Porkbun
Domain name registrar offering domain registration, DNS, and related web services.
HN commenters recommend Porkbun as a low-hassle registrar to move to from Namecheap, GoDaddy, Google Domains and Cloudflare,123456 citing lower prices, quick checkout and fast human support.78910 The caveats raised are minor: it doesn't carry every TLD,11 and one user was double-charged after a checkout API error, which support fixed within 15 minutes.12
Why people recommend it
Reliable service · 3
Users report good, headache-free experiences with Porkbun as a registrar.
“I recommend them a lot.”
“I have good experiences with both porkbun and INWX as well.”
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“Some are on Porkbun and they are decent.”
Lower prices · 2
Switchers say Porkbun costs less than GoDaddy and beats Namecheap on the TLDs they use.
“I switched to Porkbun, and now I pay half”
“now Porkbun's got them beat on everything I use”
TLD coverage · 2
Commenters use it for TLDs that other registrars don't support.
“there are few registrars tht handle all the TLDs i have, nothing like Porkbun”
“Have become a recent convert to Porkbun”
Fast checkout · 1
One user bought a domain in five minutes after Cloudflare refused their payment.
“Went to porkbun and bought the same domain in 5 minutes and pointed it to cloudflare name server.”
Human support · 1
A billing error was resolved by a human within 15 minutes.
“I recommend them a lot.”
DNS API · 1
Its API works for DNS-based certificate validation with Caddy.
Caveats and dissent
Missing TLDs · 1
Porkbun doesn't handle every TLD, so some users shop around elsewhere.
“+1 for Porkbun.”
Checkout glitch · 1
One user was double-charged after an API error during checkout, though it was quickly fixed.
“I recommend them a lot.”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
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- Jellyfin 12.0 1 mention
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- I got my phone bill down to $6.25/month after years of overpaying 1 mention
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All comments 11
“I have good experiences with both porkbun and INWX as well.”
“I recommend them a lot.”
“I use Porkbun's API”
“+1 for Porkbun.”
“now Porkbun's got them beat on everything I use”
“Just a few weeks ago I moved from Namecheap to Porkbun.”
“Went to porkbun and bought the same domain in 5 minutes and pointed it to cloudflare name server.”
“I switched to Porkbun, and now I pay half”
“there are few registrars tht handle all the TLDs i have, nothing like Porkbun”
“Have become a recent convert to Porkbun”
“Some are on Porkbun and they are decent.”