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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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Plus one for Porkbun here. DNS management is super easy too. Low prices was a plus too. Got a ".sh" for half of what everyone else I found has them for.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been a happy namecheap customer for probably around 10 years now, never had any issues!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I have had issues though, but their support is helpful

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The major issue with Cloudflare is that you're forced to use their DNS servers. I'd rather pay a little bit extra to have more freedom in how I use my domain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Google domains was sold to squarespace

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

TIL Hetzner sells domains.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can recommend Hetzner without any problems

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't mind Godaddy until I tried to get an SSL certificate with NPM. Had to move the DNS to cloud flare to get it to work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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