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Comment by ackyshake | Hacker News Reader

gandi.net seems to charge $364/year for any .is domain. Namecheap charges around the same price as isnic.

Any reason why I shouldn't register the domain on isnic directly? Are there benefits to registering the domain via namecheap (or other registrar), apart from getting access to their support?

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A big thing to consider with registrars is support for 2FA - can't speak to ISNIC, but I recently moved all my domains to Namecheap because they have first-class support for U2F/Webauthn. (And also Hover lost a domain on me but that's another story)

Interesting... I have moved all my domains out of NameCheap for same reason - their "first class support" was just plainly terrible.

Mileage may vary I guess.

I was in the same situation. Moved away from NameCheap to Gandi.Net long ago due to this very thing. Hopefully things have improved for their users.

Gandi supports U2F as well.

And it's just something about a very aggressive marketing strategy like Hover's that doesn't give me a very secure feeling about their product.

I have owned and managed my .is domain directly on ISNIC for over a decade. They support 2FA and the website is available in English as well.

Thanks! I registered directly on ISNIC.

Process was pretty straightforward and I was able to add my DNS records just fine. Do you know if they have any safeguards against domain transfers? I don't see any settings related to that, other than to transfer my domain.

To add another anecdote, I've had a .is domain from ISNIC for about 4-5 years now and have had no problems with them during that time.

I'd be more worried about a registrar messing with my domain than I would the ëyes".

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