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Owners of a domain, which domain registrar did you choose and why? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I'm currently on the lookout for privacy-respecting domain registrars. What are you guys using and why?

Edit: I've registered my domain with Porkbun. I got a really cool one, it's called reallyaweso.me!

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[–] 70 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Recently moved over to porkbun after dealing with a couple billing issues with namecheap and not getting the best customer service. Been pretty happy so far.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So I’m quite new to this, and searching around hasn’t been to clear… if I’m looking to have my own E-mail domain, do I buy a domain in addition to subscribing to an E-mail… service… thing?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, you need to buy (register) a domain beforehand.
    The e-mail provider of your choice that provides custom domains will ask you to

    • either point your domain to their nameservers (done from the domain provider's panel)
    • or insert/update some DNS records on your domain (either from your domain provider's panel if it is supported or you can link your domain to another DNS service e.g. CloudFlare)
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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Thank you very much! I’ll look into snagging a domain and setting up like, Bluehost or Proton. I use Proton’s free tier now, but it looks like it’s about 3x as much for their good E-mail plan compared to Bluehost.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    What kind of TLD did you buy? Did you choose a TLD that's supported by the WHOIS privacy? I wanted to see if alexpewmaster.de was available, and it told me this:

    ⚠️   PRIVACY WARNING ⚠️

This TLD does not allow WHOIS privacy but generally redacts your personal information. This means that your personal contact information will be sent to the registry but it should not be made public.
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    That's a really weird way of putting it. EU ccTLDs don't offer whois privacy because it's not needed. They have whois privacy built-in as well as very strong privacy laws.

    If you want a .de domain I would recommend using inwx.de as registrar they have extremely low prices for .de and often run discounts for the first year as well.

    The one thing to keep in mind if you're not a German citizen and/or not have a German address is that you need to provide one after you register a .de domain. INWX has a service for 3 eur/yr that will provide one on your behalf.

    Some other cheap European domains without any requirements and built-in mandatory whois privacy are .be, .nl, .fr and .ro.

    Keep in mind that some of these ccTLD don't allow purchasing multiple years in advance and also force you to reset your leftover term if you transfer.

    If you're gonna get an European ccTLD you should also use an European registrar like INWX or Netim or Gandi. Using an European ccTLD with an American registrar kind of defies the whole point.

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