INWX
Shares rank 9 of 12 domain registrars by recommenders
Long-running domain registrar people pick for its good prices, simple admin and support for many exotic domain extensions. Critics find the interface unintuitive.
Long-running domain registrar people pick for its good prices, simple admin and support for many exotic domain extensions. Critics find the interface unintuitive.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Unintuitive user interface, needs UX work
“their UI is quite unintuitive/bad in my eyes though”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “Namecheap just seized and disabled all my domains” “INWX could indeed use a UX update.”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “Namecheap just seized and disabled all my domains” “their UI is quite unintuitive/bad in my eyes”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 in “Namecheap just seized and disabled all my domains”
Other domain registrars people recommend
The four most recommended other domain registrars, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkbun | 81 | 18 | 82% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Namecheap | 35 | 130 | 21% | 9 | 14 yrs9 owners | — |
| Cloudflare Registrar | 18 | 9 | 67% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Hover | 13 | 18 | 42% | 3 | 15 yrs3 owners | — |
| INWXThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“their UI is quite unintuitive/bad in my eyes”
“INWX could indeed use a UX update.”
“their UI is quite unintuitive/bad in my eyes though”
“they have been around for ages, good prices and no-fuzz admin stuff.”
“they have a reputation for supporting lots of exotic domains which will make migrating easier”
“And the situation for autorenewal is terrible.”
“Yes I will be looking, thanks for the rec!”
“I was able to log in and get to my DNS records.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.