Owners of a domain, which domain registrar did you choose and why? - eviltoast

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!

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    So I’m quite new to this, and searching around hasn’t been to clear… if I’m looking to have my own E-mail domain, do I buy a domain in addition to subscribing to an E-mail… service… thing?

    • exception4289@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      Yes, you need to buy (register) a domain beforehand.
      The e-mail provider of your choice that provides custom domains will ask you to

      • either point your domain to their nameservers (done from the domain provider’s panel)
      • or insert/update some DNS records on your domain (either from your domain provider’s panel if it is supported or you can link your domain to another DNS service e.g. CloudFlare)
      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Thank you very much! I’ll look into snagging a domain and setting up like, Bluehost or Proton. I use Proton’s free tier now, but it looks like it’s about 3x as much for their good E-mail plan compared to Bluehost.