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What is your favorite domain name provider, and why?
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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 use them too, but have a few complaints and am thinking about switching.
Dynamic DNS doesn't support ipv6 addresses
You have to have a $50 account balance to use DNS based dynamic dns
Buggy DNS editing. (Try to create a SRV record then edit it later. It never works properly. Always have to delete and make a new one)