Comment on PSA: GoDaddy gated their own API. DDNS users warned

• waddle_dee@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨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.

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  • markstos@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨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.

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    • waddle_dee@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨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!

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  • towerful@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨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

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