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