Requirements:
- Domain registration (duh)
- Privacy.
- DNS included.
- Preferably based in the EU, but it’s not a hard requirement
I like Hetzner. They host my server and my domains.
Porkbun.
Decent API, good prices, not trash people.
Cloudflare except I think they’re in the US.
Privacy is free. Domains are at cost. DNS is updatable via the webui and API as well.
I’ve never had problems with Squarespace since they took over registrations from Google Domains, which I used to use.
I’m surprised you held out this long! GoDaddy has had waves of stressing, and departures in correlative droves.
You show remarkable resilience and you can be proud of that.
Godaddy is what I say when I throw my Pokéball to summon Incineroar.
☹️
GoDaddy has been a joke of a company for decades now.
What pissed you off about GoDaddy?
Been happy with porkbun.
Same, just noting that they weren’t a default option in my ddns plugin. I’m sure that’s changed since 2023?
I don’t use Porkbun for DNS, I also don’t use ddns, for that matter, so I wouldn’t know.
Absolute zero issues with netcup (EU/de). Also comparatively cheap usually, and has frequent sales (always the same offers, afaict).
DNS is included with Domains, but I’m using desec.io as my DNS mainly for full dnssec compliance (free, de based, if registrations are open, works with certbot DNS challenge for letsencrypt).
Hetzner is pretty good for that and EU based.
I use Mythic Beasts
Switzerland and privacy sadly no longer checks out.
Oh no, what happened in Switzerland?
It’s Canadian but I use EasyDNS which has operated here forever. It’s privately owned by a Mark Jeftovic who’s fairly well known as an internet advocate / policy expert and ran as a candidate for the Libertarian Party of Canada, so is privacy focused.
Namecheap is the best I’ve found, can’t see ever changing. The few times I needed support I got outstanding technical assistance. One case was wildly complicated, with the issue clearly on their back end, didn’t have much hope. Explained to a rep, on a late Friday night, she said OK and went offline for 10-minutes. FIXED.
Namecheap myself for 10ish years now. Never been unhappy
Another vote for Namecheap. I also like they support their legacy pricing for hosting at time of renewal. Many years ago I subscribed to a small hosting plan for a very low price. I had need to set up yet another hosting plan and went looking for it. My preferred one had been discontinued 6 years prior and the new lowest on was a chunk more expensive with fewer features (for my new hosting plan), but Namecheap still honors my old pricing for my original plan. So I currently subscribe to one “cheap” hosting plan and another “not quite as cheap”, and am quite fine with that.
