I mean, I still use them, mostly because I do not see a strong enough reason to transfer my domains, given how much of a pita that would be.
I’ve heard good things about Gandi, but it’s not my first hand experience so wouldn’t vouch for that. GoDaddy looks fancy but I remember from a while ago they were really into upselling on bloody everything, which is annoying.
So at the end of a day, NameCheap kinda works fine :)
Not sure if it’s still the case, but they used to be a reseller for a lot of TLDs (I think via eNom), rather than directly selling the domains themselves. It caused issues with slow support since you’d open a ticket with them, then they’d have to open a ticket with their upstream provider and relay and replies. It was a pain.
Until their system shits itself and you need to contact support. Then it’s absolutely horrendous.
Still use them though, they are fine.
I’m sorry to hear their support is terrible, I recommended them to many people. What is a better alternative?
I mean, I still use them, mostly because I do not see a strong enough reason to transfer my domains, given how much of a pita that would be.
I’ve heard good things about Gandi, but it’s not my first hand experience so wouldn’t vouch for that. GoDaddy looks fancy but I remember from a while ago they were really into upselling on bloody everything, which is annoying.
So at the end of a day, NameCheap kinda works fine :)
Truth. GD charges for SSL for fucks sake.
@sisyphean @ddnomad
I don’t know if it’s better, but I use iwantmyname and porkbun for domains.
Neither of them have shutdown and sold to squarespace out of the blue, so that’s a plus.
Not sure if it’s still the case, but they used to be a reseller for a lot of TLDs (I think via eNom), rather than directly selling the domains themselves. It caused issues with slow support since you’d open a ticket with them, then they’d have to open a ticket with their upstream provider and relay and replies. It was a pain.