Selfhosted

I use Namecheap. They have a URL you can visit to update DNS records if you're doing it from the server that you need to point DNS at. They've been pretty much...non-eventful. I've never had to call them, everything online, they've been reliable enough to just say my whole experience has been pretty boring. Boring is good. I log into them once every 2 years to renew my domain and that's generally it.

Then on top of that I use Caddy for SSL Encryption/Reverse Proxy. All I need is the domain registrar, I don't use any other services.

I’m using PorkBun and I’m happy with them

Cloudflare works really well and has a good UI. Namecheap also works well, but it takes more clicks to adjust DNS records.

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Cloudflare - largely because they don't add on extra fees.

Pork bun

Namecheap has been good to me for a decade now, and I don't really have complaints at all

For the frugal sysadmin, Free DNS!

Looks like consensus is NameCheap or PorkBun

I've been with namecheap.com for over a decade and I have no complaints

Not Gandi. They were very reliable since the beginning of the internet but they sold the company and went downhill since.

Porkbun, mostly for the cost, transparency, clean UI, and ease of use.

I've used GoDaddy, namecheap, and Google Domains in the past. GoDaddy is the only one I had a problem with, but Google sold to Squarespace recently, and I prefer porkbun to namecheap for the reasons listed above.

I really want to say Gandi but they charge too much now and removed the free mailboxes.

Anyway, I'll vouch for Netim. Their prices are similar to (old) Gandi and they have a mailbox too. I'm looking into Spaceship for some other domains because they're really cheap.

I recently switched to Porkbun from Namecheap specifically because I found Namecheap's "advanced DNS" settings to be somewhat excruciating to use, plus I also (finally, after doing it manually for a good few years) got around to setting up Certbot autorenewal, and there's not really a good way to do DNS challenges for autorenewal with Namecheap. Just generally I find Porkbun's UI to be very simple and streamlined without actually hiding anything from me. I also found that my domain renewal prices went down with the switch, something I didn't even consider when switching.

That being said, Porkbun and Namecheap are literally the only domain registrars I've used. For all I know there could be something out there I'd prefer way more.

I currently renew my domains on namecheap and manage the records on cloudflare. Namecheap's web interface is trash (doesn't work in Firefox for no reason) and I dread every time I have to touch it. I'm currently considering just moving the registrations to cloudflare too.

Switched to Cloudflare since they had spots, never been unhappy.

gandi.net , didn't haven't to pay for any privacy bullshit like whois masking, and all that stuff is enabled by default. I like them as a company.

I use porkbun because i can and do pay with crypto to renew my domain.

Am I the only one using iWantMyName.com?

Like some of the others described here, I like that their ui is dead simple and easy to navigate, once a year when I have to renew. And their prices seem to be middle tier.

I was using Gandi for years, but they’ve started charging for mailboxes now. I have a lot of mailboxes that are hardly used, but I need to keep.

Just moved to namecheap based on reviews and so far they seem fine

I've always used OVH. They are reputable, always been responsive to my questions and have an API to handle many things, including domain names, which is handy for DNS-01 challenges with Caddy and libdns.

I purchase from the cheapest and use he.net for my nameservers.

Currently namecheap, but I was pretty mad to see that API access (for ACME DNS record auth, which I need to prevent downtime) was not available due to my yearly plan being too cheap (?!). You need to spend at least 50$ per months or have at least 20 domains for no good reason.

The best solution seems to acquire the domain using namecheap and then transfer name servers to a better service.

I've been using NameSilo for years, but they're jacking the prices up significantly starting this month. I had already just renewed my domains, so I'll probably use suggestions from this post for a transfer next year ...

Dnsimple for me. Swapped from GoDaddy like 10 years ago and haven't really felt the need to explore elsewhere, the costs are pretty good and never had any issues.

I usually pick whoever has the best deal when I want to register a domain.