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Hello,

I am using WHMCS module of domainnameapi.com for registration of domains of my clients. However, when I upgraded to WHMCS 8, their module could not work properly with latest WHMCS version yet and I have to register clients domains manually now.

Please recommend any other registrar who offers less pricing with WHMCS module.

Regards

Comments

  • NetDynamics24NetDynamics24 Member, Host Rep

    DomainNameAPI is going to change their panel and their API in a few months.

  • found this today https://www.1api.net

    it is hexonet and looks promising

  • I use namecheap. So far so good. Not sure about pricing. Ive never seen whmcs pricing

  • elliotcelliotc Member
    edited December 2020

    Edit, have not read the post

  • JamesFJamesF Member, Host Rep

    hexonet

  • Google domains, I like their DNS service.

  • @NetDynamics24 said:
    DomainNameAPI is going to change their panel and their API in a few months.

    It means we have to wait for next few months now

  • coolgoolecoolgoole Barred
    edited December 2020

    namesilo

  • vpsGODvpsGOD Member, Host Rep

    @coolgoole namesilo not yet compatible with whmcs 8 as i know

  • I have used GoDaddy for cheaper options :)

  • Daniel15Daniel15 Veteran
    edited December 2020

    Go through the list at https://docs.whmcs.com/Domain_Registrars, check their pricing, and go with the cheapest one? Some of them may have negotiable pricing if you have a lot of domains you can transfer (say over a thousand domains).

    So many people not properly reading the post... Google Domains doesn't have a WHMCS module.

    @kalipus said:
    found this today https://www.1api.net

    it is hexonet and looks promising

    Hexonet is very good and you can often negotiate cheaper prices with the sales rep they assign to your account, even if you don't reach the minimums for some of the higher tiers :)

    Hexonet is good even for individuals with just a few domains, given they have no minimum spend and no minimum balance, yet you get all the standard reseller features (a good fully-featured API, control panel branding, customized WHOIS, etc). Anything you can do via their control panel, you can also do via their API.

    Thanked by 1Chronic
  • yoursunnyyoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate
    edited December 2020

    I would not trust having domains in the hands of web hosting / VPS providers. Many providers have a policy of locking the entire account if there's an overdue invoice or payment dispute.
    In this case, my domain could be held in hostage.

    My first domain, yoursunny.com , was once placed in a reseller of a larger registrar, so that I can enjoy a 10% discount.
    When I wanted to transfer it out, they wanted me to pay up the domain discounts in past three years, because I didn't buy any hosting from them so they were losing money on maintaining my domain.
    I spent 2 hours on the phone with them, going over ICANN regulations and domains registration contracts, before they agreed to release the domain without having me pay, and that's because they decided that they would be spending many more hours dealing with me, and their English isn't so good that they don't understand ICANN regulations enough to argue with me.

    Every domain has to be placed directly in large providers, preferably those specialise in domain registration:

    • Name.com
    • NameCheap
    • Domains.com
    • Porkbun (unless you are vegan)
    • Cloudflare
    • GoDaddy
  • orion504orion504 Member
    edited December 2020

    +1 for NameCheap and Porkbun. This is GoDadduy

  • tokoyukitokoyuki Member
    edited December 2020

    @yoursunny said:
    I would not trust having domains in the hands of web hosting / VPS providers. Many providers have a policy of locking the entire account if there's an overdue invoice or payment dispute.
    In this case, my domain could be held in hostage.

    My first domain, yoursunny.com , was once placed in a reseller of a larger registrar, so that I can enjoy a 10% discount.
    When I wanted to transfer it out, they wanted me to pay up the domain discounts in past three years, because I didn't buy any hosting from them so they were losing money on maintaining my domain.
    I spent 2 hours on the phone with them, going over ICANN regulations and domains registration contracts, before they agreed to release the domain without having me pay, and that's because they decided that they would be spending many more hours dealing with me, and their English isn't so good that they don't understand ICANN regulations enough to argue with me.

    Every domain has to be placed directly in large providers, preferably those specialise in domain registration:

    • Name.com
    • NameCheap
    • Domains.com
    • Porkbun (unless you are vegan)
    • Cloudflare
    • GoDaddu

    I am actually curious, does DMCA or any illegal stuff apply to domain name ?
    I reported a few porn site hosted on namecheap, their TOS clearly said not allowed, but the funny thing is namecheap doesn't care when we report this to them. Not taking action, website still up, lively, and happy. I got reply from their abuse email, they totally ignore the porn hosting and said not allow child porn only, and we need to point/have proof the underage child to them so they can take action.
    Example, if the site has underage child actor, they don't care, they want a proof, like before the actor shooting porn, the child need to take her ID to show her age so namecheap can take action, lmao. (This is namecheap hosting and domain I talk about).

    I also reported gambling site hosted on amazon for abuse, but their support reply it's the customer responsibility for their action, and the site still up till now, lol.
    Unless big corporation take action, I would say, your site completely fine on some host out there.

  • 0xbkt0xbkt Member
    edited December 2020

    @tokoyuki said:

    @yoursunny said:
    I would not trust having domains in the hands of web hosting / VPS providers. Many providers have a policy of locking the entire account if there's an overdue invoice or payment dispute.
    In this case, my domain could be held in hostage.

    My first domain, yoursunny.com , was once placed in a reseller of a larger registrar, so that I can enjoy a 10% discount.
    When I wanted to transfer it out, they wanted me to pay up the domain discounts in past three years, because I didn't buy any hosting from them so they were losing money on maintaining my domain.
    I spent 2 hours on the phone with them, going over ICANN regulations and domains registration contracts, before they agreed to release the domain without having me pay, and that's because they decided that they would be spending many more hours dealing with me, and their English isn't so good that they don't understand ICANN regulations enough to argue with me.

    Every domain has to be placed directly in large providers, preferably those specialise in domain registration:

    • Name.com
    • NameCheap
    • Domains.com
    • Porkbun (unless you are vegan)
    • Cloudflare
    • GoDaddu

    I am actually curious, does DMCA or any illegal stuff apply to domain name ?
    I reported a few porn site hosted on namecheap, their TOS clearly said not allowed, but the funny thing is namecheap doesn't care when we report this to them. Not taking action, website still up, lively, and happy. I got reply from their abuse email, they totally ignore the porn hosting and said not allow child porn only, and we need to point/have proof the underage child to them so they can take action.
    Example, if the site has underage child actor, they don't care, they want a proof, like before the actor shooting porn, the child need to take her ID to show her age so namecheap can take action, lmao. (This is namecheap hosting and domain I talk about).

    I also reported gambling site hosted on amazon for abuse, but their support reply it's the customer responsibility for their action, and the site still up till now, lol.
    Unless big corporation take action, I would say, your site completely fine on some host out there.

    They need to be served a valid subpoena or court order for that. For DMCA requests, they probably won't even care unless they are also hosting the content.

  • yoursunnyyoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

    @tokoyuki said:
    I am actually curious, does DMCA or any illegal stuff apply to domain name ?

    If you register apple.lu for the purpose of selling counterfeit mobile phones, expect Apple Inc to send a complaint to ICANN and you'll lose the domain. It doesn't matter which registrar.

    If you register apple.lu for the purpose of selling organic pink lady apples, expect Apple Inc to send a complaint to ICANN, but you can keep the domain if you have a good lawyer.

    If you register yoursunny.net and copy my content without attribution, expect me to send you a PM asking for push-ups. If you send push-ups and put back the attribution, I'll forgive you. Otherwise, I'll call the FBI who has the authority to take down your site.

    I reported a few porn site hosted on namecheap, their TOS clearly said not allowed, but the funny thing is namecheap doesn't care when we report this to them. Not taking action, website still up, lively, and happy. I got reply from their abuse email, they totally ignore the porn hosting and said not allow child porn only, and we need to point/have proof the underage child to them so they can take action.
    Example, if the site has underage child actor, they don't care, they want a proof, like before the actor shooting porn, the child need to take her ID to show her age so namecheap can take action, lmao. (This is namecheap hosting and domain I talk about).

    This is FBI jurisdiction. FBI will call the hosting provider to take down the site, but most likely they won't lose the domain.

  • @0xbkt said:
    They need to be served a valid subpoena or court order for that. For DMCA requests, they probably won't even care unless they are also hosting the content.

    So domain name not as severe as the hosting ?
    Actually some hosting do terminate immediately after violating their TOS. But don't know if domain works that way too, locked by provider,etc. Never heard any case of it, except some huge cases like piratebay,etc. Maybe as you said, need the court to take it down.

    @yoursunny said:
    This is FBI jurisdiction. FBI will call the hosting provider to take down the site, but most likely they won't lose the domain.

    I always have the feeling that domain registrar have the power to lock/hold our domain because of TOS violation and dmca, lol.

  • +1 NameSilo

  • DazzleDazzle Member
    edited December 2020

    @yoursunny said:

    Every domain has to be placed directly in large providers, preferably those specialise in domain registration:

    • Name.com
    • NameCheap
    • Domains.com
    • Porkbun (unless you are vegan)
    • Cloudflare
    • GoDaddy

    ()

    This is true, I had similar experience to this, somehow I'm giving up the domain.

  • Sav is another cheap one.

  • DPDP Administrator, The Domain Guy

    Dynadot.

  • @yoursunny said:

    @tokoyuki said:
    I am actually curious, does DMCA or any illegal stuff apply to domain name ?

    If you register apple.lu for the purpose of selling counterfeit mobile phones, expect Apple Inc to send a complaint to ICANN and you'll lose the domain. It doesn't matter which registrar.

    If you register apple.lu for the purpose of selling organic pink lady apples, expect Apple Inc to send a complaint to ICANN, but you can keep the domain if you have a good lawyer.

    If you register yoursunny.net and copy my content without attribution, expect me to send you a PM asking for push-ups. If you send push-ups and put back the attribution, I'll forgive you. Otherwise, I'll call the FBI who has the authority to take down your site.

    Hahahaha, quite funny. If I use yoursunny.is, what you will do? Nothing, you need to have your business name registrated in these country to do that, without it you can cry.

    Also FBI doesn't rule all countries in the world, that is why some domain providers doesn't take a care.

    I will use YourSummy VPS that said "no trace" how you will catch me dude? It's strong and no logs / traces!

    This is FBI jurisdiction. FBI will call the hosting provider to take down the site, but most likely they won't lose the domain.

    Will call? What? A potato? FBI is from US. What FBI can do it cooperate with other countries, but to do it, they need make sure they have the law on their side.

    You can't shutdown a website that is completely legit in Switzerland and not legit in US. US have nothing to do with Switzerland websites that have content they don't like.

    Unfortunately some companies, doesn't faithful to their words.

    @tokoyuki said:

    I am actually curious, does DMCA or any illegal stuff apply to domain name ?
    I reported a few porn site hosted on namecheap, their TOS clearly said not allowed, but the funny thing is namecheap doesn't care when we report this to them. Not taking action, website still up, lively, and happy. I got reply from their abuse email, they totally ignore the porn hosting and said not allow child porn only, and we need to point/have proof the underage child to them so they can take action.
    Example, if the site has underage child actor, they don't care, they want a proof, like before the actor shooting porn, the child need to take her ID to show her age so namecheap can take action, lmao. (This is namecheap hosting and domain I talk about).

    I also reported gambling site hosted on amazon for abuse, but their support reply it's the customer responsibility for their action, and the site still up till now, lol.
    Unless big corporation take action, I would say, your site completely fine on some host out there.

    Namecheap does right, you want they suspend something that you don't even know if that is true or false? That sounds ridiculous, I'm proud Namecheap don't hear you and didn't do anything.

    Is because of you, that make any people lose time with non-sense reports like you.

    How you will proof that she / he is underage? You can't right? What are you complainting about? What you did expect "Hey this girl is underage"

    Namecheap: "Sure, is underage because you said it, we will shutdown, don't worry we don't need proofs or court orders or something, we just will shutdown the client based on your words (no proofs either)"

    Do you know there are some Woman that are very skinny, or extreme Skinny and appears to have 16 years old? Then some of them have 19-20 or more?

    Some people have young faces, doesn't mean they are underage! Take the football player has example Havertz, if you check his face, do you will tell he have 21 years old? You will give 18-19 years old.. Probably.

    I know some girls that have 25 years old, and looks like they have 17 years old... So, if they have 25 years old, but looks young should I report them because she/he looks too young?

    Non-sense, for sure Namecheap have received a lot of reports of complaints with this example. For that reason they didn't care and they did it very well, let me tell you.

    No proofs, no court orders = No shutdown. (A provider that does that without court order, valid proofs, are trash to avoid lol)

  • I use mainly GoDaddy, but I also have to use Loopia (a Swedish registrar) since none of the big ones support the se tld. Some of them sell .se but at ridiculous prices. GoDaddy is the cheapest of the big ones but it's still twice as expensive as Loopia.

    Loopia has a nice and well documented API, so the first panel to get support for them would probably gain a bunch of resellers in the nordic countries.

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