I have to do it for work and I’ve got no idea, there seem to be so many scammy looking sites
Porkbun
Namecheap has been fine for me so far. Avoid godaddy.
Why avoid godaddy?
Go Daddy. The name alone is just plain creepy.
Give me a 100 word summary of the controversies surrounding GoDaddy and its founder.
GPT-4: GoDaddy, a popular web hosting service, and its founder Bob Parsons have been involved in several controversies. Criticism often targets GoDaddy’s provocative advertising strategies, which some deem sexist. Parsons himself has faced backlash for his elephant hunting video in 2011, which many viewed as unethical and sparked a wave of customer boycotts. Additionally, GoDaddy’s initial support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in 2011 provoked outrage for potentially threatening internet freedom, leading to a significant customer exodus until the company reversed its position.
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I’ve been on namecheap for a long time. They have a sale going on now. But they are really good, hardly ever a problem and if there is, their customer service is stellar.
I use namecheap – I got my two most recent domains for less than $8 apiece – but I hear good things about Google domains as well.
Google sold their domains (and customers in the process to, I think it was square space)… Definitely just go with namecheap, they support the EFF, have a good website, and reasonable prices
My main domain registrar is namecheap and my second for personal email is ionos. No issues thus far.
I have one (including hosting) at a local German provider and one (dynamic DNS based forwarding to my homelab) at another German provider.
Both are in the market for 20+ years and neither of them had any controversies or major issues.
Gandi
European folks try EUKhost. Been good for me the last few years.
I use Google Domains, but I believe they’re either getting rid of it or selling it off.
I may have misheard it but arent they already? I believe Linus anf Luke from LTT talked about it on the WAN show
Not too sure-- I remember receiving emails for my accounts-- but I just checked domains and it’s still up, allowing you to purchase more.
That will probably end like Stadia. One team in the works of producing a game while management is already deciding how to close down the project…
cough https://killedbygoogle.com/ and https://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google-domains-squarespace/ * cough*
And yep Google Domains is on the guillotine. Better secure it quickly.
For personal domain registrar I use Hostpoint, because Swiss privacy.
If it’s for work, AWS Route 53.
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I personally do all my hosting with tsohost.
I just used google, but you can use pretty much any big service (they are all priced similarly) if you are worried about scamminess. I also didn’t feel like being harassed for “website builders” or the other crap smaller providers try to sell.
joker.com is pretty good (despite the shady name).
Edit: purely dns registrars AFAIK, no hosting.
Name.com is great! They’re local to my area and have always been fantastic to deal with. I’ve used godaddy, Google, name cheap and wouldn’t recommend any of them
Same. Been using them for years and they’ve always been solid.
Haven’t done it since a very long time ago so probably there are better players out there now, but Gandi or GoDaddy maybe? I’d lookup their reviews (especially the negative ones) on Trustpilot to see all the gotchas.
Definitely not GoDaddy
