Porkbun. Stupid name but great service, avg pricing. Local too! On Wed, Sep 4, 2024, 21:08 Alex Bedard <[email protected]> wrote:
> I also recommend Porkbun. Good/competitive pricing, and local to Oregon. > I also use Cloudflare for certain TLDs that Porkbun doesn't offer. > > I've had a bad experience with Namecheap trying to move my domains from > Gandi (which had become massively overpriced for certain TLDs), and the > first domain I tried to transfer to Namecheap would error out on the > checkout page... Opened a support case, and it turns out they have a > keyword blacklist, and my domain name had two of their banned keywords > (mail and server, domain was along the lines of my-mail-server.tld), and > in they responded by saying they could approve my domain transfer > purchase, but 1) they don't allow domain names for the sole purpose of > hosting email servers, and 2) if they ever got any complaints regarding > my domain, they would seize it and disable my entire Namecheap account, > and not be able to transfer out any domains. > > Even though I've never had issues with blacklists or domain/IP > reputation, their openly hostile response led me to look elsewhere, and > eventually found Porkbun. > > Alex > > On 9/4/2024 8:32 PM, Kevin Williams wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > > > I had good experiences with these (in increasing order of preference): > > > > - https://dnsimple.com > > > > - https://namecheap.com > > > > - https://porkbun.com > > > > Porkbun was recommended by Jim Salter on the 2.5 Admins podcast. The > > registrar is also headquartered close by in Sheridan Oregon. > > > > Kevin > > > > On 9/4/24 5:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I remember someone (Keith?) posting a thread about this subject > >> because Gandi had been taken over by the dark side. > >> > >> I'm looking for alternatives, I currently have Gandi but I can't seem > >> to find that thread. > >> > >> Thought I would bring it up again, at the risk of annoying people > >> with a dupe, and ask for opinions on alternatives. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> >
