You could checkout Hover. They are a Canadian company. One of my favorite things about Hover is that you can call them and talk to a live person in less then a minute.
full transparency, I will get $2 credit and so will you.
As a side question, are there other free DNS providers besides Cloudflare? Ones that don't require you to register your domain there.
Namecheap. Avoid Dynadot.
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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.
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.
Exactly this. Also it annoys me that Namecheap tries to automatically "top up funds" over a month before renewals are due. I think they've always done it but it wound me up enough this year to move to Cloudflare.
Counterpoint, I quite like this. I’m terrible at keeping payment details up to date, and I’ve got long renewal periods on my domains. The early renewal attempt allows me to get an email that my payment is expired or revoked (due to a stolen card number or something) and I have a month to go correct it.
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.
This is the way. Never use the NS of your registrar.
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
Transferred all my domains from nanecheap to CloudFlare and I'm saving like 1/3 of price on renewals.
Moved to Porkbun, saving about the same. The price creep pisses me off.
I'll throw in for namecheap. Been with them for a while with no complaints.
Porkbun has been great
Seconded. I switched from namecheap when they raised the price of my domain. I never had a problem with name cheap but porkbin is cheaper.
In case anyone was wondering:
I personally have been with onlydomains for a decade or so. No complaints.
I've always used NameCheap. Can't speak to their ethics, but customer support has been excellent the few times I've needed it.
Also been using namecheap for years with no complaints. Boring and dependable.
Boring and dependable.
Just like I wish politics were.
I switched to Porkbun from Namecheap recently because Porkbun is somewhat local.
Porkbun is decent but cheaper if you have a dozen domains too
Namecheap
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.
I'm using Cloudflare, because it's quite convenient since I always end up using them as DNS server.
They're also slightly cheaper since they don't take any profit from their registrar side, hoping to make it back with other services.
I've been with 1984.is for a couple of years now. I think my domains cost around 12 Euros a year each. Their web GUI works fine and I've never needed to contact their customer service, so I cannot comment on that.
I've been with 1984.is for some time as well. They're international domain is 1984.hosting. I've also had contact with their support and they're friendly, knowledgeable and straight on point.
I had to transfer my domain and they wanted the domain key. Not wanting to send that over insecure email asked if they have a GPG key and told me they do, sent me a link to their site to get it and a specific mail to send it to which I then was able to send over. The process of contacting them and getting everything set was very speedy and I felt in good hands.
I have had a lot good experience with Porkbun.
Iwantmyname.com ticked almost all boxes last i looked. Hasnt been mentioned yet. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=iwantmyname.com&sort=byDate&type=comment
Have you tried......GoDaddy???
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I have a domain with godaddy that renews very soon. Is it posible to migrate it to another registrar?
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.
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
Namesilo is quite good - cheap & been using it for 5 years now (coming from namecheap)
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