Is it one that you just use and works just fine? Or one that has proven to be reliable and responsible if they do a mistake and only want to satisfy you as a customer?
I’m using PorkBun and I’m happy with them
I use them and they’re inoffensive, which is really what you’re looking for when you’re using a basic service like this.
They also show you a picture of a piglet when they generate SSL certificates.
I second this. They’re upfront about pricing and don’t have many different products so the interface isn’t overwhelming.
This is who I use as well. I’m happy w them
Porkbun’s competitively priced, easy to use, and the name is a great reference for Sleeping Dogs to me. What’s not to like?
Switched over from Google domains. No real complaints other than not supporting wildcards for emails for free. Mild inconvenience.
Cloudflare works really well and has a good UI. Namecheap also works well, but it takes more clicks to adjust DNS records.
For some reason every registrars dns panel has its own weird restrictions, bugs and interface quirks. Pointing the nameservers to Cloudflare at least makes for a consistent experience.
+1 for Cloudflare.
That said, there are a number of folks rightfully concerned about the sheer mass of information Cliudflare has access to through their Content Delivery Network (their primary service). This raises potential privacy concerns, especially for self-hosters, who tend to prefer not to rely too heavily on any one large company. However, you don’t actually have to use their CDN service to make use of their minimally-priced Registrar functionality, and personally I really appreciate the services they offer. Their free tier is really impressive, and incredibly useful.
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Fewer Letters More Letters CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT DNS Domain Name Service/System IP Internet Protocol NAS Network-Attached Storage NAT Network Address Translation SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
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Porkbun has been my best experience by far
I’ve been with namecheap.com for over a decade and I have no complaints
I’m with namecheap, they are considerably better than my last registrar.
Porkbun, mostly for the cost, transparency, clean UI, and ease of use.
I’ve used GoDaddy, namecheap, and Google Domains in the past. GoDaddy is the only one I had a problem with, but Google sold to Squarespace recently, and I prefer porkbun to namecheap for the reasons listed above.
Not Gandi. They were very reliable since the beginning of the internet but they sold the company and went downhill since.
I currently renew my domains on namecheap and manage the records on cloudflare. Namecheap’s web interface is trash (doesn’t work in Firefox for no reason) and I dread every time I have to touch it. I’m currently considering just moving the registrations to cloudflare too.
Same. Their API is now too slow for LetsEncrypt DNS challenges. :(
Cloudflare is great though.
I just moved my registrar from namecheap to cloudflare since they started supporting .dev domains and it’s infinitely better. Was already using them for the dns challenges cuz I’m not paying for SSL certs.
I use porkbun because i can and do pay with crypto to renew my domain.
Does porkbun support dynamic DNS and subdomain? Looking to move from Google and that’s a requirement for me.
Honestly, i am not sure
Porkbun have a ddclient plugin on GitHub. Subdomains are supported. They’ve got a full API, so if something isn’t supported, someone can probably implement it relatively easily.
gandi.net , didn’t haven’t to pay for any privacy bullshit like whois masking, and all that stuff is enabled by default. I like them as a company.
I was using Gandi for years, but they’ve started charging for mailboxes now. I have a lot of mailboxes that are hardly used, but I need to keep.
Just moved to namecheap based on reviews and so far they seem fine
I think gandi are still good if you just need dns registration, and want anything remotely technical (in my case glue records) they’re still good.
name.com usually because I’m too dumb to remember any other domain name.
I really want to say Gandi but they charge too much now and removed the free mailboxes.
Anyway, I’ll vouch for Netim. Their prices are similar to (old) Gandi and they have a mailbox too. I’m looking into Spaceship for some other domains because they’re really cheap.
I’ve always used OVH. They are reputable, always been responsive to my questions and have an API to handle many things, including domain names, which is handy for DNS-01 challenges with Caddy and libdns.
Currently namecheap, but I was pretty mad to see that API access (for ACME DNS record auth, which I need to prevent downtime) was not available due to my yearly plan being too cheap (?!). You need to spend at least 50$ per months or have at least 20 domains for no good reason.
The best solution seems to acquire the domain using namecheap and then transfer name servers to a better service.
