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Is it one that you just use and works just fine? Or one that has proven to be reliable and responsible if they do a mistake and only want to satisfy you as a customer?

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I use Namecheap. They have a URL you can visit to update DNS records if you're doing it from the server that you need to point DNS at. They've been pretty much...non-eventful. I've never had to call them, everything online, they've been reliable enough to just say my whole experience has been pretty boring. Boring is good. I log into them once every 2 years to renew my domain and that's generally it.

Then on top of that I use Caddy for SSL Encryption/Reverse Proxy. All I need is the domain registrar, I don't use any other services.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

I've been using namecheap for about a decade too. But, be careful with their free email forwarding service. They do not forward all emails. The ones that they consider spam, they proceed to drop silently. There is absolutely no way to access those emails. The service is essentially useless. I have lost several important emails like that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Have heard that searching domains through the site can cause the domain to become unavailable or prices to go up briefly afterwards… kind of like how go daddy also has a reputation for doing that. Anecdotal and second stories for sure but something to be aware of if there is any credence to it…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I've seen it with GoDaddy but not namecheap.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Their customer support has been great. I needed help with some certs and they just walked me though everything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Same pretty much. I use them too and non-eventful is the perfect way to put it. I can even update ddns records using my fritzbox directly and namecheap which is super handy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use them too, but have a few complaints and am thinking about switching.

  1. Dynamic DNS doesn't support ipv6 addresses

  2. You have to have a $50 account balance to use DNS based dynamic dns

  3. Buggy DNS editing. (Try to create a SRV record then edit it later. It never works properly. Always have to delete and make a new one)