Cheap domain registrars???

[bohous]

I currently manage most of my domains through NameSilo, Namecheap, and Moniker. Are there any more affordable and reliable options in 2024?

[Denny]

Currently I mostly use Porkbun.

[2intense]

probably dynadot is the cheapest

[cerulean]

I use porkbun, and I affiliate for namecheap. It doesn't get much cheaper than porkbun in my experience.

[Zuzana Designs]

I've been using MojoHost for the last couple of years.

[V_RocKs]

Resellerclub.com

[Publisher Bucks]

I miss the days of $1 GoDaddy registrations then just transferring them to a better registrar

[fris]

Originally Posted by Publisher Bucks

I miss the days of $1 GoDaddy registrations then just transferring them to a better registrar

it was abused so much heh.

[King Mark]

I've tried them all, PorkBun is the best.

[money biz]

Spaceship is cheap also.

[RyuLion]

Originally Posted by Zuzana Designs

I've been using MojoHost for the last couple of years.

Me too, and great support. They're just $9.95.

[Publisher Bucks]

Originally Posted by fris

it was abused so much heh.

They grew because of it as a company though LOL

[Brad Mitchell]

Originally Posted by RyuLion

Me too, and great support. They're just $9.95.

Due to costs having raised by the .COM registry those domains are now $10.99. We basically are selling them just above cost and giving away domain privacy.

Brad

[Tjeezers]

I have my domains with Mojohost
why have them elsewhere when you can have a great host and domains in 1 place?
Most domains I paid for 10 years, now let's hope Brad keeps the ship sailing

[King Mark]

Originally Posted by Tjeezers

why have them elsewhere when you can have a great host and domains in 1 place?

One of the very first things I learned in this whole online thing is to avoid keeping your domains and hosting in the same place. Backups too.

[Tjeezers]

Originally Posted by King Mark

One of the very first things I learned in this whole online thing is to avoid keeping your domains and hosting in the same place. Backups too.

Wel beat me, for 7 straight years I have been getting the best experience with Mojo, all previous companies did let me down big time.

[Paul&John]

Using Porkbun mainly..

[Killswitch]

Originally Posted by Denny

Currently I mostly use Porkbun.

Originally Posted by cerulean

I use porkbun, and I affiliate for namecheap. It doesn't get much cheaper than porkbun in my experience.

Originally Posted by King Mark

I've tried them all, PorkBun is the best.

Originally Posted by Paul&John

Using Porkbun mainly..

Be careful with Porkbun, I had been a champion of theirs for years until I got burned and they almost caused me to lose $20k worth of domains.


I had a .page domain for a project idea and it had been sitting unused since I registered it 2 years ago. Some spam reporting company decided to completely rely on AI for things and falsely flagged the domain as the originator of spam even though the domain is not in use and pointed to porkbun's nameservers.

But they reported it to the .page domain management company who then reported it to porkbun and porkbun flagged my account and stopped allowing domain renewals.

Never emailed me about the issue or nothing, just stopped renewing my domains.

Because they send you 2 emails daily for 30 days before and after a domain expires I always ignore those emails from them and since I have so many domains I get them nonstop.

But one day I accidentally opened one instead of deleting it and saw 3 of my very expensive domains in the "this domain expired, you have 30 days to renew it" list and got concerned because they were set to autorenew. Signed into my account and tried to manually renew them just to get a generic browser alert "unable to process payment, please contact support"

I posted about it on X (formerly Twitter) and thankfully Richard Kirkendall (if you still browse here, haiii) jumped in and helped me resolve the issue and I've been slowly moving all my domains back to Namecheap but under their Spaceship brand.

Porkbun did resolve the issue on their end, renewed my domains for me, and assured me new processes will be put in place to make sure the issue doesn't happen again, but their complete lack of care until I went viral on X about it left a bad taste in my mouth.