I want to get some domains for selfhosted stuff, but I’d like to use a registrar that I won’t regret doing business with later, both in terms of ethics and potential customer service stuff. Who do y’all like most?

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    36·
    7 hours ago

    Top answers from the last 39580202 times this was asked:

    • Namecheap
    • Porkbun
    • Gandi
    • Cloudflare
    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      7 hours ago

      I was with Namecheap for years, and they’re totally fine. I am now with Cloudflare because they’re a bit cheaper and their API is well supported in various tools, and they also seem fine.

      • 3dmvr@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        I use porkbun and you get cloudflare through them, not sure to what extent, porkbuns just cheaper, I like their ui, straightforward, everything you need on one screen.

    • vfsh@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      9·
      7 hours ago

      Another +1 for name cheap, been using em for a decade now. Their deals are stellar and renewal prices are on par with any other competitors usually

    • jonathan@lemmy.zipEnglish
      81·
      6 hours ago

      I wouldn’t buy domains from Cloudflare from a risk mitigation perspective. At work I direct six figures of budget their way annually, but as a free-tier customer in my personal life I don’t trust them not to fuck up at some point and lock my account. If I register my domain elsewhere I can bring myself back online by moving the nameservers. If it’s registered at Cloudflare I’m fucked.

      • folekaule@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        I have one of my domains on Cloudflare and was thinking of moving the rest of them there. What makes it harder to move name servers away from Cloudflare than other places?

  • 42yeah@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    6 hours ago

    Namesilo is quite good - cheap & been using it for 5 years now (coming from namecheap)

  • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    26·
    10 hours ago

    I’ve always used NameCheap. Can’t speak to their ethics, but customer support has been excellent the few times I’ve needed it.

    • kitnaht@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      9 hours ago

      Been using Namecheap for a decade or more now. Great company, no muss, no fuss, just works. The greatest thing is that they’re boring as fuck. That’s one of the best qualities to have in a domain registrar.

    • harsh3466@lemmy.mlEnglish
      10·
      9 hours ago

      Also been using namecheap for years with no complaints. Boring and dependable.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    121·
    8 hours ago

    In case anyone was wondering:

    • namecheap: US
    • porkbun: US
    • INWX: Germany
    • OVH: French
    • onlydomains: NZ

    I personally have been with onlydomains for a decade or so. No complaints.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      I’ve domains from both DomainMonger and NameCheap. If it were trivial, I’d probably move my domains to NameCheap. The web UX is a little better; aside from that, I’ve never had issues with either, not heard anything particularly bad about either.

      But, yeah: +1 on the NameCheap suggestion.

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      9·
      9 hours ago

      This. NameCheap actually responds to abuse reports, as well. Turns out they actually think it’s bad for business to allow grifters and con artists to use their services, unlike other major registrars.

  • Wrongdoer4094@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    8 hours ago

    I’m using Cloudflare, because it’s quite convenient since I always end up using them as DNS server.

    • bigDottee@geekroom.techEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      Also use Cloudflare as new domain registrar because I use them as DNS as well. I can’t say that I’ve had any problems with them at all.

      • cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        7 hours ago

        Same, I also use Cloudflare dns, tunnels, and pages. Having these all in the same place makes it easy to deploy/keep track of everything

  • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    10 hours ago

    I’ve been with Porkbun since Gandi got acquired. No complaints.

  • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    8 hours ago

    I’ve been happy with Hover for several years. They don’t bug me and they’re owned by Tucows so they’ve got decades-old staying power.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    6 hours ago

    I’ve used two, NameCheap, and PorkBun.

    Hated Namecheap, would never use them again. Janky pricing, tons of email spam, terrible UI.

    Porkbun has been pretty great. Simple, solid prices, easy to use, no issues for about a year and a half.

  • azalty@jlai.luEnglish
    2·
    7 hours ago

    Tested porkbun and namecheap. Namecheap has a nice and reactive support from my experience. Porkbun also helped me quickly.

  • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    5·
    10 hours ago

    INWX has been great so far, have been with them for about 6 years at this point. Also had good experiences with their customer support.

  • Matt The Horwood@lemmy.horwood.cloudEnglish
    5·
    10 hours ago

    I moved all my domains from Google to OVH, OVH have an API so you can get certs with certbot. You could also use the API to update records for a dynamic home broadband