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Ask HN: Where to buy domain from?

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My main requirement is no-monkeybusiness and second price. Any retrogradations, opinions, stories, tips?

I did some research and reached to this list:

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new

http://www.dyndns.com/

http://www.namecheap.com/

https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/

http://www.1and1.com

Other?

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In my experience https://www.gandi.net/ has fantastic service.

I've tried 1and1 in the past, but we had a falling out regarding an automatic charge I cancelled that they still billed me for.

Second the Gandi recommendation.They mostly do one thing, be a registrar, and they do it well. There's truly no bullshit involved, as they point out in their logo.

I suggest you avoid 1and1, and host your site with someone besides your registrar (so that if your hosting account has problems, you'll still be able to point your domain somewhere else. Obviously if your registrar goes down, that's a moot point.).

Second that.

I like namecheap, been a customer for many years. They also offer free SSL certs with new domain purchases.

https://www.hover.com/ always been good to me (i like the fact that ALL they do is domain reg)

This discussion has occurred a number of times, and while the very top recommendation sometimes changes, a perennial favorite around here is name.com.

I use Name.com when I can remember to, and GoDaddy out of habit. I used to be quite fond of Dotster, but since I can't easily manage DNS through them, I've dropped them for all but a few domains.

On paper, the capabilities of Name.com and Godaddy are about the same, but Name's interface is a LOT more user friendly, and management is a snap, comparatively.

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