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hitagi ,
@hitagi@ani.social avatar

Porkbun asks for your ID now so that might not be "privacy-respecting" but their CS is very helpful from my experience.

I have domains in Netim and Spaceship, and I have no problems with either so far.

eratic ,
@eratic@slrpnk.net avatar

njal.la

LunchEnjoyer ,

njal.la is without a doubt one of the better ones if privacy is number one priority.

AlexPewMaster OP ,

Njalla doesn't seem to be a good option according to this comment on a privacy-focused forum.

wildbus8979 , (edited )

Njalla was founded and is ran by Peter Sundee, aka brokep, of Pirate Bay fame... If there's anyone you can trust ...

Zpiritual ,

Interestingly that is why I chose them like 5 years ago as I figured that is a plus as far as privacy is concerned. Having 1337 show up when performing a domain owner lookup instead of my name seem like a good thing and if I need it to be registered to me it's easy enough to transfer.

I love the service though and brokep being involved makes them worth considering for anyone into privacy.

olof ,

I would also say this. Njalla is good

exu ,
@exu@feditown.com avatar

I started with Porkbun, but I also have some domains on Gandi because they offer a CC TLD I wanted.

filister ,

CloudFlare

USSEthernet ,

Yup, they don't mark up prices, they allow you to proxy traffic though them, and they have a WAF that you can set up 5 (I think) firewall rules for your traffic for free.

subtext ,

I figure if I’m already using their proxy, may as well have my domains there as well… one fewer party to trust.

Sickday ,
@Sickday@kbin.run avatar

I originally used namecheap but moved over to porkbun about 2 years ago now. I've really enjoyed their service since the move. The two instances where I needed to contact support were great. Issues were resolved very quick and responses weren't days apart like namecheap.

BlackRing ,

I use Hostpoint.

They were recommended by Protonmail, and meet my privacy concerns.

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

+1 for Hostpoint. All my servers are in Switzerland as well.

abeorch ,

Ive been thinking about and certificates lately. Does anyone know a ?

wildbus8979 ,

Not sure why you got downvoted, wanting to do business with a work co-op is valid. I don't however know of one :/

EinfachUnersetzlich ,

Penalty because of the random hash signs in the comment. It looks like someone trying to tag words but failing.

abeorch ,

i have to admit i was just trying to see if I could find the post using Mastodon. I had a moment where I wondered how lemmy posts look via Mastodon. Perhaps i deserved it .

Engywuck ,

Was on Namesilo. No complaints, save for the slow website. Changed to porkburn because it was a bit cheaper.

gravitywell ,

Namecheap since I have been using them since the 00s and never had any problems.

skilltheamps ,

What privacy concerns do you have? I'm all for privacy, but I don't really see where registrars are a delicate topic in that. The most that comes to mind is that some (most?) have a service where they do not give out your name and address for whois requests, but instead the details of the registrar (namecheap has that for example).

AlexPewMaster OP ,

I want my private information to be hidden in Whois requests. Also, I don't want to buy a domain from a registrar that seems very sketchy.

homesweethomeMrL ,

Most registrars offer whois privacy protection which is a randomized forwarder, so if someone emails the contact it can get to you but none of your information is shown. Usually about $2 a year, don’t forget to auto-renew it.

Namecheap usually adds it for free for the initial registration period.

lemmyingly ,

Some add this as an additional fee and others include it in the annual price.

PainInTheAES ,

I currently use gandi but I'm planning on moving to cloudflare. Not in too much of a rush since I did a 10 year lease.

karpintero ,

Recently moved over to porkbun after dealing with a couple billing issues with namecheap and not getting the best customer service. Been pretty happy so far.

mikyopii ,
@mikyopii@programming.dev avatar

I've been with Porkbun for over a year now. No complaints.

essteeyou ,

I moved all of my domains to Porkbun when Google Domains started to close down or become SquareSpace or whatever they were doing.

No complaints so far.

AlexPewMaster OP ,

What kind of TLD did you buy? Did you choose a TLD that's supported by the WHOIS privacy? I wanted to see if alexpewmaster.de was available, and it told me this:

⚠️   PRIVACY WARNING ⚠️

This TLD does not allow WHOIS privacy but generally redacts your personal information. This means that your personal contact information will be sent to the registry but it should not be made public.
Zikeji ,
@Zikeji@programming.dev avatar

Generally the country based TLDs have that problem. That isn't unique to porkbun or .de

Engywuck ,

I have a .de domain with them. No personal info are shown on whois info.

lemmyvore ,

That's a really weird way of putting it. EU ccTLDs don't offer whois privacy because it's not needed. They have whois privacy built-in as well as very strong privacy laws.

If you want a .de domain I would recommend using inwx.de as registrar they have extremely low prices for .de and often run discounts for the first year as well.

The one thing to keep in mind if you're not a German citizen and/or not have a German address is that you need to provide one after you register a .de domain. INWX has a service for 3 eur/yr that will provide one on your behalf.

Some other cheap European domains without any requirements and built-in mandatory whois privacy are .be, .nl, .fr and .ro.

Keep in mind that some of these ccTLD don't allow purchasing multiple years in advance and also force you to reset your leftover term if you transfer.

If you're gonna get an European ccTLD you should also use an European registrar like INWX or Netim or Gandi. Using an European ccTLD with an American registrar kind of defies the whole point.

Zikeji ,
@Zikeji@programming.dev avatar

I've been using Porkbun for over 5 years and haven't had any issues. I switched from a mix of Google Domains and Namecheap.

Rai ,

So I’m quite new to this, and searching around hasn’t been to clear… if I’m looking to have my own E-mail domain, do I buy a domain in addition to subscribing to an E-mail… service… thing?

exception4289 ,

Yes, you need to buy (register) a domain beforehand.
The e-mail provider of your choice that provides custom domains will ask you to

  • either point your domain to their nameservers (done from the domain provider's panel)
  • or insert/update some DNS records on your domain (either from your domain provider's panel if it is supported or you can link your domain to another DNS service e.g. CloudFlare)
Rai ,

Thank you very much! I’ll look into snagging a domain and setting up like, Bluehost or Proton. I use Proton’s free tier now, but it looks like it’s about 3x as much for their good E-mail plan compared to Bluehost.

wise ,
@wise@feddit.uk avatar

Do you know if they support Dynamic DNS?

kalpol ,

You can use something separate like Zoneedit for the DNS records

SeeJayEmm ,
@SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org avatar

I've been using nearlyfreespeech.net for a very long time. They're a small, reliable, outfit that's been around forever and definitely respects your privacy.

ohlaph ,

Cloudflare and Namecheap. I would use Cloudflare because of cost

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