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!
I use Namecheap. It’s nice for spending your sats
Been a happy namecheap customer for probably around 10 years now, never had any issues!
i got one from GoDaddy, but i regret the choice…
Being in EU and with Gandi bought out and increasing prices, I recently moved to Hetzner as a domain registrar.
TIL Hetzner sells domains.
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.
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.
Cloudflare offers a lot of services, including domain registration and DNS hosting.
Cloudflare sells domains at cost, and if you ever wanted to their proxy and ddos services are easy addons.
