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I've been using Porkbun for years. No complaints.
I tried signing up and they wanted a copy of photo ID or something ridiculous. Noped out of there. Is that just a UK thing or what?
I think ID for new customers is widespread now because of the growth of scams. I enrolled at Porkbun from the US a number of years ago without ID (before they started asking for it) and they haven't asked me for it retroactively, so I don't think it's required, it's just something they do as an anti-scam measure. I've never tried for a UK or other national domain from them.
I've registered domains at namecheap, transip, ovh, even cloudflare once I think, and not once have I ever had to provide an id.
I registered porkbun 3 years ago and they didn't ask for it either
Nominet manages the .UK domain, and they're a bit funny about proof of residence. Not sure I had to give Porkbun any photo ID, but the did temporarily suspend my domain. Took forever to clear up.
IMO the moral if the story is avoid ccTLDs (though now I have it I'm sticking with it for as long as I can).
I have a .uk via Cloudflare and never needed to give proof, but I did buy it several years ago
I had no issues when my domain was registered with GoDaddy. It was shortly after switching to porkbun that the issues started. Porkbun blamed nominet and nominet blamed porkbun. Not sure what actually happened, but it does seem related to nominet's policy about who can hold a .uk domain
I guess porkbun, being the least renowned name, is the weak link. Companies blaming each other is all too familiar..
That wasn’t pork bun
I second porkbun