Which domain name registrar should I use?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨witchdoctor@lemmy.basedcount.com⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

If I want the maximum anonymity while buying it?

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willybe@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Not GoDaddy.

Other than that, go by price and reputation. The DNS service can be replaced pretty quickly for free if their DNS service is a problem. I usually register on DreamHist.com. Then use the free DNS service on CloudFlare.com

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- foggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  GoDaddy changed my fucking IP.
  
  That would be like if the USPS was like “oh you thought you’re at 123 fake street? No, it’s 897 false Ave now lol sucks for anyone who might not know!”
  
  I left immediately.
  
  Namecheap ftw.
  
  Fuck GoDaddy. If you pay them now, transfer.
  
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- railsdev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Upvotes for “not GoDaddy.” GoDaddy is by far the worst tech company I’ve ever dealt with, and I’m being generous calling them a tech company.
  
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  - elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Worse than Oracle and Salesforce?
    
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- TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  n DreamHist.com.
  
  Dead link. lol
  
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  - willybe@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    My bad, sorry. Dreamhost.com
    
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randombullet@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I didn’t see porkbun here. Is there a reason why?

All of my domains are on porkbun.

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- 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You can pay with crypto on porkbun too, so in the anonymity regard it should be high up on the list. Other than that, they’ve never caused me any trouble over multiple registrations, always fast, always zero fuss. Much recommended.
  
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  - shortwavesurfer@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I use porkbun for exactly this reason. I make crypto and want to use it.
    
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- mouse@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I like that they show the team on the About Us page, always makes me trust companies more. I also like that they have fun with the branding and mascot.
  
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solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
njal.la is good in my experience

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- FinancedPizza@lemming.quest ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Literally like the only choice for maximum anonymity
  
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  - crab@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    They steal people’s domain names, there have been many reports over the past couple of years. If anyone has a domain with them it’s recommended to transfer away. They used to be good, but I assume anyone still recommending them isn’t up to date on their behavior.
    
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shotgun_crab@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Anything but GoDaddy, honestly

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- TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I would like to add domain.com to the hard no-no list.
  
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subtext@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Cloudflare provides at-cost domain name registration. It won’t be as private as njal.la, but if you end up using them for your site, then it would be one less entity to trust if you have your registration and DNS with them.

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- natecox@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Cloudflare is my go to registrar today, nothing but good experiences so far.
  
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  - subtext@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Same here, I moved my domains from Namecheap to Cloudflare and Cloudflare has been rock solid (no shocker there though).
    
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- Sentientted@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Njal.la is where I have all of my domains. You don’t have to give any info, you can access it through tor through a .onion domain, and you can pay with monero.
  
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  - lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    But why? What are you using your domains for?
    
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netburnr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Namecheap with 20% off coupon

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- tun@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  They also add domain privacy for all the purchases with 0 cost.
  
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- osanuha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Nice, all my domains are there. Would you mind sharing the coupon?
  
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  - netburnr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    www.forbes.com/coupons/namecheap.com/
    
    There are other options that might be cheaper than straight 20%
    
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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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dan@lemmy.fdr8.us ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
If you’re in the US and care about domain privacy, don’t get a .us domain. .us domains are specifically forbidden from using domain privacy.

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- cesium@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  To be fair, you could just add bogus information .
  
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  - subtext@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    If you do you can have your domain taken away if they care enough to investigate. Agreed on the no privacy, it’s annoying.
    
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Orionza@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’ve been with Namecheap so so many years. Highly recommended.

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Newusername4oldfart@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Define maximum for us?

I use Namecheap and like their services. They have domain privacy aka it’s registered with their information instead of yours. If you just want to hide your name from people Googling or using a domain whois lookup, that’ll do the trick. If you’re trying to hide from people, you might need something more specific.

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- mvilain@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I switched from Google Domains to Namecheap and found that they have a non-standard requirement for A records (they require an "@" A record) that messed up the transfer. Godaddy, dyndns, and Google Domains use regular zone transfer tables and I thought those entries were all I needed. Nope. I finally emailed support and they told me what was wrong within 24 hours. But meanwhile, my site was down for that time.
  
  I suppose if you worked with one of the companies they partner with and use the automated templates to generate a new entry, it would work out fine. But I was transferring an existing domain. I know better now. But I put this out to warn others.
  
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  - lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    That’s pretty weird, there’s no reason to require any DNS record beyond those they have to provide (SOA and NS). You shouldn’t have to add an A record if you don’t need one.
    
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derrg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’ve had good luck with Namecheap.

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- mouse@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’ve used Namecheap for several years, no problems experienced with it.
  
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- nothingness@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Good luck with Namecheap
  
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ptman@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Gandi is no longer a good choice

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- slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Who overflowed and caused him start nuking people?
  
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- Reaper948@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  What happened with Gandi?
  
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  - ptman@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Got bought
    
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mudeth@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Namecheap is cheap and has low cost (free?) Privacyguard. Nearlyfreespeech.net is a principles-first web hosting company that is committed to free speech and also offers domain hosting and registration.

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- apprehentice@lemmy.enchanted.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I use both, NFS for domain and hosting for my personal website and namecheap for everything else. NFS has no BS and I’ve had zero problems with them. Namecheap’s interface and tools are more sophisticated.
  
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- CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Namecheap all the way. They’ve been my registrar for almost 20 something years.
  
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thecam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
epik offers lifetime plans for some domain names and is a Swiss company.

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- Zephyrix@artemis.camp ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It looks like they no longer offer this? Can’t find any trace of it on their website and all the old links referencing them are dead.
  
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  - thecam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I guess they do not offer lifetime plans anymore. I remember a few years ago getting a domain under a lifetime plan.
    
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gunpachi@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I have used namesilo, it's pretty good. I got a very cheap domain for $1. Can't say much about anonymity, but they haven't annoyed me with emails and whatnot. You could also check out porkbun

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daFRAKKINpope@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Hover includes whois privacy for free

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Coelacanthus@lemmy.kde.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I use Porkbun.com. It has modern interface.

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diffuselight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
cloudflare, 10 years. Prices are not going to not move for 10 years

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unsaid0415@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I used [large american registrar], but switched to a small one in my country because I wanted to pay a local business. I found it from somebody’s compilation of companies that offer a TLD for my country, and I just picked the recommended one in that post. It was the one that charged the least.

Keep in mind that with a smaller registrar you won’t be able to get a TLS cert using the “do some shit with my domain records” method - you’ll have to always install the nginx/Apache etc. plugin for Let’s Encrypt

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- c10l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You don’t have to use the registrar’s DNS system.
  
  I use LuaDNS. They even offer a fully functional free tier that might be enough for your needs.
  
  They have an API that can be used with certbot, and you can manage your zones with git.
  
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  - unsaid0415@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ah right, sorry, switched things up. Indeed, I also use my registrar’s DNS system, but if I switched to something that has an API supported by certbot (e.g. dns zones that cost 0.5 eur in large cloud providers) it would work.
    
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Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I used Dreamhost for years but their prices keep creeping upward. I am now slowly migrating to Porkbun and am happy with the much better pricing and transparency.

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SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Nearlyfeeespeech.net has a privacy option.

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vynlwombat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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- pianoplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  … they sold it off to squarespace
  
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- FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  they, don’t even exist anymore
  
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