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>>jgraha+(OP)
I wouldn't have cared much about Domain Name Register just a week ago, but after what happen at Zoho, and all the horror story in the comments section from namecheap and others, Cloudflare Registar couldn't come at a better time.

I really wish Cloudflare at least made $1 or $2 Gross Profits per domain. Who paids for Domain Register Support? I would much rather be a "customer" than I am not sure where they are making money from my Domain.

P.S - If those were wholesale price, do other companies get heavy discount for signing up in bulks? How do other companies made money when they are selling it for $0.99 or $6.99

>>ksec+tK
I though namecheap was one of the better ones around? I'm looking for a domain registrar. Could share the link with namecheap horror stories? Thanks

>>rk249+561
I think [0] is the article in question; just search the page for the namecheap comments.

0. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18059792

>>Bluest+ne1
It seems like it was just a handful of users who posted their story multiple times. The users highclass, ethanwillis, kweks all had multiple comments only about namecheap on a thread that wasn't directly about namecheap.

Can I get more horror stories to confirm those are real? It's unfortunate because namecheap used to have the exact opposite reputation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396606

>>zawerf+9l1
I switched to namecheap during the godaddy exodus. Multiple times in the last 30 days they have disabled domains due to requiring whois contact verification. In one case the same domain being disabled 3 times in a row. Each time I'm assured it will not happen again and yet it does. And when it happens, not only do they change your DNS servers but they wipe out all your host records if you use their DNS service so you have to either rebuild your zone or stay online with support for hours while they restore everything. I've also had them revert a domain's DNS servers so that is is parked on an "expired" domain landing page before the domain was expired. I have a client that has also had their domain repeatedly switched to whois validation required this year. The only explanation I've been given is that it was a "system glitch" and won't happen again.

Seems likely that some of the issues might have been related to them switching from being an Enom reseller to their own direct ICANN accreditation but I'm still planning on migrating my domains out.