I am a huge fan of Gandi. Yes, they are slightly more expensive than other services, but I find their user interface not just good, but really quite amazing.<p>One simple but obvious feature they have is the ability to create DNS presets and apply those for new domains, it's really useful. (other people probably offer this)<p>Gandi also has fantastic support; it is slightly sad that they do not have a telephone number, but I get the vibe that Gandi is a real technology company and they believe they can offer premium support with support email. I agree, but I'd still like a telephone number for burning issues.<p>My only real complaint is that they have an unbelievably stupid login system where you log in not with a username, nor with an email address, but with an entirely random username. Mine is: PC5669-GANDI. It's infuriating if you ever need to use Gandi on a different computer. Why they saw it suitable to put <i>their company name</i> at the end of every login is puzzling.<p>Honestly though, its a minor criticism, and I love their "no bullshit" policy: <a href="http://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit" rel="nofollow">http://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit</a><p>In my experience it is true.
Ahhhh, I just transferred three domains there a couple of days ago! Sorry EFF! If I'd known they were going to do this, I'd have waited.<p>Guess I'll just have to donate directly...
Don't they have a term whereby they can take your domain if they want to (or rather, decide they could make more money that way)? ISTR that was why I avoided Gandi.net last time I bought a domain.
I've been using gandi for a long time and they've always been good to me. I like their "no bullshit" philosophy and their respect for my rights as a domain owner.
Can anybody tell me how to transfer domains + DNS to Gandi without downtime?<p>I'm pretty sure the right way to go about it is to move DNS <i>first</i>, but it seems Gandi does not support this (unlike Namecheap).<p>My DNS is hosted with the current registrar which, shall we say, is not terribly pleased with people leaving. So I would not put it past them to cut off my DNS service.
I've used Gandi for two years now, and my advice can be summed in one word: avoid. Absolutely atrocious, horrible support. No live chat. No phone number. And it took them THREE full days and two "reminder" emails to respond to me on a system critical issue. This is not acceptable - and it quite frankly goes against their "slogan." On the flip side, I've found Namecheap support and value to be far greater. So I support them wholeheartedly.
I previously supported GoDaddy because they were based out of the US and had local US support.<p>Same reason I recently switched to NameCheap during the whole 'GoDaddy supports SOPA' affair.<p>Gandi.net headquarters is based out of Paris, France (although they do have a US office).<p>One thing to bear in mind.
Few days I tried to move my GoDaddy domain to Gandi.net, and GoDaddy denied my request because apparently the domain is registered privately. Why should I expose my name just to transfer?
At $15 for a .com, they're almost double what I'd pay at either Namecheap or Name.com.<p>I couldn't find it easily, but are there better prices for transfers?
and if you're a programmer we will donate $5 if you solve our programming puzzle on <a href="http://fightsopa.org" rel="nofollow">http://fightsopa.org</a>
I like gandi.net, but struggled and failed to justify using them for domains at work.<p>The third word on their site is an expletive. This made it too difficult to justify in a Powerpoint presentation.