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?

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    201·
    1 year 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
      5·
      1 year 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.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Does UX really matter?
        I’d rather decouple DNS and domain.
        Feels like (no proof, just gut feeling) services like Cloudflare have better security and integration than the respective registrars.

          • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            While yes, that’s true, you can point the domain to have 3rd party DNS servers.
            For example Cloudflare.
            You could register VMs with them or with another registrar. Same with DNS. Do it with your choice of registrar or use whatever else you maybe actually want.

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      10·
      1 year 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.

  • Wrongdoer4094@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

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

  • lol_idk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    1 year 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

  • 42yeah@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

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

    • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year 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.

  • Neo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year 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!

  • lemonuri@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    1 year 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.

  • dblsaiko@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4·
    1 year 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.