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Searching for domain host (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hey guys, I am quite new to the whole self-hosting world so I haven't done too much. Before I dive in deeper though, I'd like to know how I should choose my domain name vendor. Specifically, I only want a domain, no VPS or other hosting capability as I got some old laptops running at home I want to use for testing the waters.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] 20 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I use Porkbun as my registrar. Excellent support and low prices.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Another vote for Porkbun here. I switched after Google Domains shared they were selling off to Squarespace. It's been a lovely experience and their website just seems more human than the other big players. Cloudflare isn't a terrible alternative option as long as you'll be using their DNS.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Porkbun is awesome. A few months ago I transferred most of my domains from Namecheap to Porkbun and I’ll be transferring the rest soon.

    Namecheap are still in my top 3 after Porkbun and Cloudflare though.

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

    I use Namecheap. It's nice for spending your sats

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

    I used to use Google Domains, but lately I've been switching to Cloudflare. They don't have every TLD, but they have all the ones I need, and their prices are lower than Google's is.

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    • [–] 5 points 3 years ago*

    Ovh is a good option as their domains come with a free 5gb email and also IPv4 dyndns that's easy to set up. Certbot also has an Ovh api extension for easily making SSL certificates via the dns-01 challenge.

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Being in EU and with Gandi bought out and increasing prices, I recently moved to Hetzner as a domain registrar.

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

    i got one from GoDaddy, but i regret the choice...

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    • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Cloudflare sells domains at cost, and if you ever wanted to their proxy and ddos services are easy addons.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Cloudflare offers a lot of services, including domain registration and DNS hosting.

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