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Ask HN: What domain registrar are you using these days?

10 points by blhack ↗ HN
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?

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cjbprime
namecheap
cm2012
Very easy to use, no gimmicks.
75j
Plus a nice API.

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

Raed667
OVH : for the convenience because they also host my VPS (no complaints, works as expected).
cdvonstinkpot
Gandi.net

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

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

hijinks
I'm using Google domains. I like the free private whois guard they offer.
shanecleveland
Hover. Privacy included. Also sell email plans, which I have never used.
drakonka
I'm using nic.io for my personal site and Route 53 for other stuff. I think I have a couple on Namecheap, too..