Recently tried to buy a domain through Porkbun since their name always comes up in these threads, but they wanted a picture of my ID. What other providers do you guys recommend?

  • solrize@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    9 hours ago

    I’ve been using porkbun and they never asked my ID. Maybe it’s specific to the .xyz TLD? That surprises me but the domain you wanted are super cheap, so maybe they attract spammers. .xyz is somewhat disreputable anyway.

    This is actually the first time I had heard of the 6-9 digit .xyz domains being discounted (.99/year). That was not mentioned on porkbun’s .xyz page, but web search found info. For those unaware, those domains register and renew at $0.99/year at some registrars, though $1.24 at porkbun.

    And lol, almost everything I could think of related to mathematical constants were unavailable, e.g. 61803399.xyz. Some random ones were available and maybe I’ll try to buy one just to see what happens.

    I wonder if porkbun suddenly requires ID for all domain purchases? That would be annoying. It’s been a while since I last bought from them.

    Added: ok, this might help: https://kb.porkbun.com/article/225-why-porkbun-id-verification

  • calm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    11 hours ago

    What TLD did you choose on porkbun? Maybe it’s a national TLD that requires your ID. I have .EU, .me and .org domains with them and I was never asked for an ID.

    • Danitos@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I went for an .org and the same happened to me. After digging, Porkbun says is an automated flag of suspicious account, irrelevant to the TLD.

    • UntimedDiffusion@piefed.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      11 hours ago

      I was going for one of the 6-9 digit .xyz domains. I can’t check exactly what the message said since it have me the option to delete my account, which I did, but I believe the gist of it was about fighting against spam

    • Maerman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      I second this. I recently bought a domain from them, and they didn’t even ask for my name.

  • PortNull@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    11 hours ago

    Unpopular but cloudflare direct? I didn’t need to provide photo id for porkbun, buy I did sign up a while ago. Apart from that I have used gandi but they took a weird turn with their pricing etc