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I want to get some domains for selfhosted stuff, but I'd like to use a registrar that I won't regret doing business with later, both in terms of ethics and potential customer service stuff. Who do y'all like most?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Pair domains supports ipv4/6 DNS, Dnsmasq, and dynamic DNS. Cheap, 2fa secured and does the job reliably.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

As a side question, are there other free DNS providers besides Cloudflare? Ones that don't require you to register your domain there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just curious. Why should dynadot be avoid?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I can only speak from personal experience but for me they jacked up the price significantly after year one and then sent my domain straight to auction after I decided not to pay. I respect that there are reseller-focused providers out there but they aren't for me.

On the other hand, I've had nothing but quality service from namecheap for the best part of a decade.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I've used two, NameCheap, and PorkBun.

Hated Namecheap, would never use them again. Janky pricing, tons of email spam, terrible UI.

Porkbun has been pretty great. Simple, solid prices, easy to use, no issues for about a year and a half.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I migrated from IONOS and Namecheap to INWX because it does support both domains I use.
And their prices were reasonable.

Migration was quick and neat. Had to issues doing it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been using Namecheap for almost a year now with no complaints

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I’ve been with namecheap for years too. No complaints

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Is this important when self hosting?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@wetdog love porkbun. Love their API.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Cloudflare dns changes are lightning fast compared to network solutions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Move your stuff from Gandi to Netim.com

Gandi got acquired and has done some very weird shit with pricing.

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