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Do I have to purchase a domain to make an instance here? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by CraigCabbage@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm gonna ask my Abuelo for a USB so I can run Etcher and Yunohost for my instance. I want to choose the name craigsworld.net (like how lemmy.world's creator chose lemmy.world). How does the site naming through Yunohost work? How much does it cost?

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Protip: Don’t announce to the world what domain(s) you intend to buy, because then someone might get to it first.

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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ha, I've heard that even domain hosts themselves will jack up the price of a domain later after you search up its availability if you don't pay for it then and there! All powered by an algorithm, too...

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[–] Lychee@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Additionally to this do not use GoDaddy, they snag good domains in front of your nose.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 1 year ago

Yup, can confirm. Go into it knowing what you would like it to be, and have a list of tlds you are okay with, plan to purchase once and only once. I like namecheap personally.

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