European alternatives to GoDaddy

GoDaddy is a domain name registrar and web hosting company from the United States, and one of the larger registrars in the world. Alongside registering and renewing domains it sells hosting, website builders, mailboxes, certificates and a marketplace for buying names that are already taken. Many people meet it simply because it turned up first when they searched for a domain.

A domain is the anchor of your online identity: lose control of it and mail, website and logins go with it, which is why the registrar, its jurisdiction and its transfer process deserve attention. A European alternative to GoDaddy gives you a registrar contracting under EU or EFTA law with support in your own time zone. OVHcloud Domains and IONOS domains combine registration with hosting, netim and Joker.com concentrate on domain management across many extensions.