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Ask HN: What domain registrar are you using these days?
10 points by blhack on Nov 21, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 20 comments
Namecheap seemed to be the favorite for a long time around here, but they are feeling more and more like godaddy every day.

What registrar do you guys use lately? Is there one that just sells domains?



I'm using Google domains. I like the free private whois guard they offer.


I use namesilo, their prices are very competitive, have free privacy and also free email forwarding.


They've got some coupons ready for Black Friday too; https://www.namesilo.com/Support/Promotions-and-Coupons


Yup. Namesilo all the way.


Gandi.net

Private whois comes standard, + 1yr. ssl per domain.


The only reason I left Gandi was my credit card getting flagged for international charges every time they billed. I wish they could establish a trivial U.S. billing point as a workaround. I would have stayed a customer.


When was this? I get billed in USD by "GANDI US, INC"


My billing was 2013–2015. 2013 was registration and the other years were just renewals. Note that I had a .io domain so perhaps there's something unusual about those. My credit card provider flagged the charge as international every year, even 2015. Maybe they have some way of knowing it's an international company beyond billing address.

I took a look at my billing invoices on Gandi's dashboard and they are:

2013 - GANDI SAS (Paris, France)

2014 - GANDI International (Strassen, Luxembourg)

2015 - Gandi US, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)

FWIW I have seen the same issue discussed by others here on HN before.


Google Domains or Amazon Route53


namecheap


Very easy to use, no gimmicks.


Plus a nice API.

I'm curious what OP means by Namecheap becoming more like GoDaddy? I haven't noticed that really.


+1


+!


I'm using nic.io for my personal site and Route 53 for other stuff. I think I have a couple on Namecheap, too..


https://porkbun.com/

the cheapest so far


OVH : for the convenience because they also host my VPS (no complaints, works as expected).


Namecheap


Hover. Privacy included. Also sell email plans, which I have never used.


Gandi and Route53




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