Ask YC:Domain Registration?

[awad]

I'm not too happy with GoDaddy constantly trying to upsell me on just about every damn action I take on that cluttered site. Though, that call a week ago regarding my recently renewed domains was a nice gesture, I still find them overall to be too in your face. What do the folks here use for domain registration?

[aneesh]

Namecheap seems to be a popular choice.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=339823

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=186369

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=150561

[pclark]

I just can't be bothered to move from godaddy and have to reset everything up (eg, DNS) - are domain migrations instant?

[aneesh → pclark]

It takes a couple hours for the DNS to switch over, but overall it's pretty painless.

[thomasswift]

I cannot agree with you more, I use namecheap they do put some crap in your face but it's nowhere near godaddys.

[kngspook]

I use nearlyfreespeech.net; but I recently started looking at gandi.net...

[visdo]

moniker is nice.