Porkbun Official Thread

[Porkbun]

OINK! Hello to everyone here at NamePros, I’m happy to be joining y’all. My name’s Eddie and as the title suggests this will be our official thread here for funneling announcements, questions, feedback, and anything else folks want to talk about. I or someone else on the team will be checking regularly and being as responsive as possible.

And of course, if you need help with your Porkbun account, you can reach our support team (including me) 9 am to 5 pm PST seven days a week at [email protected], 855-767-5286, or by clicking the “Help” icon on our site to start a live chat.

 

[Future Sensors]

I've added non-US account credit funding to our weekly meeting issues for this coming Monday. We need a solution here, probably wire but I'll keep you posted.

Please keep us posted.

 

[NameGroove]

I know what you mean - it's annoying to discover this after spending $$$. I got caught out (missing discounts a few times some years ago), so now I always take a while to read registrar websites to see if they offer anything like this, as there are several that do. Porkbun has it there, but you probably have to go looking a bit:

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https://porkbun.com/support/payment_options

https://kb.porkbun.com/article/181-how-save-even-more-by-paying-with-ach-bank-transfers

Savings are pretty decent.

Will consider

https://porkbun.com/products/domains_ach

 

[King]

I think this is fixed.

Seems to be hit or miss if the TLD is not included (keyword search only) with some not showing at all or showing then not showing days later see:

software.now, badge.now, corgi.now, inch.now, cpa.now

 

[Inframan]

Side note, I spend 10s of thousands of dollars per year with Porkbun and until the comment asking about At Cost, which prompted me to go to Why Choose Porkbun? to verify my understanding, I had no idea about this:



I might be completely blind but as far as I know I don't think I have ever seen this option promoted / encouraged anywhere as a way to cut fees. I'd considered in the past pre-funding my account just to make things a little easier but figured, eh, whatever, better to keep the money in my bank account, but now reading this I'm realising I've been missing out on spending less.

I just went through the checkout flow again to check I'm not just oblivious and even when looking for it, I can't find any information about this option. I could be alone in this, but my suspicion is that a lot of other customers have no idea about this and would greatly benefit from the option being promoted at checkout.

Anyway, I'm off to prefund my account, and resist the temptation to work out how much money I have wasted by paying via card all these years

I have a large percentage of my portfolio in ccTLD's. I already know every ccTLD's is independently regulated. My post was in regards AT COST being one price and the renewal being higher.

I saw the ACH, very few of my domains are on auto-renew, the ACH seems more advantageous if you know you're going to renew for a few years.

 

[Inframan]

At cost means we are only applying ICANN and/or payment processing fees on top of what the registry is providing as the wholesale, discounts included. At the programmatic level, registrations, renewals, and transfers are three distinct things, and each have distinct wholesales as well that can vary. For example, .ai historically had an additional fee for transfers, .co has a different wholesale for year 1 than other years, .mx has a lower cost for registration than renewals (a 10 year reg is cheaper than 1 reg + 9 renewals), etc.

On top of that, many registries run first-year promotional pricing, and we pass those discounts through in full. So you can have a domain that's "at cost" for both registration and renewal, but with two different numbers, because the registry itself charges Porkbun differently for each.

Regarding premium, domains/SLDs are set as premium. Typically premiums either follow as model of hi/hi or hi/lo e.g. register high, renewal high or register high, renewal closer to regular GA wholesale. A lo/hi is really just a hi/hi that the registry has added a first year sale to. The domain would still be premium based on the registry designation of it as premium.



I'm not exactly sure what you mean? A TLD can have a first year sale and still be at cost as noted above.

My main concern is the renewal being higher than the AT COST price. I've already had a domain graduate to Premium renewal pricing. I let that domain drop.

Thank you for clarifying.



The particular SLD I was interested in purchasing over several different extensions...

Before my post, the extensions I was looking at did not say 1st year Sale.

AFTER my post, the extensions I was looking at said 1st year Sale.

 

[King]

Seems to be hit or miss if the TLD is not included (keyword search only) with some not showing at all or showing then not showing days later see:

software.now, badge.now, corgi.now, inch.now, cpa.now

Now none seem to be showing as for sale

 

[Porkbun]

Now none seem to be showing as for sale

Nothing's changed and I'm not seeing them not appear?

My only thought is it could be weirdness with Afternic or weird caching?

 

[King]

Nothing's changed and I'm not seeing them not appear?

My only thought is it could be weirdness with Afternic or weird caching?

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Thanks for checking. It looks like you typed the .now but I mean without the .now. Some are showing again. So yes still appears to be hit or miss. Loaded right now software then refreshed and it didn't load the second time. Has to be some weird glitch with Afternic or server-side caching issue, I tried different browsers different names.

 

[kor]

What are your thoughts on displaying domains listed on the Porkbun marketplace with high keyword match at the top of domain search results?

In my test searches, I found that popular domain extensions (co, xyz, vc) were either not listed at all or appeared significantly below extensions with very limited usage (such as .blog and .fyi) despite being listed on the Porkbun marketplace. I assume that the profitability of marketplace sales is higher compared to registry promotions.

The "Instant Transfer" badge is quite an effective sales method and I think it will also provide your company with significant financial advantages.

 

[URL Stream]

https://www.namepros.com/articles/porkbun-hits-4-million-dum.1394783/

https://www.namepros.com/articles/porkbun-hits-4-million-domains-adopts-domainattest.1394793/

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Congratulations on hitting 4 million ya
a bunch of swines
Pork chops tonite on bbq in honour

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

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[Future Sensors]

Porkbun vs GoDaddy: Setting the Record Straight

https://porkbun.com/blog/porkbun-vs-godaddy-setting-the-record-straight/

 

[Embrand]

Porkbun vs GoDaddy: Setting the Record Straight

https://porkbun.com/blog/porkbun-vs-godaddy-setting-the-record-straight/

After reading this, it comes off as really embarrassing for GoDaddy. As Porkbun mentions, why would GoDaddy even want to compare themselves with a much smaller registrar?

 

[kor]

As Porkbun mentions, why would GoDaddy even want to compare themselves with a much smaller registrar?

SEO tricks basically. And a touch of fear.

 

[NicTraders]

 

[NameGroove]

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4MILLIONPIGGIES gives you $1 off any domain at PB

 

[URL Stream]

Porkbun vs GoDaddy: Setting the Record Straight

https://porkbun.com/blog/porkbun-vs-godaddy-setting-the-record-straight/

Avis: “We try harder”​

Advertising: When the Big Guy Hits Back​

Why did Hertz take so long to hit back? Carl Ally, 42, head of a four-year-old agency that bears his name and now holds the Hertz account, explains the delay this way: “If a little guy comes up to you on the street and tugs at your coat and you swat him, everybody will say, ‘You shouldn’t have done that.’ But if you walk on for 14 blocks and he keeps tugging, then people think you’re justified to punch.” [...]

 

[NicTraders]

@Porkbun
A little anomaly with the filtering in Domain Management. Let's say I type .net and hit Enter, it says 'Displaying 69 out of xxxx domains in your account.' If I scroll to the bottom of the list it refreshes and this number reverts to 0. It happens with all TLD's. It would be great if the domain count would remain at the correct number of filtered domains.

 

[URL Stream]

Hi there,

A large phishing campaign is impersonating Porkbun. These emails often claim that your domain is expiring soon, expired, or has been suspended due to a payment issue, and include a link to resolve the issue. These links lead to fake pages designed to steal your payment and account information.

Please be assured that this is not a result of a breach of Porkbun systems, nor is it an issue specific to your Porkbun account security. This is a persistent, industry-wide phishing campaign targeting customers across all domain registrars. Unfortunately there is no way for us to stop them entirely. They seem to be using public WHOIS data to correlate domains to registrars, and then blasting out their phishing email to generic email addresses associated with those domains such as info@, contact@, etc. Additionally, they sometimes scrape website data which can include your email address.

We are doing all we can to report the domains being used to perpetuate abuse to the registrars and hosts involved. Since this is a larger campaign than we have ever seen and we are aware of customers being tricked into paying these criminals, we are sending this notice to all customers.

A few things to know:

How to spot them: They come from random third-party addresses, not from porkbun.com. Legitimate Porkbun support email comes only from [email protected]. The fake emails use generic greetings like "Dear customer" and link to domains that have nothing to do with Porkbun. CISA publishes a guide on avoiding social engineering and phishing attacks: Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks.

What to do: Don't click links in any email claiming your domain or service is suspended. Instead, go directly to porkbun.com, log in, and check your account. If a renewal actually needs your attention, you'll see it there.

If you receive one of these emails, you can forward it to us at [email protected]. The full original (.eml) format is most helpful. Every report helps us get these sites taken down faster.

We also keep a fuller guide to spotting fake emails, including how to see the real sender in your mail app, at porkbun.com/security.

And if you're ever unsure whether an email is really from us, just ask. We'd much rather verify a real one than have you click a fake one.


Thank you,
The Porkbun Team