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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.

Then on top of that I use Caddy for SSL Encryption/Reverse Proxy.

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agitated_judge@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’ve been using namecheap for about a decade too. But, be careful with their free email forwarding service. They do not forward all emails. The ones that they consider spam, they proceed to drop silently. There is absolutely no way to access those emails. The service is essentially useless. I have lost several important emails like that.

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WingedObsidian@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Have heard that searching domains through the site can cause the domain to become unavailable or prices to go up briefly afterwards… kind of like how go daddy also has a reputation for doing that. Anecdotal and second stories for sure but something to be aware of if there is any credence to it…

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- CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’ve seen it with GoDaddy but not namecheap.
  
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- hedgehog@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’ve experienced this and also read reports of it with GoDaddy. But I cannot say the same for Namecheap - I’ve searched for several domain names multiple times through Namecheap and never noticed a price increase (outside of a sale ending and/or the search being multiple weeks later, at which point it makes sense). I’ve also never seen any detailed reports of this happening with Namecheap, and if I’ve seen any at all, I can’t remember them. I have occasionally searched for a domain name that was later unavailable, but that happens infrequently enough that I doubt it’s due to Namecheap doing something nefarious.
  
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caleb@lemmy.moorenet.casa ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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)
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delver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Same pretty much. I use them too and non-eventful is the perfect way to put it. I can even update ddns records using my fritzbox directly and namecheap which is super handy.

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