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+1 vote for Namecheap, for folks looking for a registrar. There are several good ones, Namecheap is just the one I like.

>>samela+(OP)
I've yet to have any issues with them.

>>samela+(OP)
I've never been able to move to namecheap because they don't support DNSSEC on .eu domains (last asked in 2021). I do hear good things though.

>>samela+(OP)
Namecheap has been excellent. They automate a lot of things, and make it clear (with real grace periods) when things go wrong.

>>aaaaaa+R2
Relevant discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812

>>samela+(OP)
Really happy customer of theirs, after hearing good things on HN.

>>samela+(OP)
I'd also stick with Namecheap as it does what it actually says and is a very good registrar overall.

>>aaaaaa+R2
They're the registrar for MANY spammers and scammers, and provide hosting for plenty of them. They used to respond to abuse complaints; now they just drop complaints sent to their abuse address.

That doesn't make them any worse than, say, GoDaddy, but given enough time, they'll probably end up just as bad.

>>aaaaaa+R2
The problem with these kinds of comments is, most people who use godaddy probably haven't had issues with them either. If 10% of users have their domain terminated for bullshit reasons -- which would be a ridiculously unimaginably high fraction -- 90% of users would still say "I have yet to have any issues with them".

>>samela+(OP)
Not sure how valid my case is, but in March Namecheap gave me (and thousands other Russian-based clients) a week to migrate before they ban me. The fact that I relocated to another country did not matter.

It's been discussed here at HN too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812

Even if I was affected, I'm not sure I'd want to continue relationship with them. Anyway, user of name.com now, so far so good.

(P.S. Might need to say that I support Ukraine in this horrible conflict, I just happen to hold a Russian passport)

>>mort96+M8
In the early days GD was run by evangelicals and they had no compunction against canceling a domain for religious reasons. It amazes me that they managed to whitewash their image be among those who should know better.

>>samela+(OP)
I transferred from GoDaddy a few years back. I got tired of the constant attempts to up-sell me for services I didn't want. I went to namecheap and have been happy with their services so far. The UI is clear and pretty easy to use. They also support MFA for added security (GoDaddy did not at that time).

I've been playing with cloudflare recently, and just realized they also do domain registration and DNS hosting. I might seriously look at switching to them depending on hassle and potential benefit. But I usually like having dedicated registrar/DNS that is uncoupled from hosting.

https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/

>>vladst+8o
Namecheap says it only applies to Russian residents, not citizens. Did they fail to make that exception for you?

>>kevin_+wo
The absurd commercials they put out (with the "uncensored" version on their website) probably helped that.