I use porkbun.
The prices are similar to google domains and the dns management interface is ok.
I like their sense of humour. The definitely don't take themselves too seriously.
Moved to Porkbun yesterday. No fuss, quick setup and pricing is good.
Been using porkbun as the registrar and cloudflare for Dns, no complaints. I like the cloudflare interface better and like having Dns and registrar separate.
Do they have dyndns support? That was what led me to google.
Keep in mind you can always use a different DNS provider who does support dynamic dns. For example you could use cloudflare (free) with a domain bought from Pork Bun.
I've been using Cloudflare for a while now, Namecheap before that. Both have been good to me, but I prefer Cloudflare more for their various other services, so it made sense to move the domains there as well.
Namecheap has okay starting prices but man their renewal prices aren’t great compared to other registrars.
Namecheap. I’ve been using them for several years for various projects and have never had a problem with them.
Cloudflare for supported TLDs and Hover for the rest
I have used NameCheap for a long time and they have been great. I use AWS Route53 and Cloudflare for some zone hosting and both of their domain registration services are fine but usually not the cheapest out there.
I'm basically in the exact same boat. Used namecheap forever, and sometimes use route 53. They both work well
Namecheap
+1 been with Namecheap for many years and have many domains with them. Also very happy with their support.
Namecheap has been good so far. They even provides free DNS service when everyone was still charging for DNS. We have cloudflare now that provides better free DNS service, but for domain registrar I'm still loyal to namecheap.
Cloudflare, the prices are just right, and the features they offer are hard to beat.
I've been using nearlyfreespeech.net for (looks) 14 years now. Their business aligns with my ideals and I've always been happy with their service.
Porkbun. I've been using it for almost 4 years. Cheap and without errors
I'm using porkbun for my instance and it's been great
my domain renewal was half google domain's offering price
+1 for pork bun! Everything is easy and cheap. I don’t really ask for much more from a registrar
I have most of my domains on Google, but also have a couple on CloudFlare. I suppose I will just move them all to CloudFlare. They offer free WHOIS privacy and several other features for free. For those of you self hosting on a dynamic IP, there's a pretty good API that you can use for DNS updates.
I found Cloudflare don't have nearly as many top level domains as Google so I couldn't transfer to them, but porkbun did.
I use primarily Hover, I want to like Cloudflare but I don't like that they require using Cloudflare's nameservers in order to use the registrar.
https://njal.la for privacy, paying with crypto and no bs. Although a bit more expensive.
Just keep in mind it's not your domain; it's theirs.
Yes, that's correct. Definitely don't use it for really transcendental stuff, but it works well for internet projects. They also have a good track record. The were founded by the pirate bay founder.
I use Namecheap personally. I really like it.
I use cloudflare since that’s where I run other stuff anyway (static site builds, edge functions, etc.)
Whatever you do, just don't ever use GoDaddy.
Please everyone, whatever you do, listen to this comment.
I just transferred all my domains out of Namecheap into Porkbun. I think Porkbun is 10 to 50 cents more expensive than Cloudflare, but they seemed a bit easier to use and could hold all my TLDs. So far, a way better experience than Namecheap!
I moved my domains from google domains to cloudflare earlier this year. Cheaper and I haven’t had any issues
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I'm using Porkbun and Cloudflare lately. No complaints.
Namecheap, but all my domains use Cloudflare's nameservers
Thanks for the post! I didn't realize google was going out of the registrar business. I only have a couple domains with google (mostly stopped using all of google services so this was the final service I was using).
I really like cloudflare due to the at-cost renewal/registration so that'll be where I am moving them to
I think Hover is the best. Not the cheapest though. If you want cheap and good, go Cloudflare.
I use Cloudflare for TLDs they support, and Namecheap for everything else. Though, I use Cloudflare's DNS services for all domains.
Just switched to cloudflare after the seeing the announcement. It's actually cheaper too, for a .com its $12/year from Google and for cloudflare its only $9.15/year. Switching was painless, was already using cloudflare as the nameservers for the domain anyway.
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