Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with zero notice?

Posted by fuckgoogleplay on Saturday April 20, 2024 @10:54AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi,

I had a registrar suspend a my very important domain for no good reason and with no warning, and it was hell getting it back online.

I'm now in the market for a premium registrar where they actually contact me and get my side of the story before messing with my business. I've contacted MarkMonitor, Com Laude, and Safenames so far, waiting for a response.

I'm curious what the ballpark cost of this kind of services would be? Also, is there another option that HN recommends?

Thanks

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by bearjaws on Saturday April 20, 2024 @10:57AM (#40097841)

I would love to hear more of this "no good reason and with no warning".

What are the domains hosting?

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by fuckgoogleplay on Sunday April 21, 2024 @06:19AM (#40104509)

A shop where you can pay for goods with a credit card. Somebody didn't recognise the charge.

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by readyplayernull on Saturday April 20, 2024 @01:05PM (#40098772)

Godaddy? I left that clown car of a registar for Namecheap, never looked back.

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by fuckgoogleplay on Sunday April 21, 2024 @06:21AM (#40104522)

Who said something about godaddy? Namecheap looks decent with their 24/7 support, but there are some horror stories here on HN how they mess with the domains too.

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by toast0 on Saturday April 20, 2024 @02:31PM (#40099643)

IIRC, MarkMonitor charged about $100/year for a basic .com, more if you wanted registry lock and they had a minimum spend in the neighborhood of $10,000/year. Circa 2013, when NetworkSolutions had a phishing incident and I realized my boss was still using NetworkSolutions in 2013...

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by fuckgoogleplay on Sunday April 21, 2024 @06:22AM (#40104523)

Thanks. $100-$500 a year for a com I can understand, unfortunately I have 1 domain that needs top-notch support, so IDK if I can justify $10k a year for 1 domain.

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by KomoD on Saturday April 20, 2024 @02:55PM (#40099920)

So who was the registrar and what do the domains host? I do doubt that it was for no reason.

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by fuckgoogleplay on Sunday April 21, 2024 @06:24AM (#40104533)

Some small-time registrar that I chose back when I didn't know if the business will take off or not. A shop where you can pay with a card. Somebody didn't recognise the charge and sent a complaint to the registrar. Instead of giving us time to investigate/explain/refund, they locked the domain first. Also, that is what chargebacks are for, I want a registrar that at least knows that much.

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by solardev on Sunday April 21, 2024 @11:39AM (#40106594)

Can you just use a standard registrar like Cloudflare?

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by cpach on Monday April 22, 2024 @01:24PM (#40116553)

Porkbun seems very popular these days. My personal favorite is Dynadot. I hope that neither of them would shut down a domain in the manner that you described.

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Re:Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with ... by romerocarlos on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @07:04PM (#40138382)

Any of the options you cite are acceptable and handle high-level clients. I would also recommend CSC.

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