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Ask HN: Best namecheap.com alternative?

2 points by rawoke083600 ↗ HN
So after having multiple issues with namecheap.com these last few months.. we are looking for a new registar. The issues invlovled are 1) Lost DNS settings ! 2) Registering of already registered domains and only reverting a few days later ! 3) No communication from them. 4) It seems if you buy additional services from them, your DNS settigs are reset/remove

"I am so sorry for the inconvenience. Per my check, you recently bought a private email subscription from us and there was a bug in our system and that is the reason your DNS records are gone. Please allow me a few minutes I will set up the records for your domain."

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bernhardwenzel
Strange, happy customer for many years, never had an issue with them or if I found the customer service excellent, instant help using chat.
em-bee
i experienced that bug too. fortunately my list of entries was short so i could quickly fix it myself.

i switched to gandi.net however for an unrelated reason.

i like gandi because they are well connected with the FOSS community (they sponsor FOSS conferences for example) and because they support anonymous payments for a domain.

that means in an emergency, when you realize you forgot to renew your domain, you don't need to find your old gandi account to pay.

i find that very helpful especially for FOSS projects, where the domain is often registered by a volunteer who may not be available or have the cash to renew. instead anyone in the community can renew without hassle.

greetings, eMBee.