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I have to do it for work and I've got no idea, there seem to be so many scammy looking sites

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[–] sam@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago
[–] writerlygal@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

I’ve been on namecheap for a long time. They have a sale going on now. But they are really good, hardly ever a problem and if there is, their customer service is stellar.

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Namecheap has been fine for me so far. Avoid godaddy.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] yourdogsnipples@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Give me a 100 word summary of the controversies surrounding GoDaddy and its founder.

GPT-4: GoDaddy, a popular web hosting service, and its founder Bob Parsons have been involved in several controversies. Criticism often targets GoDaddy's provocative advertising strategies, which some deem sexist. Parsons himself has faced backlash for his elephant hunting video in 2011, which many viewed as unethical and sparked a wave of customer boycotts. Additionally, GoDaddy's initial support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in 2011 provoked outrage for potentially threatening internet freedom, leading to a significant customer exodus until the company reversed its position.

[–] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I use namecheap -- I got my two most recent domains for less than $8 apiece -- but I hear good things about Google domains as well.

[–] Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Google sold their domains (and customers in the process to, I think it was square space)... Definitely just go with namecheap, they support the EFF, have a good website, and reasonable prices

I have had a really good experience with Porkbun. You could also use Cloudflare. But since this is going to be work-related, Cloudflare all of the way.

[–] Noah@lemmy.federated.club 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cloudflare registrar or Porkbun are my goto's. Keep in mind that Cloudflare registrar currently requires you to use their (free) DNS service, you can't change the nameservers yet.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 1 year ago

Cloudflare 100%

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

My main domain registrar is namecheap and my second for personal email is ionos. No issues thus far.

[–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Cloudflare domains is decent but doesn't support many domains, porkbun is my next choice and I used to use Google domains.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago
[–] hahrbinjer@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Google Domains, but I believe they're either getting rid of it or selling it off.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I may have misheard it but arent they already? I believe Linus anf Luke from LTT talked about it on the WAN show

[–] hahrbinjer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not too sure-- I remember receiving emails for my accounts-- but I just checked domains and it's still up, allowing you to purchase more.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That will probably end like Stadia. One team in the works of producing a game while management is already deciding how to close down the project...

cough https://killedbygoogle.com/ and https://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google-domains-squarespace/ * cough*
And yep Google Domains is on the guillotine. Better secure it quickly.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I have one (including hosting) at a local German provider and one (dynamic DNS based forwarding to my homelab) at another German provider.

Both are in the market for 20+ years and neither of them had any controversies or major issues.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use porkbun since they take crypto as payment

[–] darelik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good to know. They didn't accept an mc gift card

[–] LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

European folks try EUKhost. Been good for me the last few years.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For personal domain registrar I use Hostpoint, because Swiss privacy.

If it's for work, AWS Route 53.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

joker.com is pretty good (despite the shady name).

Edit: purely dns registrars AFAIK, no hosting.

[–] Defenceplox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally do all my hosting with tsohost.

[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 2 points 1 year ago

I used to use them, then they hiked my ultra cheap deal up by 700%, so screw them.

[–] Radium@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Name.com is great! They’re local to my area and have always been fantastic to deal with. I’ve used godaddy, Google, name cheap and wouldn’t recommend any of them

[–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Same. Been using them for years and they've always been solid.

[–] PineapplePartisan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I just used google, but you can use pretty much any big service (they are all priced similarly) if you are worried about scamminess. I also didn’t feel like being harassed for “website builders” or the other crap smaller providers try to sell.

[–] orientalsniper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Namecheap and Namesilo are both good.

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't done it since a very long time ago so probably there are better players out there now, but Gandi or GoDaddy maybe? I'd lookup their reviews (especially the negative ones) on Trustpilot to see all the gotchas.

[–] silentdon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Definitely not GoDaddy