Hey guys, I am quite new to the whole self-hosting world so I haven’t done too much. Before I dive in deeper though, I’d like to know how I should choose my domain name vendor. Specifically, I only want a domain, no VPS or other hosting capability as I got some old laptops running at home I want to use for testing the waters.

Thanks in advance!

    • robotrash@lemmy.robotra.shEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Plus one for Porkbun here. DNS management is super easy too. Low prices was a plus too. Got a “.sh” for half of what everyone else I found has them for.

    • atomic peach@pawb.socialEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Another vote for Porkbun here. I switched after Google Domains shared they were selling off to Squarespace. It’s been a lovely experience and their website just seems more human than the other big players. Cloudflare isn’t a terrible alternative option as long as you’ll be using their DNS.

    • hatter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Porkbun is awesome. A few months ago I transferred most of my domains from Namecheap to Porkbun and I’ll be transferring the rest soon.

      Namecheap are still in my top 3 after Porkbun and Cloudflare though.

    • ikornaselurEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Been a happy namecheap customer for probably around 10 years now, never had any issues!

  • DesertCreosote@purpleit.netEnglish
    71·
    1 year ago

    I used to use Google Domains, but lately I’ve been switching to Cloudflare. They don’t have every TLD, but they have all the ones I need, and their prices are lower than Google’s is.

    • dan@upvote.auEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      The major issue with Cloudflare is that you’re forced to use their DNS servers. I’d rather pay a little bit extra to have more freedom in how I use my domain.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Ovh is a good option as their domains come with a free 5gb email and also IPv4 dyndns that’s easy to set up. Certbot also has an Ovh api extension for easily making SSL certificates via the dns-01 challenge.

  • 018118055@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Being in EU and with Gandi bought out and increasing prices, I recently moved to Hetzner as a domain registrar.

    • hutchmcnugget@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t mind Godaddy until I tried to get an SSL certificate with NPM. Had to move the DNS to cloud flare to get it to work.

  • gray@lemmy.boltwolf.netEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    Cloudflare sells domains at cost, and if you ever wanted to their proxy and ddos services are easy addons.