They renewed my domain but tonic.to claiming register.to can´t renew it and I should do it via their website.

We note that you originally registered this name with the registrar https://www.register.to
Please be advised that Register.to is no longer an authorized registrar for .TO domain names,
and is no longer able to register or renew .TO domain names.

In addition to renewal which is required to avoid name expiry, you may wish to consider other
options for web site hosting and email, which is not offered by the .TO registry.

AFAIK tonic.to is the official .to distributor?

In the past, I always bought my domains from Google Domains. However, seeing as they were sold to Squarespace, I recently found myself in need of a replacement. I did a bit of looking around and figured that I would share what I learned in case it's helpful to anyone else.

Best domain registrars

There were a few registrars that kept showing up more often than any others. They usually had glowing reviews, and few to no complaints. Here they are in approximate order of how commonly they were recommended:

• Cloudflare

• Namecheap

• Porkbun

• Hover

One catch with Cloudflare is that you are locked into using their DNS.

Dishonorable mention

Most people recommended avoiding GoDaddy due to poor customer service and scummy business practices such as price hikes and buying up domains that people search for.

Final thoughts

Instead of looking on a registrar, you can use ICANN Lookup to check domain availability.

Feel free to share your experiences with these registrars or add any options I may have missed in the comments.

Farewell, Google Domains :(

Edit: Removed Gandi from the list because of unpopular decisions such as drastically increasing prices after being acquired by Total Webhosting Solutions.

Edit 2: Do not trust anyone recommending Dynadot under this post. They keep spamming the comments with obviously fake reviews. I've asked the mods to lock new comments.