Google Domain alternatives? - eviltoast

I just saw that Google will be shutting down Google Domains / selling all domains to Squarespace, which makes me wanna see if I can pick a better registrar.

I only used Google Domains for the reliability and convenience, but would rather not go with Squarespace. I don’t see any section on hosting/registrars on the main site so was wondering what anyone else recommends.

I’ve heard talk before that Njalla is bad because you don’t actually own the domain and there have been instances of them shutting down / revoking access?

Also along the same lines I wouldn’t mind recommendations for good website hosting services too.

  • mranderson17@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So I hear the “anyone but godaddy” thing a lot, however I have struggled to find anyone that has the same features as they do. For example:

    • Domain security which entirely hides contact information for registries
    • Email Proxy
    • 2FA that supports yubikey or security keys
    • Doesn’t black hole registration when using a protonmail.com email domain.
      • EDIT: Porkbun support took care of this after sending them an email. YAY

    The email and contact proxy seems to be specific to certain TLDs but for the one I happen to use GD supports it.

    I’d love to move to something else if for no other reason than the website is annoying, but every time I look the other options are worse.

    • valpackett@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago
      • WHOIS privacy is like the most common feature among registrars?
      • Mail forwarding isn’t always free but pretty common too
      • According to dongleauth DNSimple, Gandi, Namecheap, and Porkbun also support webauthn right now (hover plsss)
    • s0ap@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Porkbun supports all of this, and it’s one of the cheapest I’ve found

    • Doombot1@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      If nothing else, GoDaddy is expensive as f**k. I was quoted ~$150/yr to host a site + purchase a domain. Same service on Namecheap (same SSL and HTTPS and whatnot) costs me ~$25/yr.

    • midnight@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I see the anybody but GoDaddy thing a lot too. The controversies page on Wikipedia does a decent job at pointing out some of the reasons people dislike them.

      Looking at feature set though, I’m in the same boat as you. Part of it is me being lazy though. When my registrations come up for renewal in a few years I’ll take a serious look at porkbun.