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Comment by dv_dt

6 hours ago

So what company are people switching to? Namecheap used to be a reasonable choice -oh wait there is another thread with that discussion

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orphea  5 hours ago

- Porkbun (see the thread below https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50144164)

- Cloudflare

  • krferriter  5 hours ago

    I’ve got some domains in Cloudflare and some in Porkbun. No issues yet. I also like how straightforward Porkbun is while still supporting API automation and team accounts.

  • lysace  3 hours ago

    I could see Cloudflare randomly deciding that my single-employee company domain name needs an enterprise plan in a few years from now.

    • brightball  36 minutes ago

      Domain names aren't the money maker for Cloudflare. Having the domain with them so that you'll eventually use them for other things is. That's why everything is at cost.

      It's a great place to keep your domain names. Beyond that is up to you.

KronisLV  5 hours ago

Porkbun was very pleasant to use, would definitely recommend them!

I wanted something in the EU, so I went with INWX - their UI is quite unintuitive/bad in my eyes though. I guess Hostinger/IONOS/Gandi/... would also be pretty popular for anyone like me.

  • hectormalot  4 hours ago

    I have good experiences with both porkbun and INWX as well. INWX could indeed use a UX update.

    I used to use TransIP.nl and while they are still good, they’ve gotten expensive over the last few years.

    • rapnie  4 hours ago

      Yes, TransIP is good, but expensive. I always liked their service, when you have questions getting an answer within the hour via their online support interface. But I'm migrating away now (esp. with VPS'es as the prices here are waaay too high). Using OVHCloud now.

slekker  6 hours ago

Porkbun

  • leptons  6 hours ago

    Yeah, I'm not waiting around for Namecheap to screw me, I'm moving to porkbun. They do all the stuff Namecheap does for me now.

    I've been waiting for the "porkbun screwed me" stories, but haven't seen any yet.

rationalist  6 hours ago

Dynadot

  • krick  4 hours ago

    It asks you to choose 4 (four!) "secret questions" as a "security" measure. I decided that keeping your domains with an organization that insists on idiotic practices that are firmly forbidden by every sensible security practices guide (OWASP, NIST 800-63, anything, really) since like 2015 is not a very wise choice.