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Reddit · r/squarespace · yesterday

Moved their domains over after the Squarespace acquisition and found the transfer simple: request it, wait out the lock, then follow the instructions.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 2 days ago

Was charged for a domain they never ordered; GoDaddy said a staff member with account access made the purchase and gave no clear explanation of how.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 2 days ago

Has used GoDaddy for over 12 years and feels it declined; contact-form emails stopped reaching their inbox and GoDaddy branding is on their emails.

HostingRecs · Mathieu · 10 days ago

My domains have sat at Gandi since around 2009. Back then the mailboxes came free with each domain and renewals were never something I thought about. Since the company was bought, both changed. Mail became a paid add-on, so I moved it to another provider and only kept the free forwarding, and my .com renewals now cost more than three times what I pay at Porkbun. The DNS editor is still clean and I can't remember a single outage. Twelve domains moved so far, the rest will go as they come up for renewal.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 15 days ago

Calls starting a website with GoDaddy the worst decision of their life.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 18 days ago

During GoDaddy's certificate mass revocation, certificates had 3 hours or even negative warning, and GoDaddy's delegation settings were a joke.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 19 days ago

GoDaddy-backed certificates were mass revoked with only 3 hours notice at 2am on some and no notice on others, forcing rushed renewals.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 21 days ago

GoDaddy revocation emails arrived at 20:30 CET and 80 certificates had to be reissued overnight.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 22 days ago

GoDaddy gave a generic ChatGPT-style answer that would have cost the company its data during an outgoing migration.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 22 days ago

During the GoDaddy certificate mass revocation, communication was generic, the portal did not show affected certs, support was clueless and Europeans got 3-4 hours notice.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 22 days ago

Needed nearly four hours on the phone with GoDaddy support to renew an OV certificate after the revocation purge.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 22 days ago

GoDaddy phone support transferred the caller and a 65 minute wait ended with no help because a customer ID was needed.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 22 days ago

All certificates went untrusted after hours during the revocation and GoDaddy's cert manager was crawling.

Reddit · r/Domains · 24 days ago

Accounts get locked for identity confirmation, taking 3-4 days and public pleas to get a human to review documents, with no way to upload them early.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 24 days ago

Super happy since moving from Namecheap to Porkbun a couple of years ago, only missing an iOS app.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 24 days ago

Ten years with Namecheap with stellar support until recent months, when renewing a basic hosting plan went badly and they migrated sites to company-managed cloud servers.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 24 days ago

Cloudflare sells domains at cost, about 10-11 dollars for a .com.

Reddit · r/Domains · 25 days ago

Porkbun made a mistake with their domain, admitted it and renewed it free for three years.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 25 days ago

Namecheap disabled a domain with 20k user sites over an outdated abuse report with no prior notice; it came back quickly once they answered the email.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 25 days ago

Has been with Namecheap for 15 years with only good experiences.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 25 days ago

A change to Namecheap’s renewal process required re-enabling auto-renewal on a domain they had auto-renewed for a decade; it lapsed and was auctioned off with the profits kept.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 25 days ago

Years ago one Namecheap email in spam led to everything being disabled in 72 hours; answering the info request unlocked the account and they transferred out.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 25 days ago

Says Porkbun is fine but demands ID verification if the account is created over a VPN with no way around it.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 25 days ago

Has been with Porkbun since Google domains closed, with no issues and 7-8 domains, pairing it with Proton email and GitHub pages.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 25 days ago

Dumped Namecheap, which marks costs up well beyond actual ICANN fees.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 26 days ago

Has used Namecheap since 2019 and appreciates the support for SSL certificates and getting them installed.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 26 days ago

After a hijacked session set URL forwarding on their Porkbun domains, support replies were AI nonsense and they gave up; an earlier domain registration was also blocked without explanation.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 26 days ago

A Namecheap domain expired without a single expiry reminder email, which they had received in prior years, so they are moving it to Porkbun.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 26 days ago

Says Namecheap hijacked their account by blocking password reset after they forgot the old registered email password.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 26 days ago

Moved away from Namecheap after several years because customer service was terrible.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 26 days ago

Has never had problems with Namecheap and has been a customer since asking a founder early on about exit pricing.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

After 12 years Namecheap locked their account and disabled all domains behind a 72-hour ID verification demand, knocking their company email offline, with support only deferring to a risk team.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Namecheap accused them of fraud for parking a new domain, locked them out and refused a refund for a month, so they had to reverse the charge through their bank.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Left Namecheap because the UI could not set IPv6 nameservers, forcing a support request per domain that was sometimes done wrong.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Got access back within 30 hours after providing the documents, then transferred domains out, noting the transfer was surprisingly fast.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Has used Porkbun uneventfully for three domains.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Uses Porkbun and says it has been great.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Lost three domains through an error on Namecheap’s side while abroad and found support of zero help, even their marketplace card payment buggy.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Moved all domains from Namecheap, which charged 18 for .coms, to Porkbun at around 11.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Used Namecheap for many years for registration and DNS and it was fine before they moved to Cloudflare for price.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Porkbun locked their whole account for a week after a transfer because the domain contained the word server and warned it could seize all domains on any complaint.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Moved everything from Namecheap to Porkbun, which was quick and easy, with great support.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 27 days ago

Has had no problems with Namecheap for well over a decade.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 27 days ago

Porkbun has been awesome so far.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 27 days ago

Used Porkbun for many years and it is the favorite by far.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 28 days ago

Moved to Porkbun when Namecheap was bought and has been happy enough.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 28 days ago

Namecheap since 2009 without issues until the buyout; now planning to migrate.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 28 days ago

Transferred 4 domains from Namecheap to Dynadot in 20 minutes.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 28 days ago

After 10+ years, Namecheap shut down all their domains over a compliance flag and support was powerless.

Reddit · r/Domains · 29 days ago

Left Namecheap after 21 years for Porkbun, which still charges under 12 a year for .com with no promo codes, and is glad they moved.

Reddit · r/Domains · 29 days ago

After 10+ years Namecheap refused to match the cheaper price of its sister company Spaceship, so they moved.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Namecheap without problems for a long time, but prices crawl up and the API went behind a paywall.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Paid about 55 total for 10 years of a .eu domain on Porkbun.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Porkbun is an absolutely fantastic, no-nonsense experience.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Migrating a domain from Namecheap to Porkbun could not be easier.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Ditched Namecheap for Porkbun a few months ago and is happy.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Moved all domains away from Namecheap because renewal was too expensive.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Namecheap since 2010 with no problems, quick customer service and free WHOIS privacy.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Namecheap chat support quickly verified identity and disabled 2FA so an expired domain could be renewed.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

After a decade on Cloudflare registrar, a contact verification bug threatened suspension and support took 3 weeks to reply.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Switched to Cloudflare, which charges at cost with easy DNS for Let's Encrypt renewals.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Moved a domain from Namecheap to Cloudflare in about an hour for less than half the price.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Namecheap used to be cheap but now creeps up every year.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Namecheap announced another .com price increase; renewals were 16.88 not long ago.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Customer since 2002 who says Namecheap went downhill a long time ago.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Transferred 5 domains out of Namecheap because it has been overpriced, particularly on renewals.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Namecheap renewals reached nearly 20 dollars for .us and 54 for .digital.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Happy with Porkbun, which works well and lets nameservers be set freely.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Moved from Namecheap to Cloudflare in 10 minutes and saved 40-50 dollars in renewals.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 29 days ago

Moved all domains to Porkbun: great pricing, flexible configuration and super customer service.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 30 days ago

Uses Cloudflare for domains and renewals have stayed competitive at $10.50.

Reddit · r/Domains · 31 days ago

Domain registration orders took almost a day to process, so some domains were registered by someone else in the meantime, and they moved all their domains to another service.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 31 days ago

After about 25 years they left Gandi because domains renew at 30-40 euros after a normal first year.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 31 days ago

Many years on Gandi with an easy process and great support at a half decent price.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 35 days ago

Likes GoDaddy because DNS record updates apply right away.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 36 days ago

GoDaddy support misunderstood how to set a DNSSEC DS record and the first rep put 10K of products in the cart.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 36 days ago

A client with 30 GoDaddy domains had every transfer out be a nightmare, and support is like talking to a wall.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 36 days ago

Needed over 8 calls in a week to get GoDaddy to remove an outbound email block.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

Cloudflare solved the ACME automation need and was easy and less sales-spammy than other registrars.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

Has used Namecheap since 2007.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

Namecheap is fine but pricier than Porkbun with more marketing for other services, so they migrated to save a few dollars.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

Over a decade with Porkbun, never a problem, and the API is great.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

30-year web developer who has used Namecheap forever with no issues.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

Moved from GoDaddy to Cloudflare a while back and it has been solid.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

Nearly 20 years with Name.com.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

Always used Namecheap with no issues for simple needs.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

Bought a first domain at Cloudflare and found it very easy to set up without experience.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 36 days ago

Buys domains through Cloudflare because it is just easier.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 39 days ago

GoDaddy SSL support offered only tier 1 and said senior support cannot talk with customers when a rekey revocation needed fixing.

Reddit · r/webdev · 43 days ago

Found the Porkbun website very slow and not working.

Reddit · r/webdev · 43 days ago

GoDaddy cancelled a 10,200 dollar premium domain sale and refunded only 9,900.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 46 days ago

After cancelling hosting, GoDaddy website email costs 107 dollars per address per year; everything is a la carte and the site is confusing.

Reddit · r/Domains · 55 days ago

Customer since around 2009 who used to recommend it because it avoided upsell pages and sneaky charges, but says it has morphed into something worse and is now researching new registrars.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 58 days ago

After 20 years as a customer GoDaddy purchased the poster's name to try to sell it back.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 59 days ago

GoDaddy phone support was unhelpful: its own IIS guide says export the PFX but the rep said it could not be done.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 59 days ago

GoDaddy's new root CA did not exist until the final hour, causing a 3 AM outage and ongoing SSL errors on some devices; dropping them.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 59 days ago

Installing GoDaddy UCC certificates on SBS servers for years required re-keying on every renewal.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 59 days ago

Dropped GoDaddy over a decade ago and found support utterly incompetent.

Reddit · r/Domains · 61 days ago

Moving domains off Namecheap because cheaper options exist and Namecheap offers nothing to justify its higher cost.

Reddit · r/Domains · 61 days ago

Moved everything from Namecheap to Porkbun after noticing they were paying double the rate.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 64 days ago

They buy domains with Cloudflare and say renewal costs the same as the purchase price. They automate zones, DNS and SSL issuance there.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 64 days ago

A web developer spends much time offboarding clients from GoDaddy because of its products, support and pricing tactics.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 65 days ago

Says GoDaddy treats consumers shamelessly, with unclear site and domain information and a support chat rep who dismissed their complaint.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 65 days ago

All domains at Namecheap with never an issue, a straightforward interface and clear documentation.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 65 days ago

Has used Namecheap for ages without issues.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 65 days ago

Hundreds of hours wasted on GoDaddy before transferring to Namecheap.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 65 days ago

GoDaddy is fine as a registrar but hosting and email should go elsewhere.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 68 days ago

Years of GoDaddy domain registration with no issues, though would never use them for hosting.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 68 days ago

About 30 domains moved from GoDaddy and Namecheap to Porkbun, which is nicer with support that works with them on issues.

Reddit · r/webdev · 75 days ago

Nineteen years on GoDaddy ended with annual cost near AU$800 for 5 emails, 1 site and 2 domains versus under AU$100 elsewhere.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 75 days ago

GoDaddy hosting upsells everything, including PHP upgrades and downloading paid-for backups.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 75 days ago

A domain searched on GoDaddy was taken by the next day.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 75 days ago

.ai domains left in the GoDaddy basket were 20 times the price when the poster returned.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 75 days ago

Let the last domains lapse at GoDaddy after being tired of the upselling.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 77 days ago

A domain the poster searched was parked by GoDaddy as a 1,500 dollar premium.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 77 days ago

Locked out of their domain for over a week with no response from Namecheap risk management.

Reddit · r/Domains · 78 days ago

Got spam calls after buying a domain, which they say exposed their personal details in WHOIS, and stopped buying domains there despite the lower price.

Reddit · r/Domains · 78 days ago

Had the same flood of spam calls after registering a .us domain, which has no WHOIS privacy.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 80 days ago

Long-standing Toronto-based registrar that has worked reliably for years.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 80 days ago

Good domain registrar overall, though billing is only available in USD despite being Canadian.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 80 days ago

A Spaceship domain customer of three years stays because renewal pricing is very competitive.

Reddit · r/Domains · 81 days ago

Transferred a domain from BigRock for about $5.97 and is currently getting the same $5.97 a year for future renewals.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 84 days ago

GoDaddy domain backorders repeatedly failed then the program was sunset with credits lost and no compensation.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 87 days ago

Has kept domains at Namecheap for around a decade without any billing problems.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 88 days ago

GoDaddy's IIS certificate instructions were unclear; the R1 cross-signed chain caused ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID until the cross certificate was installed.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 88 days ago

Renewing a GoDaddy SSL cert for an appliance failed repeatedly, so they bought a cert from the vendor they planned to move to.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 88 days ago

Has had multiple issues with GoDaddy certificates on ClearPass and other systems.

Reddit · r/Domains · 88 days ago

A shortlist of domains checked on GoDaddy had one bought by GoDaddy the next day, happening twice.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 89 days ago

Porkbun is their personal favorite: top notch with modern domain management and UI.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 90 days ago

Satisfied with Porkbun, only domains there, pricing excellent at 4.07 USD per .de renewal.

Reddit · r/Domains · 90 days ago

A searched domain was listed for sale by GoDaddy an hour later at 995 dollars.

Reddit · r/Domains · 90 days ago

400+ domains at GoDaddy over 25 years and never saw domain front-running.

Reddit · r/Domains · 90 days ago

Moved from GoDaddy to Porkbun and highly recommends it.

Reddit · r/webdev · 90 days ago

Moved domains from Namecheap to Porkbun about two years ago and is happy with them.

Reddit · r/webdev · 90 days ago

Namecheap customer for 20 years with ~200 domains; DNS always awesome and kept resolving during the outage, though would not host there.

Reddit · r/webdev · 90 days ago

Used Namecheap only as registrar and DNS and never had a problem.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 91 days ago

GoDaddy refused to drop a domain from Proofpoint until annual licenses expire despite three calls in a week.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 91 days ago

In GoDaddy's M365 setup, changing a user display name took 46 clicks.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 91 days ago

Has used GoDaddy for years for a basic domain, DNS and cert setup and never had problems.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 91 days ago

Never had problems with GoDaddy.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 91 days ago

Had the same domain-grab experience with GoDaddy.

Reddit · r/Domains · 91 days ago

A brand domain checked repeatedly on GoDaddy went from 15 dollars to 2,000 and a second case ended up for sale at 3,000.

Reddit · r/Wordpress · 91 days ago

Twelve years on Namecheap for domain, email and SSL; a great GoDaddy alternative.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 92 days ago

GoDaddy domain email was set to forward all tenant mail to a GoDaddy address for its AI chat by default, needing support chat to remove.

Reddit · r/Domains · 94 days ago

Calls Porkbun very reliable and uses it as their registrar, with Fastmail for email.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 95 days ago

A searched domain was registered through GoDaddy four hours later and GoDaddy offered a paid broker route.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 95 days ago

Years with Porkbun and recommends them.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 95 days ago

Cloudflare ticket support was unhelpful for a .uk transfer, so new registrations went to Porkbun.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 95 days ago

GoDaddy bought a domain on expiry day and tried to sell it back for 3,000 dollars for a year.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 95 days ago

GoDaddy quoted 1,000 dollars for a lapsed school team domain while the .org cost 20.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 95 days ago

A domain looked up on GoDaddy was promptly bought and cost 15,000 dollars to acquire.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 95 days ago

An obscure domain checked on GoDaddy was gone the next day.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 95 days ago

A researched obscure domain was registered by next morning; the poster avoids GoDaddy now.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 95 days ago

Pretty happy with Porkbun as a registrar in a thread about GoDaddy domain front-running.

Reddit · r/Domains · 97 days ago

Had horrible experiences with Namecheap and GoDaddy support and moved 30 or so domains from Namecheap to NameSilo.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 97 days ago

Left Namecheap after realizing renewals cost several dollars more per domain than Porkbun.

Reddit · r/Domains · 98 days ago

Calls Namecheap fine but renewals expensive, and a fraudulent stolen-domain claim took 6 months to investigate.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 98 days ago

Porkbun asked for a face picture to sign up, so they deleted the new account and used Dynadot instead.

Reddit · r/Domains · 100 days ago

Has bought about 50 domains at Namecheap and can register a domain and start working on it within 10 minutes.

Reddit · r/Domains · 100 days ago

Used Namecheap for about 10 years without issues and calls it a solid provider with enough options to configure.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 102 days ago

Decades-long GoDaddy accounts and finds tons of unethical hidden fees.

Reddit · r/Domains · 103 days ago

Got a GoDaddy domain refund within the 5-day window, but the refund was not automatic, live chat was missing and phone AI loops took about two hours.

Reddit · r/webdev · 107 days ago

After buying a .net domain on GoDaddy, the matching .com was listed for sale days later, suggesting front-running.

Reddit · r/Domains · 111 days ago

GoDaddy charged around 100 dollars to reactivate an expired domain still in the renewal phase; transferring to Namecheap avoided it.

Reddit · r/Domains · 111 days ago

Dropped GoDaddy after 12 years and is much happier.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 111 days ago

Has used NameSilo for years with no issues.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 111 days ago

Of 140 domains in various GoDaddy accounts only 124 could be transferred; re-registering the rest carried a huge markup.

Reddit · r/Domains · 112 days ago

Porkbun refunded a mistaken domain purchase happily.

Reddit · r/Domains · 112 days ago

Spaceship refunded a mistaken domain purchase not long ago.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 112 days ago

Namecheap was perfect for their needs, but they're moving to Porkbun over unstable renewal prices.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 112 days ago

Cloudflare's registrar is an overall amazing experience.

Reddit · r/Domains · 113 days ago

GoDaddy support was unreachable for two days, with no email support, calls not getting through and an endless chatbot transfer loop.

Reddit · r/Domains · 113 days ago

15+ years with GoDaddy and finds phone support great, with a live agent in minutes.

Reddit · r/Domains · 113 days ago

Finds GoDaddy phone support incredibly helpful.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 113 days ago

Uses Cloudflare for all 50+ domains: epic and cheap.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 113 days ago

Namecheap has gotten shitty in the last few years; they migrated all domains to Cloudflare.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 113 days ago

Good experience keeping domains at Dynadot: simple management and easy transfers.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 116 days ago

Used Namecheap since 2008 and moved dozens of clients, but since the private equity acquisition service has dropped, prices risen and fraud tools lock long-standing accounts.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 116 days ago

Moved everything to Porkbun: cheap and the control panel works smoothly.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 116 days ago

Happy with Porkbun: several transfers with no issues, easy control panel, straightforward pricing and advance notice of renewal increases.

Reddit · r/WIX · 117 days ago

Uses Porkbun for their domain at under $20 a year with no issues.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 118 days ago

GoDaddy Web Hosting Max sites were down for 10 hours with no help and blame placed on Cloudflare.

Reddit · r/Domains · 120 days ago

They previously used Dynadot as their registrar and found it perfect, apart from one attempted 500 dollar wallet top-up by someone else that their card bank refused.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 120 days ago

GoDaddy shut off the MediaTemple nameservers, breaking a customer's DNS resolution.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 120 days ago

GoDaddy Corporate Domains (Brandsight) is the best registrar for a 3,000-domain portfolio, though not cheap.

Reddit · r/webdev · 122 days ago

GoDaddy took over 700 dollars for a website completion, delivered nothing and refused a refund after 4 months.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 126 days ago

A complete beginner who used Porkbun free website builder did not like it and is looking for other hosting.

Reddit · r/smallbusiness · 126 days ago

Loves Namecheap, moved there after getting fed up with GoDaddy.

Reddit · r/smallbusiness · 127 days ago

Used Namecheap for many years and moved most domains to Cloudflare: Namecheap is way more expensive and its website is poor.

Reddit · r/smallbusiness · 127 days ago

Switched about 200 domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun two years ago: more reliable and much less expensive.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 131 days ago

Bought a new Porkbun domain without needing ID, as with their original one two years earlier.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 133 days ago

Uses Porkbun and has never been asked for ID verification.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 133 days ago

In India, Porkbun demanded ID verification on account creation even over VPN or real IP, so they gave up (registry rules require eKYC for Indian registrants).

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 136 days ago

Spent three hours trying to see a Porkbun price while the site spun, returned a bad gateway error, and was sluggish.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 141 days ago

Since GoDaddy's new infrastructure switch in March, four of five sites lost their products, requiring daily fixes and hours on the phone.

Reddit · r/Domains · 142 days ago

Their ID verification was declined at Porkbun and they did not know how long the resolution would take.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 142 days ago

Managing 85 GoDaddy certs, the R1 chain change broke IIS and Netscaler until bundles were rebuilt.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 146 days ago

Tried Porkbun, never strayed, and now has 12 domains with a great interface and pricing.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 147 days ago

Namecheap notified that .com renewals rise from 12.95 to about 19.99, up from 5.99 when they first transferred from Network Solutions.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 147 days ago

Moved over 20 domains to Porkbun and found the transfers seamless.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 147 days ago

A longtime Namecheap fan who moved away because renewing through Cloudflare is cheaper.

Reddit · r/webdev · 151 days ago

GoDaddy charged for two months and a $130 unrequested report; the card issuer said it is flooded with GoDaddy complaints.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 156 days ago

After four days of certificate chain trouble with no help, 60+ certificates are moving from GoDaddy to Sectigo.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 159 days ago

GoDaddy Website + Marketing Basic rose from 127 dollars to 217 dollars in three years.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 159 days ago

A rekeyed GoDaddy certificate on the new R1 chain threw Chromium errors, needing a specific import sequence to fix.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 159 days ago

A renewed GoDaddy VPN certificate lacked a trusted root in the bundle and GoDaddy support was useless.

Reddit · r/SpaceShip · 160 days ago

Passkey and 2FA login has failed for a couple of months, forcing use of recovery codes, and they are now locked out of the account.

Reddit · r/Domains · 160 days ago

Moved from GoDaddy to Cloudflare because of GoDaddy's ridiculous pricing.

Reddit · r/Domains · 162 days ago

Has used NameSilo for many years for a portfolio of 200+ domains, managing renewals via API and WHMCS.

Reddit · r/HostingReport · 163 days ago

Straightforward interface, zero hidden fees, and included WHOIS privacy keep it competitive for bulk domain owners despite slight price increases.

Reddit · r/Domains · 163 days ago

Uses Porkbun for 1,000 to 2,000 personally owned domains.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 163 days ago

Has 60+ domains at Cloudflare: at-cost pricing and a great API for bulk management.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 163 days ago

After testing several registrars, found Dynadot the best, with a good mobile app and security.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 163 days ago

Moved about 100 domains from GoDaddy to Cloudflare smoothly using the API to pre-create zones.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 167 days ago

Uses Cloudflare as registrar and notes they do not raise domain renewal prices.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 167 days ago

Hosts about 5 websites and 7 web apps at GoDaddy for roughly 30 dollars a month with no problems for ten years.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 168 days ago

Pays 56 dollars a month to GoDaddy for 25 WordPress sites, with them for 20+ years.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 168 days ago

Switched domains to Cloudflare Registrar and finds it way cheaper.

Reddit · r/webdev · 168 days ago

Namecheap support fixed issues and got the full service working, among the best from a larger company.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 169 days ago

GoDaddy auto-renewal produced a large bill that felt expensive versus other providers.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 169 days ago

Managing a nonprofit site on GoDaddy meant horrible price gouging on hosting and SSL; moving away saved money.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 169 days ago

GoDaddy throttled and threw errors under bot traffic, then tried to upsell a 600 dollar a year plan.

Reddit · r/webdev · 170 days ago

GoDaddy sold website care promising SEO help, but overseas staff were clueless and sales stopped replying.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 171 days ago

GoDaddy renewal for a WordPress site and Microsoft 365 email was ridiculous, about 249 dollars per mailbox per year.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 174 days ago

Namecheap sold out: support is the worst and prices up on everything, so they are moving to Porkbun.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 175 days ago

Prefers Porkbun because it is easy to transfer domains in.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 176 days ago

GoDaddy keeps pushing services they do not need, such as insisting on a website, and they have had many bad experiences.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 180 days ago

A developer has found Namecheap solid for domains and simple hosting.

Reddit · r/Domains · 182 days ago

Uses Dynadot for a flat 10.88 dollars a year for .com domains.

Reddit · r/Domains · 184 days ago

Tried to buy a $30 domain at Namecheap; the order was cancelled after payment and the domain then showed at $500.

Reddit · r/Domains · 184 days ago

Bought a $250 premium domain via Spaceship, got a confirmation, then was refunded next day because the seller no longer owned it while it relisted for $2000.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 184 days ago

After 20 years GoDaddy forced a website builder migration, an update killed the site and support is no longer reachable.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 189 days ago

A new .in domain at GoDaddy sat on clientHold after KYC for days with support giving incorrect information.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 191 days ago

Has a few domains at Spaceship for a few months with no issues, a smooth process, decent prices and frequent promotions.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 191 days ago

A new managed WordPress site on GoDaddy was quick at first but a week later would not load for no reason.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 191 days ago

The same site loaded in under a second after leaving GoDaddy versus multiple seconds on GoDaddy.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 191 days ago

GoDaddy servers had absurdly small, mismanaged CPU and IO quotas; adding Cloudflare helped a little and firing GoDaddy helped a lot.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 192 days ago

Moved a domain from Squarespace to Spaceship recently with zero issues and says it behaves like a mature product.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 193 days ago

Long-time Namecheap customer finds renewals 50 percent more than Porkbun and support chat pointed them to Spaceship.

Reddit · r/Domains · 195 days ago

Bought a .me domain through Spaceship from a third party and kind of likes the interface there, enough to consider transferring it from Dynadot.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 198 days ago

GoDaddy let a business domain lapse after email-only renewal notices and offers a $99 broker to buy it back.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 199 days ago

Mass-transferred domains from Namecheap to Porkbun in an afternoon, with Whois guard enabled on each and a simple sales marketplace; solid so far.

Reddit · r/webdev · 199 days ago

GoDaddy keeps using fear tactics to upsell domain protection after a domain purchase.

Reddit · r/Domains · 200 days ago

Finds Cloudflare Registrar domains priced at cost with no markup and offering more controls.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 200 days ago

Namecheap is amazing for domains and hosting with fantastic support, paired with iCloud email.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 200 days ago

Company has used Namecheap for about ten years with no issues.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 200 days ago

Longtime Gandi fan since the 2000s moved everything to Porkbun after recent price increases.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 200 days ago

Gandi split the basic mailbox into a pricey extra, then tripled domain renewal prices; moved everything to Infomaniak.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 200 days ago

Left GoDaddy years ago for Name.com and never had an issue.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 200 days ago

Customer was charged 250 dollars for SSL, had their URL resolve to another customer's site, was sold a different bundle and billed 300 for extra support.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 200 days ago

Never had issues using GoDaddy as a registrar with DNS entries and a basic website.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 200 days ago

Namecheap showed a domain price $700+ higher, refused to cancel, and said it would take up to a month; paid $3200+.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 201 days ago

Moved domains and hosting from GoDaddy to Namecheap over ten years ago with no problems; the few support calls were resolved in one call.

Reddit · r/webdev · 203 days ago

Porkbun did not answer for two weeks about MX and autodiscover record changes, causing bounced mail, and were annoyed when finally reached.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 203 days ago

GoDaddy charged 3,148 dollars over two months for a website build that never happened and refused a refund.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 205 days ago

Switched all domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun after GoDaddy started charging extra for SSL; no regrets so far.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 205 days ago

Switched from Google Workspace domains to Porkbun, with 8 years of registration for 80 dollars and email for 24 a year.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 206 days ago

Liked it for domains, but moved most of their domains to Porkbun because renewals are cheaper there.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 206 days ago

GoDaddy charged a defunct club's domain renewal, refused to discuss it without the account email, and refused credit afterward.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 209 days ago

Very satisfied with Porkbun for domains, connected to separate hosting for client projects.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 211 days ago

Defederating Microsoft 365 from GoDaddy was an easy process but salespeople bugged them on the phone when leaving.

Reddit · r/webdev · 211 days ago

Mostly satisfied for years until a GoDaddy infrastructure move lost product reviews and broke descriptions, with no compensation.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 216 days ago

Used alongside others and found a little slower than Spaceship and Porkbun, which they call the best.

Reddit · r/webdev · 216 days ago

Says Namecheap nickel-and-dimes with per-domain SSL charges and fees for help after a hack.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 216 days ago

GoDaddy botched a migration from HostGator leaving the site and email down 3 days, and a 1,400 dollar security package failed to clean malware or add SSL.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 217 days ago

Claims Spaceship took their domain after registration and tried to sell it back at an inflated price.

Reddit · r/Domains · 218 days ago

Leaving after 20 years because domain prices jumped and basic email costs rose roughly tenfold to match full Google Workspace pricing.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 219 days ago

Hundreds of domains at Porkbun with nothing but positive experiences.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 219 days ago

Never a single issue with Porkbun, and support got them situated after a mistake.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 219 days ago

Moved from Namecheap to Porkbun over 2 years ago with nothing but positive experience, though the UI and API are rough.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 219 days ago

Moved everything from other registrars to Porkbun and it has been a pleasure.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 219 days ago

Recently migrated from GoDaddy to Porkbun and had a 5 star experience.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 219 days ago

Moved all domains from GoDaddy and Namecheap to Porkbun earlier this year.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 220 days ago

Paid to renew domains a few days past grace, and after payment Namecheap moved them to auction, citing a bug.

Reddit · r/webdev · 222 days ago

Uses Porkbun and Cloudflare as go-to choices; Cloudflare gives a lot for free and plans are cheaper than Vercel.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 222 days ago

A year after defederating a church's Microsoft 365 from GoDaddy, GoDaddy took control and shut off email and Office access.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 222 days ago

After defederation, GoDaddy runs a script that deletes the Microsoft tenant when the original licenses expire if its partner relationship is not removed.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 222 days ago

GoDaddy moved a personal email account to O365 without being asked and took multiple tickets to the president's office to export 20 years of mail.

Reddit · r/Domains · 223 days ago

Former die-hard fan who rapidly migrated over 100 domains to Spaceship after the steep price hikes.

Reddit · r/webdev · 223 days ago

Usually buys domains from Cloudflare but notes the downside that nameservers cannot be changed there.

Reddit · r/webdev · 223 days ago

Switched to Porkbun for domains at half the price, with actually helpful support unlike GoDaddy chat.

Reddit · r/Domains · 229 days ago

Fifteen years of managing 15 to 30 domains a year went without trouble until checkout stopped accepting their Swedish card and PayPal; renewals worked only through a Spanish PayPal account.

Reddit · r/webdev · 230 days ago

Business uses Namecheap and found domain prices cheapest or at least competitive.

Reddit · r/webdev · 230 days ago

Regrets using GoDaddy, saying they charged about double for domains.

Reddit · r/webdev · 230 days ago

Company uses GoDaddy with no service issues, though pricing and business practices seem predatory.

Reddit · r/webdev · 231 days ago

Small business paid 1,700 dollars upfront for three years of three GoDaddy mailboxes and vague security, still got phishing and hacked email, and was pitched more security add-ons.

Reddit · r/Domains · 234 days ago

Moved all but 4 of their domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun after reading this subreddit; the rest will move at renewal.

Reddit · r/Domains · 234 days ago

GoDaddy auto-added MS Office that renewed at $100 per domain per year; caught only at the second renewal, $200 total.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 234 days ago

GoDaddy SSL renewal for Website Builder 7 sites rises from 100 to 120 dollars.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 234 days ago

GoDaddy Website Builder v7 makes third-party SSL nearly impossible and sites cannot be moved to the new builder without rebuilding.

Reddit · r/webdev · 234 days ago

Chose Porkbun for cheap renewals but finds the UI clunky.

Reddit · r/webdev · 234 days ago

Namecheap's 24/7 live support and cheap prices, after a very bad recent experience with GoDaddy.

Reddit · r/webdev · 234 days ago

GoDaddy gives a big discount at purchase then renews at double, upsells everywhere, and the site is painful to navigate.

Reddit · r/webdev · 234 days ago

Uses Cloudflare for registration: no markup on registrar prices and no upselling.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 237 days ago

A $3 purchase got their account locked for fraud after 3 days; they claim a refund but say Namecheap took the domain and money.

Reddit · r/webdev · 239 days ago

GoDaddy keeps adding charges, hides what is included at renewal and bills the domain a day later.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 240 days ago

Uses Porkbun for the domain and Nixihost for hosting and has had no issues with either.

Reddit · r/Domains · 240 days ago

Cloudflare offers at-cost registration with the most capable DNS toolset available.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 242 days ago

A domain searched on GoDaddy was gone within an hour and GoDaddy blocks searched names to upcharge.

Reddit · r/webdev · 245 days ago

GoDaddy showed a domain as expired early despite auto-renew and charged a 55 dollar redemption fee on a roughly 7 dollar domain; support blamed the user.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 254 days ago

Switches between Porkbun as the priority registrar and Namecheap; prefers Porkbun but says it sometimes acts up.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 254 days ago

Says Porkbun has worked well for them and the prices never change, unlike what they heard about Namecheap renewals.

Reddit · r/webdev · 257 days ago

Hit Namecheap’s block on renewing a com.au domain within 12 days of expiry, but a live agent processed the renewal manually at the standard price.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 258 days ago

Email forwarding on a Namecheap domain can't send to Yahoo and support only suggested buying hosting or Private Email.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 259 days ago

GoDaddy charged for new domain registrations without registering them until support escalated, after a 2020-2024 customer stint.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 259 days ago

After 26 years of domain registrars, calls Porkbun a breath of fresh air and moved a few thousand names there.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 259 days ago

GoDaddy is fine for domain registration but horrific for hosting, with constant upselling, poor tech support and deceptive marketing.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 260 days ago

Uses GoDaddy only for domain registration and renewals and has found it rock solid for over 20 years.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 260 days ago

Multiple GoDaddy customer domains randomly reverted to default nameservers without explanation.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 260 days ago

Moved family domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun because GoDaddy was more expensive, upselling was aggressive and privacy cost extra.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 260 days ago

Price hikes over time and a painful transfer-out process that forced extra year purchases drove them off GoDaddy.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 263 days ago

Two to three years on their email hosting with zero complaints aside from one brief outage.

Reddit · r/webdev · 263 days ago

GoDaddy UX is built to upsell, renewal price jumped 35 dollars mid-session and a transfer-out was met with scare tactics.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 265 days ago

GoDaddy support gives ChatGPT-style copy-paste answers that do not apply to GoDaddy.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 265 days ago

After switching from Namecheap to Cloudflare, DNS changes propagate in 30 seconds instead of up to 24 hours.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 265 days ago

Namecheap went from competitive to ~50% above Porkbun, support is hit or miss, and an auction domain was relisted at 100x within minutes.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 265 days ago

Never had issues with Namecheap as a registrar across many clients.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 265 days ago

After years of working auto-renew, it was removed from all domains and one live-site domain was lost to someone else; Namecheap called them a liar.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 267 days ago

Left GoDaddy about three years ago after it took three domain names, which now appear parked on GoDaddy's site.

Reddit · r/Domains · 268 days ago

Managing around a thousand active domains and buying dropped and auction domains has worked without a single issue.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 268 days ago

Transferred a domain over and like the new UI and cheaper .dev and .io renewal rates, even if the dashboard feels slightly heavy in the browser.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 268 days ago

A 10-year domain was transferred away without notice despite domain protection, and GoDaddy blamed missing malware software while trying to sell 4,000 dollars of services.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 269 days ago

Moved everything to Cloudflare, over 20 domains, really happy with bare-bones pricing.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 269 days ago

Using Porkbun for many years after switching all domains from GoDaddy.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 270 days ago

After 15+ registrars in 20 years, NameSilo is their go-to: cheap renewals, free WHOIS privacy and DNS, simple interface.

Reddit · r/webdev · 273 days ago

Namecheap accused them of domain tasting and refused a $10 refund after an accidental transfer fee.

Reddit · r/webdev · 274 days ago

GoDaddy Discount Domain Club rose from 89.99 to 332.57 dollars.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 280 days ago

GoDaddy Email with Advanced protection (white-label Office 365 plus Proofpoint) never adds the Proofpoint SPF or DKIM records despite about 8 dollars extra per mailbox.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 285 days ago

After 9,900 dollars over 10 years GoDaddy refused to sell an advertised-price domain at that price.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 286 days ago

GoDaddy frontline reps knew nothing about defederating M365 and escalation was difficult.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 286 days ago

A vanity domain found at 90 dollars a year was bought by a GoDaddy subsidiary a week later and listed at 12,500.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 286 days ago

Tons of domains and DNS on GoDaddy with no issue in 10 years.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 286 days ago

GoDaddy DNS minimum TTL, MFA and multi-language handling are poor.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 286 days ago

A GoDaddy portal button changed records to a splash page, taking a club site down and 3 hours to repair.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 287 days ago

Has zero issues with GoDaddy and blames the marketing manager rather than GoDaddy for the DNS mishap.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 287 days ago

A GoDaddy portal prompt reverted nameservers to GoDaddy, dropping MX records and causing an email outage.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 287 days ago

GoDaddy login rejects privacy browsers, MFA is an afterthought and delegate access is buried.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 287 days ago

GoDaddy MS365 costs the same as direct but has a severely restricted admin portal.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 287 days ago

A 2-year GoDaddy wildcard SSL renewal cost 1,469.98 Canadian dollars after tax.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 287 days ago

GoDaddy DNS API limits broke a Cloudron setup until switching to Cloudflare.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 289 days ago

After nearly a year at GoDaddy, wants out because they overcharge for unnecessary things.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 291 days ago

After over 24 years as a customer, their Deluxe Hosting plan lost its unlimited add-on domains with no warning or explanation. They also lost their Premier status.

Reddit · r/webdev · 291 days ago

Calls Porkbun solid for domains after using them for years.

Reddit · r/Domains · 292 days ago

A $4.95 minimum funding transaction made two gift cards with $4 each useless for buying a $3 domain.

Reddit · r/webdev · 292 days ago

Keeps all domains on Dynadot: prices close to Cloudflare and Cloudflare DNS still usable.

Reddit · r/webdev · 296 days ago

GoDaddy redemption fees nearly 600 dollars for domains worth about 200, with dismissive support.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 299 days ago

Had GoDaddy for over a year for the domain only with no issues.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 299 days ago

GoDaddy renewals cost far more the second time; it wanted 100 dollars for one email that Namecheap did for under 5.

Reddit · r/webdev · 300 days ago

Gandi charged £40 for a .com renewal without advance notice.

Reddit · r/webdev · 300 days ago

Most domains at Porkbun for years: most consistent, never a problem, batch edit tools.

Reddit · r/webdev · 301 days ago

Really likes Cloudflare and has used it for domains since Google Domains was sold.

Reddit · r/webdev · 301 days ago

Cloudflare registrar has been solid: at-cost pricing, fast DNS propagation, simple interface, no upselling, but less hand-holding.

Reddit · r/webdev · 301 days ago

On Porkbun since Google Domains was shut down and finds it pretty fantastic.

Reddit · r/webdev · 301 days ago

Namecheap nearly tripled their rates in two years; moving hundreds of dollars of domains to Porkbun.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 303 days ago

GoDaddy charged a large unrequested 3-year, 5-seat Office 365 auto-renewal and support refused a refund.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 307 days ago

Left Namecheap after about 9 years because prices got too high and moved everything to Dynadot.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 309 days ago

Namecheap wouldn't refund a six-dollar purchase made six days earlier, even by cancelling the order.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 310 days ago

GoDaddy renewal would not let an extra 13 euro privacy option be removed.

Reddit · r/webdev · 310 days ago

An inherited GoDaddy domain expired and 2FA tied to the same domain blocked payment through support and login.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 311 days ago

After an account change, iPhone email stopped working and Namecheap support was beyond useless.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 311 days ago

Each time they had an issue Namecheap's chat was very helpful, even configuring things for them.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 311 days ago

Uses Dynadot and Cloudflare, both great for many years.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 311 days ago

Porkbun hits the sweet spot on price, support and control panel, with US-based support.

Reddit · r/Domains · 312 days ago

They have tried to reach customer service about their domain since it moved from Google to Squarespace and never got a response, while still receiving marketing emails.

Reddit · r/webdev · 312 days ago

GoDaddy hosting email forces a $19.95 per user per month Microsoft license for each Outlook use.

Reddit · r/Domains · 313 days ago

Migrated three domains from Namecheap to Porkbun and saved 4-5 dollars each.

Reddit · r/Domains · 314 days ago

After 15 years at Namecheap, renewals rose from about $8.99 to close to $15 and they are looking for alternatives.

Reddit · r/Domains · 314 days ago

Has more than 30 domains registered at Cloudflare with no issues.

Reddit · r/Domains · 315 days ago

The discount program keeps .com renewals around 11 dollars, but standard renewal pricing without the program has climbed to 17.29 dollars, making small portfolios expensive.

Reddit · r/webdev · 334 days ago

Just started with Porkbun, citing good pricing on pseudo-premium extensions, a straightforward service and a fast transfer.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 338 days ago

GoDaddy agent added 900+ dollars of products with max-term auto-renew and renewed products after auto-renew was off.

Reddit · r/Domains · 341 days ago

Over a decade of economical domain service, though a domain renewal sat stuck in processing for five months without an email notification about an address verification rule.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 341 days ago

Moved many domains from Namecheap to Cloudflare, saving a few hundred a year and being really happy.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 342 days ago

Great luck with Porkbun after 30+ years in the field; highly recommended.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 343 days ago

Moved from Namecheap and is sticking with Porkbun.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 343 days ago

GoDaddy email migration caused the loss of 20+ years of emails and the apology was pricey free months.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 343 days ago

Successful years with Cloudflare, moving legacy domains from Network Solutions to save a couple hundred a year.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 343 days ago

Lost a domain to a timezone difference and GoDaddy wanted a grace fee over 100 euros.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 344 days ago

A GoDaddy agent falsely said a domain was sold, offered a 99 dollar broker fee and added 900 dollars of products to the cart.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 344 days ago

Switched to Porkbun after Google Domains was sold and found it legit and hilarious.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 344 days ago

Moved everything to Porkbun for cheap domains and a free wildcard SSL certificate.

Reddit · r/webdev · 345 days ago

Namecheap customer for 15+ years with dozens of domains and sites; says support is responsive and it doesn't nickel-and-dime.

Reddit · r/Domains · 346 days ago

Five domains searched on Namecheap showed unavailable with make-an-offer within minutes though GoDaddy still had them, so they are switching away.

Reddit · r/Wordpress · 353 days ago

An agency lost a client domain at GoDaddy after missing the grace period; support promised them first place in the backorder queue, but they had to pay a broker $2,000.

Reddit · r/Domains · 358 days ago

Good domain registrar that avoids the predatory tactics of GoDaddy and Network Solutions.

Reddit · r/hetzner · 358 days ago

Decided to move away from Gandi, saying it has turned bad, and is looking for a new home for domain and email since mailboxes elsewhere are now priced around 50 euros a year.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 364 days ago

A cheap GoDaddy domain led to constant upselling and add-on funnelling.

Reddit · r/Domains · 366 days ago

Calls NameSilo customer service the worst, making everything complicated and refusing a refund for their own mistake.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 366 days ago

GoDaddy keeps resetting their nameservers, eight times so far, and support is clueless.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 374 days ago

They hold a few dozen domains and two hosting accounts at GoDaddy. GoDaddy changed their legacy Deluxe plan code to a limited version without authorization and said it could not be rolled back.

Reddit · r/Domains · 376 days ago

Bought a domain from GoDaddy for 3,000 dollars, account email was changed so no renewal notice arrived, and it was relisted for 10,000.

Reddit · r/Domains · 377 days ago

A decade at Namecheap without issues and a better domain-management interface, but constant price increases pushed them to Cloudflare as registrar.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 386 days ago

Porkbun is perfect domain-wise.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 386 days ago

A lapsed personal-name domain was sold on to a reseller demanding thousands after a decade as a Namecheap customer with declining support.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 386 days ago

Twenty years on Namecheap, needed support a couple of times with no complaints.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 386 days ago

After hosting a site on GoDaddy the poster was spammed with calls offering to build it.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 386 days ago

A 7 dollar GoDaddy domain wanted almost 250 dollars to renew after a year.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 386 days ago

Porkbun has been the best experience after Namecheap API limits and Cloudflare forced DNS.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 386 days ago

Porkbun has no API IP whitelist like Namecheap, cheaper domains and a faster website.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 386 days ago

Transferring a domain from GoDaddy to Cloudflare was handled easily over a 20-minute call.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 386 days ago

Hover has been a great registrar over the years.

Reddit · r/smallbusiness · 387 days ago

Moving their Microsoft 365 tenant away from GoDaddy was anger inducing because GoDaddy attaches special things to the tenant. They had to back up files manually and create a new tenant, which broke linked SSO apps.

Reddit · r/smallbusiness · 387 days ago

They run a medical practice on GoDaddy email and say it costs them $40-45 per user per month plus hosting and malware add-ons. They are also hitting syncing issues with Dropbox.

Reddit · r/Domains · 387 days ago

Namecheap domain renewals are up at least 50 percent over a couple of years while Cloudflare domains stayed the same.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 393 days ago

Cloudflare nameservers on a new GoDaddy domain kept being reset to GoDaddy every few days, taking the site down four times in a month.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 393 days ago

GoDaddy fined and locked out a private-WHOIS domain after a cease-and-desist letter with no chance to respond, taking a month to restore.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 393 days ago

Several domains at Cloudflare Registrar for 5-6 years with no problems.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 393 days ago

A GoDaddy support rep casually said they would take the domains away for any policy violation, so they moved all domains that day.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 393 days ago

GoDaddy changed their DNS twice without explanation and support suggested user error; they moved all domains to Namecheap.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 393 days ago

Six domains at Porkbun with never an issue and reasonable rates.

Reddit · r/HostingReport · 396 days ago

Includes a free one-page website builder and email account with each domain, and the DNS management UI is super snappy alongside a responsive CEO.

Reddit · r/squarespace · 400 days ago

A GoDaddy-registered domain used with a Squarespace site was down almost two weeks amid dealing with both companies.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 401 days ago

Gandi raised domain prices 3x in a year or two after private equity bought it; they migrated most domains to Cloudflare.

Reddit · r/webdev · 403 days ago

Transferred a domain to Porkbun and built a commerce site in two days and calls support phenomenal.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 410 days ago

Started receiving website-service spam emails after buying domains from Spaceship and asked whether user emails had leaked.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 414 days ago

Domains registered there stopped resolving because the glue records weren't working or propagating, leaving them effectively down, and support leaves a lot to be desired.

Reddit · r/Domains · 415 days ago

Management dashboard slows to a 20-second crawl per click with 3,000 domains, and support admitted the system is not built for large portfolios.

Reddit · r/Domains · 415 days ago

Porkbun has been their go-to for years thanks to a simple interface and easy search.

Reddit · r/Domains · 415 days ago

Namecheap auction showed regular pricing, but renewal turned out to be a premium rate (4x); Namecheap admitted a system glitch yet showed little remorse.

Reddit · r/Domains · 416 days ago

Domain transfers from GoDaddy are simple and the dashboard makes tracking multiple domains manageable.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 418 days ago

Chose Porkbun for privacy: registrant data hidden behind an alias and no ID or face scan requested.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 420 days ago

A domain in the GoDaddy cart vanished and a 200 dollar broker fee was demanded; Porkbun sold it for 70 minutes later.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 421 days ago

A won GoDaddy auction was cancelled at the last second and the domain relisted at 10,000 dollars.

Reddit · r/Wordpress · 421 days ago

Cloudflare's product is fantastic but recurring payments and domain renewals often don't go through, so they moved domains to Porkbun.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 422 days ago

GoDaddy's broker raised a quoted 2,000 dollar domain to 10,000 and used pushy sales tactics.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 422 days ago

GoDaddy hung up when confronted about a searched domain it was reselling for 2,000 dollars.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 422 days ago

GoDaddy M365 federation is awful and three-year licence terms cost more than monthly MSRP.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 423 days ago

A niche domain searched on GoDaddy was gone the next day and now sells for 2,000.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 423 days ago

A domain price rose after an hour of checking on GoDaddy, prompting a move to another registrar.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 423 days ago

Transferring a domain out of GoDaddy took 5 weeks and several support interactions.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 423 days ago

GoDaddy kept an outdated LAMP stack for years, blamed a hack on SSL, and a new host cost 75 percent less.

Reddit · r/webdev · 424 days ago

Paid GoDaddy 1,100 dollars to build a website, the builder disappeared and five years of refund attempts failed.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 424 days ago

GoDaddy managed WordPress died with an SSL error after a nameserver move; support asked for the MFA code and blamed third-party nameservers.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 424 days ago

Three customers had to sue GoDaddy to regain stolen accounts, with only legal staff reachable.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 424 days ago

Porkbun has been phenomenal for 9 domains with a straightforward interface and good support.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 424 days ago

Cloudflare is the go-to for SMB and homelab with wholesale pricing and a free DNS proxy tier.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 424 days ago

Years of Cloudflare for personal domains, easy as pie.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 424 days ago

A Namecheap DNS record change silently never took effect and support could not figure it out until it was recreated.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 424 days ago

Moved everything to Porkbun years ago for much better support and an easier UI.

Reddit · r/sysadmin · 424 days ago

A client spent 80 hours on the phone with GoDaddy over a broken DKIM record that support could not fix.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 425 days ago

Moved to Namecheap from HostGator after EIG bought it and has moved countless clients there; plans to keep hosting with Namecheap.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 425 days ago

Really likes Porkbun for domain management, with helpful FAQ sections.

Reddit · r/webdev · 426 days ago

Moved all domains from Namecheap to Cloudflare last year; experience has been way better and migration easy, though fewer TLDs.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 426 days ago

Says Namecheap has been shit for years.

Reddit · r/webdev · 427 days ago

Started moving off Namecheap two years ago as prices reached GoDaddy levels, though support was great before the CVC deal.

Reddit · r/webdev · 427 days ago

Loved Namecheap for about a decade: clean interface, easy, not too expensive, no hidden costs.

Reddit · r/webdev · 427 days ago

Says Namecheap's DNS inputs make it easy to crash a website by entering reasonable records.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 430 days ago

GoDaddy could not load the DNS zone for hours, blocking all DNS changes, on top of clunky UX.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 430 days ago

Porkbun has the best service quality, real humans answering tickets and transparent pricing.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 431 days ago

An $800 premium domain purchase failed to transfer; support said it had been transferred after a refund was issued.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 431 days ago

Leaving Namecheap: customer service is good when it is good but can take multiple reps to get right.

Reddit · r/Hosting · 431 days ago

Namecheap used to be great but has gone downhill since before the pandemic.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 432 days ago

Had an issue with Cloudflare Registrar and found support non-existent.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 432 days ago

Cloudflare Registrar billing was broken for sub accounts for years, and a transferred-in domain could not be moved out.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 432 days ago

Finds GoDaddy phone support always helpful, better than chat or ticket-only support at Bluehost and other registrars.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 432 days ago

Switched domains from GoDaddy to Cloudflare a year ago with zero regrets: easier to navigate, better DNS settings and cheaper.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 432 days ago

GoDaddy's interface is god awful and navigating it is always a chore.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 432 days ago

Uses Porkbun as registrar (about 10 dollars for .com) with Cloudflare DNS and finds them work together very well.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 432 days ago

Moved 35 domains from GoDaddy to Spaceship for about 7 dollars each; smooth and easy.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 433 days ago

On GoDaddy since 2006, yearly domain cost rose from 6 dollars to 20 dollars.

Reddit · r/webhosting · 433 days ago

Finds Cloudflare's registrar support extremely lacking and uses Namecheap and Porkbun instead.

Reddit · r/webdev · 433 days ago

GoDaddy's premium buys phone pickup, which is why large companies stay.

Reddit · r/webdev · 434 days ago

Found Porkbun very unstable: their own and client credit cards would not pass despite sufficient funds, so they moved to Cloudflare.

Reddit · r/Domains · 435 days ago

Three domains searched on GoDaddy were parked within a week and one became a 3,000 dollar negotiation.

Reddit · r/Domains · 437 days ago

After 11 years, an unexpected charge of over $350 hit through the Discount Program, which collects renewals on the 1st, still renews domains after auto-renew is disabled and charges 4% to refund; support was unhelpful.

Reddit · r/Domains · 438 days ago

Tried to charge the card eight hours after an order, so the domain was bought elsewhere, then asked for passport ID and an unanswerable security question when trying to delete the account and get a refund.

Reddit · r/selfhosted · 442 days ago

Bought a domain from Namecheap for 2 dollars and the renewal is 17, while Porkbun keeps renewals about the same.

Reddit · r/Domains · 443 days ago

Moved from Namecheap to its Spaceship brand, which charges 10 dollars a year for .com versus 17 at Namecheap.

Reddit · r/Domains · 445 days ago

GoDaddy took ownership of paid three-letter domains, claiming the personal data was incomplete when it was complete.