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Private and/or cheap places to register a domain

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I'm currently using namecheap to buy cheap domains, I know they are not necessarily cheap in long term, but first year + coupons make them almost free

But now I've got some domains I don't want to just use one year, and it gives pretty much a lot of issues with pricing and privacy

So please, people, share services you use, and tell me whether they are private and/or cheap and/or have all those countless generic domains and not just .com .org .net

EvolvedTurtle ,

Idk about cheapness
But I've been using dynadot and it seems like a really good balance of cheapness and quality

Trollception ,

Honestly the best place to register a domain is http://ww

GoudronViande24 ,

I mostly use CloudFlare registrar since I'm already using them for my job. They don't have first year promo or anything like that, but they sell all domains at cost price and it integrates nicely with their other services. Sadly it does not support .ca domains yet but it does support lots of TLDs.

pizzawithdirt ,

Hostinger is pretty cheap I think.

Telodzrum ,

Namecheap, Namesilo, and Porkbun are the ones that people around here seem to like.

Decronym Bot , (edited )

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
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 10 acronyms.

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SaltyIceteaMaker ,
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Good bot

WindowsEnjoyer , (edited )

For self hosting, I've purchased .eu domain for ~24€, for 5 years. Later on it will be 11€/year.

I'll get another domain for similar price and for 5 years. :)

Lithuanian service, so I am not going to mention it. :)

EDIT: typo, 11€ per year instead of month

machinin ,

11€/month? Do you mean per year?

WindowsEnjoyer ,

Ummmm probably, yeah, per year.

jelloeater85 ,
@jelloeater85@lemmy.world avatar

NameCheap.com

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Porkbun: probably more private than others.

Cloudflare: less expensive, best in class security, but less privacy obviously

possiblylinux127 ,
@possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip avatar

gen.xyz?

mryessir ,

netcup.de

wreckedcarzz ,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

https://www.netcup.eu/ for those who need an English version :p

Baku ,

For something cheap, my vote goes to name cheap. Their support was actually better than I expected too. For something private njalla is really good. Not sure what's a good mix of both though, maybe CloudFlare? I know you can move your domain to them, so I presume they also let you register directly through them.

EncryptKeeper ,

Namecheap is a quality service for sure and I’ve used them myself, but they’re only cheap to buy. They really stick it to you when it’s time to renew.

MangoPenguin ,
@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Not really? Their prices are in line with any other registrar.

EncryptKeeper , (edited )

They aren’t. I have a handful of domains on Namecheap still due to the convenience of their api, and each one is between 15-25% more to renew than popular alternatives like Porkbun, Namesilo, or Cloudflare. Now for a single domain we’re talking a difference of $5-10 a year. So for a single domain, is that price difference a dealbreaker? Probably not. But the more domains you have the more it adds up.

MangoPenguin ,
@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

That's true, hadn't looked in a year or so but they are a bit higher now!

Zealousideal_Fox900 ,

asurahosting?

Faceman2K23 ,
@Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

With Google domains transferring to Squarespace I'll be transferring my one remaining domain with them to something else soon enough.

I already moved all of my other domains over to a local provider I use for work that has treated me well, but this one last google domain address has my self hosted services on it and I was using some features that I didn't want to have to transfer so I kept it with google. I was using their ddns service too but my IP is now sticky (effectively static but can change in some rare circumstances) and it has only changed once in the last 3 years so I think I'll just manually manage the A records if needed until I either go fully static or use a third party ddns provider. I also use email aliasing to use me@mydomain with gmail.

spader312 ,

Namesilo

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