometimes use route 53. They both work well

    • TupcakesEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Same. Namecheap as the registrar and cloudflare for the dns zones.

  • HTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.comEnglish
    101·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • ThreeHalflingsEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      What problems did you have with GoDaddy? Just wondering what to watch out for, or if there’s a reason to move.

      • iwasgodonceEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        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.

  • redcalcium@c.calciumlabs.comEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    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.

        • asapEnglish
          51·
          2 years ago

          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.