Porkbun
Top pickFlat, honest domain pricing with free privacy — the community favorite.
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sovereigntyPorkbun charges roughly the same at renewal as at registration (~$11/yr for a .com), includes WHOIS privacy and SSL free, and has a clean interface with responsive human support. It is the registrar hobbyists and developers recommend to each other — and it pays Macrostack nothing, which tells you why it's our pick.
SOURCE-AVAILABLEProprietary service
LicenseProprietary service
Pricing~$11/yr for .com — the renewal matches the intro price; free WHOIS privacy and SSL
Open sourceNo
Self-hostableNo
Local-first dataNo
What it does well
- +Renewal price equals the intro price — no first-year bait
- +Free WHOIS privacy on every domain, forever
- +Clean interface and responsive human support
Where it falls short
- −No phone support
- −Hosting offerings are minimal — pair it with a separate host
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