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Re:Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com by shivekkhurana on Friday September 18, 2020 @12:12AM (#24512925)
I don't see it mentioned anywhere, but Cloudflare has as domain registry service too. They claim to not charge any markup and you pay what they have to pay.

They wrote a blog about their bad experiences with registrars in 2016 (I guess). Since then they have steadily worked to make it a reality.

https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/

When I checked last, it was not possible to buy a domain at Cloudflare, but you could buy it at other providers and transfer to Cloudflare. It might also be possible to buy directly now.

All my domains are transferred to Cloudflare. Their UX is dope. It's like Apple vs Windows. Also since I use CF for DNS and Cache, it makes sense to let CF manage the domain too.

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Re:Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com by krn on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:10AM (#24513457)
> They claim to not charge any markup and you pay what they have to pay.

That's because all domains transferred to CloudFlare are required to use CloudFlare's DNS servers. It's just a different business model.

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