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What is your favorite domain name provider, and why? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by Decompose@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Is it one that you just use and works just fine? Or one that has proven to be reliable and responsible if they do a mistake and only want to satisfy you as a customer?

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[–] WingedObsidian@feddit.ch 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Have heard that searching domains through the site can cause the domain to become unavailable or prices to go up briefly afterwards… kind of like how go daddy also has a reputation for doing that. Anecdotal and second stories for sure but something to be aware of if there is any credence to it…

[–] CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I've seen it with GoDaddy but not namecheap.

[–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 years ago

I’ve experienced this and also read reports of it with GoDaddy. But I cannot say the same for Namecheap - I’ve searched for several domain names multiple times through Namecheap and never noticed a price increase (outside of a sale ending and/or the search being multiple weeks later, at which point it makes sense). I’ve also never seen any detailed reports of this happening with Namecheap, and if I’ve seen any at all, I can’t remember them. I have occasionally searched for a domain name that was later unavailable, but that happens infrequently enough that I doubt it’s due to Namecheap doing something nefarious.