Indeed. Years ago, I used Godaddy.com and namecheap.com but I’ve since moved all my domains to the following registrars:
GoDaddy and Namecheap are built to upsell. They monetize panic, renewals, privacy, SSL, email, hosting, and every little checkbox. The domain is the bait. Everything else is the revenue.
Cloudflare Registrar is the opposite. They sell domains at wholesale cost. You get:
- registry price
- free WHOIS privacy
- automatic DNSSEC
- native integration with Cloudflare DNS, WAF, and TLS
For me, I wanted my domains inside my security and network perimeter.
If you already run Cloudflare for DNS, WAF, CDN, and automated/bot traffic control, keeping the registrar there makes sense.
iwantmyname specialize in:
- ccTLDs
- weird country domains
- premium, brandable TLDs
- long-term ownership continuity
They were originally built for startups, journalists, and international brands that needed:
• .io (a few of my .io domains started at iwantmyname.com. But Cloudflare now supports .io and others as well), .tv, .ai, .co, and dozens of country registries.
Many of those TLDs cannot be handled cleanly by Cloudflare Registrar or US-centric registrars. They require local registry relationships. iwantmyname has those.
So the split is deliberate:
- Cloudflare → mainstream TLDs, DNS-integrated, security-first. Good place for professional websites that require traffic filtering, website security, and performance solutions.
- iwantmyname → specialty TLDs, brand assets, global registry access. Good place to park domains or hobby/homelab domains.