Comment on PSA: GoDaddy gated their own API. DDNS users warned
waddle_dee@lemmy.world 2 months agoIs it relatively easy to switch domains? I just set up my old laptop as a home server and I registered with domain.com.
Comment on PSA: GoDaddy gated their own API. DDNS users warned
waddle_dee@lemmy.world 2 months agoIs it relatively easy to switch domains? I just set up my old laptop as a home server and I registered with domain.com.
markstos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Domain.com sounds like a domain registrar. You would keep that service and point your name servers for the domain to the ClouDNS name servers.
waddle_dee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I hate to bother you with another question, but what is the goal of changing the name servers I have with domain to another? Could I just use ClouDNS for everything? I wish I had taken more time before I bought the domain through Domain.com. It seems like everybody likes ClouDNS.
markstos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There are two services involved. Domain registration and DNS. Most domain registrars now provide some free DNS service, with basic features. I monitor dozens of domains, and I can tell you that these free DNS services with registrars are most likely to have short DNS outages as well.
ClouDNS is a professional, high-quality DNS service and that does one thing well. As far as I can tell, they don’t do domain registration, so that will always be a separate service. One of the things that ClouDNS does well is making Dynamic DNS easier.
waddle_dee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I just checked and ClouDNS offers domain registration! So, I think I’m going to just move everything over there for convenience. Also, I know why my server is unreachable a couple hours every day lol. Love this community and Lemmy. Feels a lot like the old, old Reddit days. Thanks!
towerful@programming.dev 2 months ago
Transfering a domain from one registrar (IE reseller) to another can be a pain, but yes you can - it normally involves a fee and manual actions from the registrars.
As long as the new registrar supports the TLD. A few Geo-TLDs can only be resold/managed by some registrars.
The easiest thing to do is to point the domain at ClouDNS nameservers.
Make sure you are happy with ClouDNS (I’ve never had issues with them) etc before committing