I use porkbun.
The prices are similar to google domains and the dns management interface is ok.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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I like their sense of humour. The definitely don't take themselves too seriously.
Moved to Porkbun yesterday. No fuss, quick setup and pricing is good.
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I've been using Cloudflare for a while now, Namecheap before that. Both have been good to me, but I prefer Cloudflare more for their various other services, so it made sense to move the domains there as well.
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Namecheap has okay starting prices but man their renewal prices aren’t great compared to other registrars.
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Namecheap. I’ve been using them for several years for various projects and have never had a problem with them.
Cloudflare for supported TLDs and Hover for the rest
I have used NameCheap for a long time and they have been great. I use AWS Route53 and Cloudflare for some zone hosting and both of their domain registration services are fine but usually not the cheapest out there.
I'm basically in the exact same boat. Used namecheap forever, and sometimes use route 53. They both work well
Namecheap
+1 been with Namecheap for many years and have many domains with them. Also very happy with their support.
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Namecheap has been good so far. They even provides free DNS service when everyone was still charging for DNS. We have cloudflare now that provides better free DNS service, but for domain registrar I'm still loyal to namecheap.
I've been using nearlyfreespeech.net for (looks) 14 years now. Their business aligns with my ideals and I've always been happy with their service.
I'm using porkbun for my instance and it's been great
my domain renewal was half google domain's offering price
+1 for pork bun! Everything is easy and cheap. I don’t really ask for much more from a registrar
Cloudflare, the prices are just right, and the features they offer are hard to beat.
https://njal.la for privacy, paying with crypto and no bs. Although a bit more expensive.
Just keep in mind it's not your domain; it's theirs.
Yes, that's correct. Definitely don't use it for really transcendental stuff, but it works well for internet projects. They also have a good track record. The were founded by the pirate bay founder.
Isn't that the case with every registrar?
Nope, when you register a domain at, for example, Namecheap, this domain is legally yours. It is registered to your name, and even if Namecheap doesn't like you, they can't just take the domain away from you. (excluding for legal reasons, of course)
If they do anyway, you can take legal action and complain at the NIC.
Njalla offers domains by proxy. So they register the domain you would like to have for you and let you use them. However, they have registered the domain in their name, so they own the domain. If Njalla decides tomorrow that you shouldn't use the domain anymore or they want to sell it to someone else, they have the full legal right to do so.
tl;dr Good service if you want an anonymous domain you don't really care about. If you want a domain for something important, don't use them.
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I have most of my domains on Google, but also have a couple on CloudFlare. I suppose I will just move them all to CloudFlare. They offer free WHOIS privacy and several other features for free. For those of you self hosting on a dynamic IP, there's a pretty good API that you can use for DNS updates.
I found Cloudflare don't have nearly as many top level domains as Google so I couldn't transfer to them, but porkbun did.
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I moved my domains from google domains to cloudflare earlier this year. Cheaper and I haven’t had any issues
I use primarily Hover, I want to like Cloudflare but I don't like that they require using Cloudflare's nameservers in order to use the registrar.
I just transferred all my domains out of Namecheap into Porkbun. I think Porkbun is 10 to 50 cents more expensive than Cloudflare, but they seemed a bit easier to use and could hold all my TLDs. So far, a way better experience than Namecheap!
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I use Cloudflare for TLDs they support, and Namecheap for everything else. Though, I use Cloudflare's DNS services for all domains.
I think Hover is the best. Not the cheapest though. If you want cheap and good, go Cloudflare.
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I use cloudflare since that’s where I run other stuff anyway (static site builds, edge functions, etc.)
Same here. Great prices and I like having it all in one spot.
Same here (love Pages and Workers). Just wish their support for top level country domains (particularly .be for me).
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I'm using Porkbun and Cloudflare lately. No complaints.
Namecheap, but all my domains use Cloudflare's nameservers
netcup.de
Just switched to cloudflare after the seeing the announcement. It's actually cheaper too, for a .com its $12/year from Google and for cloudflare its only $9.15/year. Switching was painless, was already using cloudflare as the nameservers for the domain anyway.
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I would recommend Porkbun, been using it for almost 1.5 years after I had to migrate from Namecheap. Wouldn't really recommend the latter
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I use Internetbs.net, sometimes Name.com if they have a particular TLD way cheaper.
I’ve been using squarespace for my domain and hosting because I got a special deal on it. I was planning on switching to Google but now I’m wondering if I should just keep it on squarespace
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What did I miss regarding Google Domains?
EDIT: Just saw, squarespace buying it.. goddamn it...
I've never used square space, are they no bueno?
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