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Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by decadentcactus on Friday September 09, 2011 @04:36PM (#2979736)
Namecheap

I reg'd one with Gandi but to be honest haven't used much of it, so can't say

Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by r4vik on Friday September 09, 2011 @06:31PM (#2980115)
Gandi because you get full control of your zone file and SSL cert
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by com4 on Friday September 16, 2011 @12:02AM (#3003152)
Gandi is a bit slow, they don't obfuscate your name with private registration, and it's a giant pain to change the name of the owner. (Sign up for a new account and transfer all domains to the new account)
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by qxb on Friday September 09, 2011 @05:46PM (#2979992)
Internet.bs for me. Very cheap, straightforward management, quick to propagate changes.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by khakimov on Saturday September 10, 2011 @12:40AM (#2980815)
+1 http://www.internetbs.net/ easy and fast solution for my domains.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by matan_a on Friday September 09, 2011 @05:00PM (#2979832)
I think that most people won't have a problem with any domain registrar as long as the price is decent, they don't cause any problems, and DNS management is sufficient.

I personally use 1and1 for all my domains, but it's just because of the above reasons.

When I feel i need a little more DNS zone magic, i set Amazon Route 53 as the nameservers and configure it there as needed.

Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by ohashi on Friday September 09, 2011 @09:47PM (#2980518)
It's all dandy til it's not. And some companies really screw you over when it's not.

Price should be the LAST concern on something like a domain name. Considering the difference is a few dollars and most people don't register more than a couple, it SHOULD be a non issue.

Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by karlzt on Friday September 09, 2011 @11:28PM (#2980707)
if you search HN you will find that Namecheap has good reputation.

NFS is good too, but is a reseller of Public Domain Registry http://faq.nearlyfreespeech.net/section/domainregistration/a...

Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by pkamb on Friday September 09, 2011 @10:09PM (#2980569)
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by MattBearman on Saturday September 10, 2011 @07:58AM (#2981418)
Anyone looking for a UK based company, I use Heart Internet - http://heartinternet.com - and they're always been great for me. I used to use their shared hosting before I moved over to Linode, and even that was good.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by iaskwhy on Sunday September 11, 2011 @10:17AM (#2983810)
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by kennethologist on Friday September 09, 2011 @10:01PM (#2980553)
Name.com bought about 5 domains and will move my other domains there from godaddy and 1and1, network solutions as they expire.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by espadagroup on Friday September 09, 2011 @04:38PM (#2979743)
In my experience Godaddy has been fine with just registering domains. I have my domains there but use PHPFog for my hosting.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by whichdan on Friday September 09, 2011 @05:27PM (#2979942)
I've been happily using Moniker.com for five or six years now. They have really solid bulk domain management.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by leeHS on Sunday September 11, 2011 @02:51AM (#2983370)
iwantmydomain.com I can't believe these guys are not mainstream yet. Hooked up to my Heroku app in 5 seconds, then setup gmail apps in another 5 seconds. I has zero complaints with these guys.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by riffmaster on Saturday September 10, 2011 @02:43AM (#2981025)
Name for international domains like .im and Namecheap for others
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by Dimitris on Sunday September 11, 2011 @11:39AM (#2983951)
dreamhost. super easy to use and they have awesome support!
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by Mankhool on Friday September 09, 2011 @08:14PM (#2980319)
In Canada, Blacksun.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by runjake on Friday September 09, 2011 @05:28PM (#2979945)
name.com, as recommended to me by many on here.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by Joakal on Saturday September 10, 2011 @05:36AM (#2981255)
I use Jumba, a local registrar.
Re:Ask HN: What is your preferred alternative to GoDaddy? by nye on Friday September 16, 2011 @11:12PM (#3007128)
Inmotion - excellent support