Do NOT use GoDaddy, don't even visit the site.

[wrewdison@masto.hackers.town]

@datakrash @ocean this is why I only search when I know I’m going to buy.

I don’t trust a single fucking one of those companies.

[natanox@chaos.social]

@drwho @ocean @autisticplushy There must be a reason for them to do it, so a script that hammers them with nonsense domain lookups to clutter their database of snatched domains could harm them in some way.

[leadegroot@bne.social]

@ocean this has been a known risk for decades i only ever check domain name availability at the command line, and recommend the same to everyone
$ whois something.com

[viss@mastodon.social]

@thisismissem @ocean i love this denial of service scenario

[deltawye@tiggi.es]

@ocean I cannot recommend hosts that are part of NewFold Digital - formerly Endurance International.

[almonds@mastodon.mit.edu]

@ocean
I think they do this to themselves with Punycode domain names. A while ago I got one 2 emojis long, and ever since, they've sent me emails telling me to act fast for "similar" names. They all start with x and have several random letters and aren't even proper Punycode. I'll see if I can find an example...

Edit: added screenshot

[sb@metroholografix.ca]

@ocean
Can attest to Porkbun - uncluttered ui, proper API access, decent prices, no BS (yet). Only downside is that it's based in nazi occupied america. Otherwise, they're probably one of the best out there.

[chuff@bark.wolp.chat]

@ocean@raru.re

Porkbun seconded

[epsi@akko.wtf]

@ocean been hearing about this for years

I use namecheap but I really should swap to porkbun

[vextaur@blog.taursnd.haus]

@ocean Porkbun for the win