Private equity seems to be a form of cancer that slowly sucks the life out of everything it touches, with a single goal: to grow and spread. Can someone more knowledgeable please explain to me why I'm wrong?
nzeid · 13m ago
The reason it's easy to conclude that they're evil is because they are almost never committed to preserving or improving the quality of their investees. They are only committed to making money, and that often comes in the form of price gouging and liquidation.
freetanga · 19m ago
Have you seen “Other peoples money” with Danny de Vito? I felt it explains this cancer quite well, 35 years ago.
rpjt · 17m ago
Efficiency?
nzeid · 32m ago
Goddamnit, I just moved everything to Namecheap to avoid more outages. Anyone have other recommendations in the event of the likely private equity rot?
tensor · 3m ago
I've been using Gandi for years and recently have been consolidating things there. In the past I've used Google and still have some stuff and Namecheap too.
Gandi is a little more expensive, but are consistently excellent. Especially now with their new UX and org support, it's super easy to manage domains from both corporate and personal accounts with one login.
jsheard · 30s ago
Gandi was also bought out by private equity a few years ago, as far as I know their service is still fine but they've been steadily raising their prices.
steventruong · 1m ago
I’m happy with Porkbun.
ectospheno · 21m ago
If all you care about is avoiding outages and price then it is hard to beat cloudflare.
darinpantley · 22m ago
For anyone wondering: "the deal covers both Namecheap and its sister platform, Spaceship."
icyfox · 37m ago
Good for Namecheap. They're still my default when I'm searching for new domains, even though I end up registering somewhere else (their bulk search is still best in class imo).
I'm a bit surprised at their revenue numbers considering domain registration is pretty much a commodity at this point. I always assumed non-technical people would first go to a web host/email provider that lets them buy a domain vs. a domain registrar that also supports email and web hosting. Clearly I'd be wrong.
Ugh, all my domains are with Namecheap, since Google stopped dealing with domains and CloudFlare and GoDaddy seem more evil. Also I appreciated Namecheap's support of Ukraine.
Hopefully it's not too predatory and the owner just wanted to cash out some chips; some corps do okay under private equity (Suse for example) but lots get ripped to shreds...
SilverElfin · 26m ago
Are there guides on how to move domains from Namecheap to whoever the new recommended provider is?
blahyawnblah · 20m ago
Typically you just need to unlock the domain, obtain an authorization code from your current registrar, and then initiate the transfer process with the new registrar.
gavinsyancey · 9m ago
Shit I have domains there. Anyone have recommendations for a good cheap registrar that supports .io?
nathanaldensr · 38m ago
Another private equity acquisition. Hooray!
kristopolous · 36m ago
So looks like I should move my domains, what's the recommendation
jonah-archive · 31m ago
I advise people to use porkbun generally. Personally I use and like EasyDNS, though their UI is a little quirky.
DrewADesign · 35m ago
Do you think they have an enshttifying strategy before hand? Or do you think they just get in there and McKinsey their way to a worse product on the fly?
Gandi is a little more expensive, but are consistently excellent. Especially now with their new UX and org support, it's super easy to manage domains from both corporate and personal accounts with one login.
I'm a bit surprised at their revenue numbers considering domain registration is pretty much a commodity at this point. I always assumed non-technical people would first go to a web host/email provider that lets them buy a domain vs. a domain registrar that also supports email and web hosting. Clearly I'd be wrong.
https://archive.ph/i9vOk
Hopefully it's not too predatory and the owner just wanted to cash out some chips; some corps do okay under private equity (Suse for example) but lots get ripped to shreds...