NameTerrific
Web and SaaS
domain registrar and dns service
SHOW HN2012
53points
26comments
#447of 1,677 in 2012
Top 27%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Design: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and honest, transparent presentation
From 1 comment
You've got so many things right with this, I'm really impressed. Supporting login via Github and accepting Bitcoin payments makes the "for Geeks" tagline come across as honest.…
h2s on HN
Stripe-like experience compared to NameCheap
From 1 comment
This looks very cool Ryan - congrats on the launch! It's instantly appealing to me, and I fully understand the motivation. NameCheap, while an awesome domain name provider, still…
nlh on HN
Github login and Bitcoin payments
From 2 comments
You've got so many things right with this, I'm really impressed. Supporting login via Github and accepting Bitcoin payments makes the "for Geeks" tagline come across as honest.…
h2s on HNI think offering Bitcoin (฿) payment is a fantastic, er terrific, idea. Pricing (https://www.nameterrific.com/pricing) on a whole is very reasonable, but it seems that the .co…
crisnoble on HN
Objections
Founder's age and one-man operation raise trust concerns
From 2 comments
This looks very cool Ryan - congrats on the launch! It's instantly appealing to me, and I fully understand the motivation. NameCheap, while an awesome domain name provider, still…
nlh on HNHere are my thoughts as a one-time employee of a web hosting company; I built their DNS control panel for customers and their overall order placement and customer management API.…
yllus on HN
Pricing too high compared to other registrars
From 2 comments
As a domainer and a geek here are my thoughts: Price: too high. I am paying $8.49 per .com right now with Fabulous. NameCheap is 10.69 with no coupon. Asking for 12 is too high…
ohashi on HNLooks interesting. A little pricey for my needs right now, but I understand the programmatic access to things is useful at the very least. If/when I switch or have a programmatic…
mgkimsal on HN
Unclear economic viability and differentiation from existing DNS and registrars
From 3 comments
As a domainer and a geek here are my thoughts: Price: too high. I am paying $8.49 per .com right now with Fabulous. NameCheap is 10.69 with no coupon. Asking for 12 is too high…
ohashi on HNWhy are you comparing this to a registrar? The service NameTerrific is offering is primarily managed DNS, not registration. A better comparison would be to Dyn.…
sciurus on HNCan you explain how this is different from using any other domain registration service? It's not clear what the problem is, aside from not being GoDaddy et al, and how you are…
marquis on HN
Domain-name reliability and business continuity concerns
From 1 comment
Here are my thoughts as a one-time employee of a web hosting company; I built their DNS control panel for customers and their overall order placement and customer management API.…
yllus on HN
Requests
Bulk domain discounts
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. A little pricey for my needs right now, but I understand the programmatic access to things is useful at the very least. If/when I switch or have a programmatic…
mgkimsal on HN
IPv6 glue record support
From 1 comment
I might actually move a personal domain to this to try it out if I could ascertain whether ipv6 glue records are available.
digitalsushi on HN
Virtualmin plugin integration
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. A little pricey for my needs right now, but I understand the programmatic access to things is useful at the very least. If/when I switch or have a programmatic…
mgkimsal on HN
Questions
How is this different from other registrars?
From 1 comment
Can you explain how this is different from using any other domain registration service? It's not clear what the problem is, aside from not being GoDaddy et al, and how you are…
marquis on HN
What security measures protect the service?
From 1 comment
This looks very cool Ryan - congrats on the launch! It's instantly appealing to me, and I fully understand the motivation. NameCheap, while an awesome domain name provider, still…
nlh on HN
Alternatives named
DNSimple
From 1 comment
FWIW, DNSimple (http://dnsimple.com) have been doing this for years, with a cleaner API and roughly the same pricing
moofish on HN
Dyn
From 1 comment
Why are you comparing this to a registrar? The service NameTerrific is offering is primarily managed DNS, not registration. A better comparison would be to Dyn.…
sciurus on HN
NameCheap
From 1 comment
This looks very cool Ryan - congrats on the launch! It's instantly appealing to me, and I fully understand the motivation. NameCheap, while an awesome domain name provider, still…
nlh on HN
Fabulous
From 1 comment
As a domainer and a geek here are my thoughts: Price: too high. I am paying $8.49 per .com right now with Fabulous. NameCheap is 10.69 with no coupon. Asking for 12 is too high…
ohashi on HN