[ackyshake]

gandi.net seems to charge $364/year for any .is domain. Namecheap charges around the same price as isnic.

Any reason why I shouldn't register the domain on isnic directly? Are there benefits to registering the domain via namecheap (or other registrar), apart from getting access to their support?

[xmodem]

A big thing to consider with registrars is support for 2FA - can't speak to ISNIC, but I recently moved all my domains to Namecheap because they have first-class support for U2F/Webauthn. (And also Hover lost a domain on me but that's another story)

[jesterson]

Interesting... I have moved all my domains out of NameCheap for same reason - their "first class support" was just plainly terrible.

Mileage may vary I guess.

[1MachineElf]

I was in the same situation. Moved away from NameCheap to Gandi.Net long ago due to this very thing. Hopefully things have improved for their users.

[julianwachholz]

Gandi supports U2F as well.

And it's just something about a very aggressive marketing strategy like Hover's that doesn't give me a very secure feeling about their product.

[srhngpr]

I have owned and managed my .is domain directly on ISNIC for over a decade. They support 2FA and the website is available in English as well.

[ackyshake]

Thanks! I registered directly on ISNIC.

Process was pretty straightforward and I was able to add my DNS records just fine. Do you know if they have any safeguards against domain transfers? I don't see any settings related to that, other than to transfer my domain.

[InputUsername]

To add another anecdote, I've had a .is domain from ISNIC for about 4-5 years now and have had no problems with them during that time.

[hazza_n_dazza]

I'd be more worried about a registrar messing with my domain than I would the ëyes".