Gandi is a domain name registrar, a web host, and an email and SSL certificate provider whose guiding ambition is to make the internet accessible to all. But above all, Gandi is a French success story built on customer trust and word-of-mouth recommendations. It all began with only a few pioneers of the free internet, and 20 years later, it became a small but mighty internation...
tldr: The features have been greatly reduced over the years.
When I registered with Gandi in 2009 I got the domain, two simple web pages, and five email addresses for the cost of the registration, about $16 a year.
Today you get none of that. No website, no email. Everything is an add-on and costs extra.
I blame spammers and to be fair it’s the way of the industry today. No one I know of offers free domain hosting.
The rare times I’ve had a question their support was quick to answer.