Dianoga ,

Internet.bs because it's cheap and had a cctld I wanted

inson1 ,

cloudflare takes 0% commision, but its cloudflare

inson1 ,

porkbun is good and cheap

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

The first registrar I used was DomainSite, around 20 years ago. They still exist but are called Name.com now. They're a pretty good registrar.

I have most of my domains at Porkbun these days. They're great too, and a bit cheaper.

In terms or privacy-respecting, most registrars will mask your WHOIS info for free, to comply with laws like GDPR. Never pay for "WHOIS privacy".

Appoxo ,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Chose Namecheap just for domain and later ionos and their mail service for my 2nd.

CetaceanNeeded ,

+1 for namecheap. I'm happy with them as a registrar. Their support has always been fast and helpful if I have an issue. I use CloudFlare for DNS as they were easier to setup something for dynamic IP.

Appoxo ,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Same setup for me.

Skanky ,

Porkbun because it was super easy, one of the cheapest, and has rest good guides for noobs for how to connect various hosting sites (like, using Google sites but owning the domain from porkbun)

Evotech ,

Ghandi.net because a paranoid DNS expert told me he uses it

vervein ,
@vervein@sopuli.xyz avatar

Ghandi got sold to another company last year and they have started raising prices... I suggest you look into transfering your domain to somewhere else. I am trying porkbun now and it seems alright but they are others.

Evotech ,

Hm I didn't know. Thanks. I already use cloudflare for DNS so next cycle i might change the registrar too if it's anything to save.

FluffyPotato ,

Veebimajutus.
They are a local registrar in my country and I like to support local businesses.

gaael ,

OVH because cheap enough for me, europe based and reliable.

amzd ,

Namecheap because cheap

neurospice ,

I rent a domain from namesilo

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

We usually just say that we're registering a domain name, or renewing the registration.

Renting a domain usually refers to something different entirely. It's when someone owns a valuable domain name, and someone else pays them a monthly or yearly fee to use it, like renting a house. It's sometimes done with premium domains that would be very expensive to acquire outright.

neurospice ,

Ah, thanks for clearing that up!

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Cloudflare for support (tooling), Njal.la for privacy (run by the pirate bay founder), porkbun for a happy medium and for the cool kids.

AustralianSimon ,
@AustralianSimon@lemmy.world avatar

Namesilo, cheap and never had issues

nik282000 ,
@nik282000@lemmy.ca avatar

Namecheap, cheap, easy to use, easy to setup DDNS, helpful support staff. I have heard horror stories of them selling popular domains out from under their owner but none were recent.

khorak ,

Same. I buy all my domains there. And in case someone needs a proper API and support for the dns challenge, host your DNS at DeSEC.

tgxn ,
@tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net avatar

Never heard of DeSEC before, but it looks damn cool! Been looking to get away from CloudFlare.

MigratingtoLemmy ,

What makes you want to move from Cloudflare? They are the least expensive option

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

The thing that I don't like is that lot of these DNS hosts don't support using them for secondary DNS... It looks like deSEC is the same :/

I like using my own DNS server as a hidden primary because it lets me do bulk and programmatic updates more easily.

I'm using DNSMadeEasy for some of my important domains because they have the fastest servers, their service is really reliable, and major brands are using the same DNS servers so it seems like I can trust them. However, after being acquired by DigiCert, their prices went up over 10x... the $60/year plan I was on is now $675/year.

HE's free DNS supports secondary DNS but their reliability isn't great. DNSimple supports it but I'm over their limit of 100 records for some zones. Hexonet supports it but I couldn't figure out how to get it working and neither could their support.

PanArab ,

Porkbun

Not kosher and offered best price

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Technically Cloudflare has the best prices

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

Cloudflare locks you in to using their DNS though. I'd rather pay a bit more to avoid vendor lock-in.

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Oh boy, I was unaware of the fact that I can't use my own nameservers with cloudflare. Definitely not going to recommend them anymore

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