Show HN: Badger.com, a new domain registrar, needs beta testers (1 free domain)
We've been hard at work creating a new domain registrar and now we want some feedback to help us figure out where to go from here!
The first 100 users to signup using this URL will get 1 free domain Credit:
https://www.badger.com/#register/hackernews
--- Please please please give us feedback! ---
P.S. We only support .com and .net at the moment but we'll be adding about a dozen more extensions in the next couple of weeks.
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[ 6.4 ms ] story [ 100 ms ] threadTime for a change after 7yrs Godaddy.
Thanks for the credit as well!
"APP" installation is a neat automation.
Also, how can I leave feedback from within the site?
API Docs - http://badger.github.com/
Frontend Source Code - http://github.com/badger/frontend
Hasher JS Lib - https://github.com/badger/frontend/tree/master/javascripts/l...
So for example, the Javascript behind our DNS manager can be found here -- https://github.com/badger/frontend/blob/master/javascripts/d...
Yes, we're actively working on the co.uk (and about a dozen more TLDs) and hope to launch quite a few more within the next few weeks.
I'll be creating an extra domain tonight and pointing it towards my webapp. If all goes well I'll look at moving my other domain registrations over as they expire on godaddy.
Only downside would be the price seems a little steep compared to the typical godaddy pricing with a coupon code...
SO much less headache than Go Daddy - very speedy.
I also love the search feature, letting you know it's available while you're typing.
That's how I actually found the domain I registered!
I was a bit confused when using URL forwarding as it automatically appended /path to the source. So I removed that. I found I had to type my destination in, then click on the source box to make /path disappear and then press Add to get it to add forwarding to the root of the site.
Many thanks again. If I can provide a more detailed write up/feedback let me know.
Better integration with Google Apps is already high on our list... check back soon!
ps. you should start tweeting, so my @ to you turns up interesting stuff!
1. if you log out then go back to badger.com, there doesn't seem to be a way to log back in if you are in the beta.
2. for some reason my Whois didn't change from private to public even though I provided and saved the necessary info.
hope this helps
Quick question: do the credits expire? I don't have a domain to register right now, but would love to use my credit later.
One gripe though. I registered a new domain to check out the interface, but it was not immediately obvious that you offered DNS services. I might have ported over my domain today had I known this beforehand.