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Owners of a domain, which domain registrar did you choose and why? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by AlexPewMaster@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I'm currently on the lookout for privacy-respecting domain registrars. What are you guys using and why?

Edit: I've registered my domain with Porkbun. I got a really cool one, it's called reallyaweso.me!

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[–] inson1@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

porkbun is good and cheap

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I use Hostpoint.

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

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

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

[–] Sickday@kbin.run 1 points 7 months ago

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.

[–] exu@feditown.com 1 points 7 months ago

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

[–] hitagi@ani.social 1 points 7 months ago

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.

[–] Dianoga@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

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

[–] shaked_coffee@feddit.it 1 points 7 months ago

Currently using Infomaniak.com and I'm really liking it. They are a bit pricy compared to other registrars but

  • they have solid privacy policy
  • their servers use renewable energy
  • they let you set up DDNS with a simple bash script
  • they offer some cool email and kSuite benefits with the purchase of a domain
[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Previously Gandi, but they've jacked up their prices and cut features, so in the process of moving to AWS Route53.

My main requirements are:

  • Competitively priced (doesn't need to be the absolute cheapest, but the feature set better justify the price)
  • Able to manage domain with Terraform (I've got 10 domains, and copy-pasting DNSSEC keys around gets old really fast)
  • Not be CloudFlare (fuck those guys in particular)
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 months ago

Gen.xyz

[–] h3ndrik@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

https://www.inwx.de/

No particular reason. They seem pretty alright.

[–] JohnyRocket@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 7 months ago

I use Infomaniak, as they follow swiss privacy laws and had the cheapest registration for .ch when I registered it first.

[–] skar3@feddit.it -1 points 7 months ago

OVH because it's European

[–] skilltheamps@feddit.de -1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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).

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[–] multicolorKnight@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago

name.com. I don't remember why I picked them, but they do no BS and the service is fine.

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