Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by jdunck on Thursday October 07, 2010 @12:31AM
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Times like this, I wish I could down-vote.
GoDaddy is popular, but it's a terrible service, has underhanded billing, foists misfeatures on unaware domain purchasers, and uses sexist advertising.
I recommend Gandi.net (upvoted the previous submission below).
Price is not the only consideration -- your time is worth something, and the practices of your business partner mean something.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by lanstein on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @09:28PM
(#1766517)
Seconding namecheap. They usually have coupons as well.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by jmarbach on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @09:40PM
(#1766542)
3rd recommendation for NameCheap here. I've used them for 4 years, never had a single problem with my domain portfolio. They are 2nd to no one. The bonus is that NC offers their excellent services at the cheapest prices... do a google search for their monthly coupon.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by aaronmoodie on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @10:07PM
(#1766588)
4th recommendation for namecheap. Easy management, no adds or clutter when purchasing, and as the name sugests, cheap.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by arn on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @11:06PM
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another recommendation. I have 300+ domains with them. very good control panel, esp for bulk.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by waratuman on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @11:51PM
(#1766777)
again, I love namecheap. All domains are with them
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by seldo on Thursday October 07, 2010 @01:10AM
(#1766910)
I've been using them for well over a decade. No nonsense, low prices, interface miles better than GoDaddy.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by Xuzz on Thursday October 07, 2010 @04:27AM
(#1767203)
Yet another NameCheap recommendation. Pretty awesome, and a usable -- if ugly -- UI.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by Delameko on Thursday October 07, 2010 @07:00AM
(#1767440)
+1 Love NameCheap, best I've used.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by uggedal on Thursday October 07, 2010 @08:52AM
(#1767630)
Their DNS servers is terrible. I've had problems two times over the last year.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by dolinsky on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @11:24PM
(#1766728)
A very important reason why I will continue to use namecheap... when a domain of mine expired, it cost me nothing to recover it via namecheap. I had a similar experience with a domain I had registered with godaddy expiring and it cost me $90 for the same recovery of a domain name. I transferred my remaining domains that I had on godaddy to namecheap and haven't looked back.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by sireat on Thursday October 07, 2010 @04:29AM
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Similarly, I had some domains which had expired for 2 days, and Namecheap let me renew them at no charge. I am pretty sure at GoDaddy the same thing would have cost at least $10 extra(wouldn't surprise if it is actually $90).
On the other hand, GoDaddy renewals are roughly $3 cheaper than Namecheap, because many GoDaddy coupons work for renewals, but I can never find good coupons for Namecheap renewals.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by joealba on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @09:47PM
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I've found that if you have a reliable third-party DNS service with a good interface, using godaddy just for registrations isn't that painful. You get to avoid the worst parts of the godaddy interface -- and just need to deal with their annoying upsell attempts each time you renew.
I use godaddy to register my domains, and I use the DNS management I get with my VPS provider (slicehost). I have no complaints.
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by ruang on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @11:08PM
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NameCheap looks interesting but do they have an "About Us" section anywhere on their site?
Re:Ask HN: recommendations for domain registrars
by DevX101 on Thursday October 07, 2010 @10:45AM
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GoDaddy just increased their prices. I tried to buy a domain a few days ago and it was now $14. My coupons from referral websites no longer work.
I suspect they are increasing revenue as they prepare to sell the company.
http://namecheap.com/ - Almost as cheap, and has a much better interface.
Those are the two I use exclusively, minus some for ccTLD-specific domains.