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Netlify allows users to register domains on their platform. Wonder if suspended users have a way to transfer their domains to a different registrar. It seems
by thecodeboy 3y ago
Netlify allows users to register domains on their platform.
Wonder if suspended users have a way to transfer their domains to a different registrar.
It seems one should use a registrar whose primary business is selling domains, and host their content elsewhere.
- heywhatupboys 3y ago> Netlify allows users to register domains on their platform. I read both the title and your comment as "Netflix", and I was surprised at their mission creep. Sorry if this is a bit off topic.
- Brajeshwar 3y agoI would always suggest decoupling domain registrar from everything else -- emails providers, DNS providers, other hosts, etc. Take care of your domain and be able to point anywhere, then the DNS provider to be able to again point to any hosts.
- kkapelon 3y agoany suggestion on where should I keep my domains then?
- Brajeshwar 3y agoNameCheap.com, Name.com, and other domain registrars are good options. There are too many options. I use three of them for all my domains. DNS is taken care by Cloudflare (this can also be by AWS Route53). Emails, hosts, and others can be with Google, Proton, Fastmail, AWS, et al.
- no_wizard 3y agoI've heard through the grapevine that Namecheap will buy and resell domains based on what you search. does anyone know if there is veracity to this claim?
- alyandon 3y agoAnecdote - I've used their domain search tool quite a bit and I've never run into an instance of a domain suddenly being unavailable when I go to register it.
- Brajeshwar 3y agoI hope my experiences continues. I have had, so far, no issues. In-fact, I have recovered quite a few lost domains, forgotten renewals etc with the help of their support team. I have heard (know two founders) and I had experienced that domain grabbing-on-search with Godaddy! I won't go anywhere near them.
- qingcharles 3y agoHow many searches do they have a day? 100,000? A million? I don't even know how they would determine what to buy?
- putnambr 3y agoAvoid resellers / 'cheap' registrars like NameCheap, GoDaddy. DNS propagation, domain 'locking', etc. is so much easier to manage and faster using registrars who care about their business. Hover comes to mind, recently I've transferred everything to CloudFlare.
- reaperducer 3y agoAvoid resellers / 'cheap' registrars like NameCheap, GoDaddy. DirectNIC. Based on Louisiana. Very professional. Been around forever. Not the cheapest registrar, which is a feature, not a bug. If your registrar is competing based on nothing but cost, it has to make up the money by cutting elsewhere.
- Brajeshwar 3y agoAh! Will think over this. I have too many domains and I might need to pick a good one for some of the primary ones that I do not want to lose. I have heard good things about Cloudflare as a registrar. In-fact, I suggest them to a friend who uses it. However, I user Cloudflare for DNS for most of my domains. SO, I won't move the domains registration to them.
- pc86 3y agoAnywhere you don't also have email, DNS, etc. There are literally hundreds of domain registrars.
- beckler 3y agoI migrated all my domains from Google Domains to Porkbun when it was announced that Squarespace was gonna buy the former. I've been quite happy with Porkbun so far!
- qingcharles 3y agoI've been registering domains since 1993 (when dot coms were free!). I use Namecheap almost exclusively now, except for very weird IDN edge cases such as emoji domains that most providers balk on. Namecheap support seems good, even though they are working out of a warzone.
- eddythompson80 3y agoICANN has detailed rules and FAQs about that sort of thing
- gcr 3y agoNetlify does not sell you DNS, it allows you to delegate your own zone to be handled by their servers. You can always log into your registrar and switch it back. That said, you’d need to copy all the records you had set