Domain names seem expensive in comparison. The cheaper VPS that I use for playing around is just $10.29/year.
I thought I’d get a domain name from RackNerd as well, but they’re $24.95/year + I think $4.99 for privacy.
I’ve checked Namecheap, and that seemed great, until I found that renewal prices are often through the roof.
I don’t really care about it being nice. For now, mostly I just want to use the VPS as image host for Lemmy, since Imgur and Catbox are both a bit problematic.
And without a domain name, the images only show as link posts in the default LemmyUI (though it seems to work elsewhere). Plus it makes migration impossible.
Wait here are you getting a $10/year VPS?
From a deal on racknerdtracker.com (so RackNerd as the name suggests).
But their panel is a bit limited. If you want a custom OS that isn’t provided, you have to open a ticket with them to get an ISO mounted. You can also boot into recovery environment, but that is outdated minimal installation of Debian 9 without working APT. I was still able to use it to install Arch Linux from bootstrap image though. I just had to decompress it on my PC, create a temporary partition for it and scp it over.And I am again mentioning Arch. It comes naturally.
Seriously, my ISP (XMission - local and fucking awesome) charges $27/mo minimum for a VPS
I am not renting a VPS from them (only domain registration, an e-mailadres and whois privacy), but have you looked into the offerings from Infomaniak? Mind you, things like the TLD influence the price a lot (reg and/or renewal), and hosting related services can increase costs as well.
I’ve got one through name.com and I pay I think $15/year for. Not really sure what extra features I’m getting, I don’t do much with it.
$24.95/yr seems high. Are you looking at a specialty TLD? I paid around 10 USD/yr for a .com with Cloudflare, and 12 CAD/yr for a .ca with Canspace.
Not at all. And that’s without whois privacy.
.com .net .org .us .me are $24.95/year
.meme is $24.99/year
.io is whopping $69.00/year
Find the best prices for domain names here, from registration to renewal an transfer: https://tld-list.com/
Privacy should be free and by default.
Thanks a lot :)
I’ve think Cloudflare just sells them at the price they pay even if they don’t do the first year promo like NameCheap does
I have a .com for like $19.99 but pay to have my info redacted from whois stuff, an email address, all cones to like $42.99
I have a bullshit domain with some nonsense tld and domain name that I pay $0.99/yr for that’s on a vps I pay like $150/yr for all told (it’s doing stuff).
All told I keep it below $20/month.
I have a .com for like $19.99 but pay to have my info redacted from whois stuff, an email address, all cones to like $42.99
Porkbun charges $11.08 for a .com with whois privacy. $30/year for email hosting might be worth it if you’re getting very good service, but I think you’re overpaying.
Cloudflare has been excellent for me since I switched away from (puke) GoDaddy years ago. They don’t try to upsell you bullshit like most of the other places, either. I have three domains with them.
I do not use any other Cloudflare services. There are no additional costs or services required (beyond the domain fees) to use them as your registrar.
As far as I know, you can not change the authoritative name server for domains registered with cloudflare (probably not a big issue for most people)
Looks like they allow it, but only if you’re an enterprise customer.
https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/
I don’t have a big problem with CloudFlare (and use their service myself for some things). But so much of the internet infrastructure is already consolidated with them. There are so many good options for domain registrars. Let’s spread things around a bit.
@lukecyca @CarbonatedPastaSauce problem is I thought I spread stuff around but pork in uses their nameservers.
Nearly Free Speech https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/services/domains
I paid $10.44 USD to cloudflare last year in May for a year of my .com domain. I have no complaints.
Cloudflare sells domains at wholesale prices. Domains are not their business model, they want people to be exposed to their services so you might pay for something they do make money on.
Beyond just the registrar you pick, try not to pick some vanity TLDs. The ubiquitous ones (e.g. .com and .net) are fine. For example .xyz has a bad reputation (due to its initial low price to register, it became used for many spammers) and might be blocked in unexpected places. Others might lure you in with a cheap first year but charge much higher for subsequent years.
In addition to that, ccTLDs (country code) can be a wildcard, especially if you don’t live in the region served by it. Although rare, the country registry can seize your domain. Most commonly though, many, including .us, do not allow you to mask your personal information (WHOIS privacy). I’ve had a .me for a long time and even though they haven’t been much of a problem, they are also raising the price for renewal faster than an equivalent .com, and so I’ve been thinking of letting that domain go.
If you trust your country’s ccTLD registry and they’re reputable, that’s less of an issue, however.
Is there a reason to be concerned about the blocking anywhere besides email? I can’t think of any, but I might not be thinking of some usecases
I’ve read that if you or your family depend on some kind of firewall provided by a company (and removing or disabling it is not allowed), then that firewall might outright refuse to connect to such a domain, even if the domain was never used. (Basically outright blocking .xyz at the root.) It’s not applicable in most cases but it is definitely a case of overzealous “protection” software. It’s just an unpredictable outcome and a risk. If you don’t plan on hosting email and don’t use a firewall like that, then it would be marginally acceptable.
I would still strongly recommend a .com or .net. The only advantage of using lesser known (or of low reputation) TLD is that more domains will not have been taken. I’d rather just try to be creative or pick something longer with .com.
I bought a class 1.111B domain from the .xyz registrar: 6 to 9 digits followed by .xyz, so you can use your phone number. They sell them for $1/year, and $1/year for whois privacy. So I paid $20 to have my domain for the next decade :)
Porkbun is pretty solid
been using them since i dropped duckdns and they’ve been great. self hosted ddns options for porkbun too
I got a .cc domain at Porkbun for about $35 for 10 years. That was the best deal I could find.
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@gravitas @karpintero ICANN? Or whoever Manges .com is increasing the cost. Did it last year this year and next year I think the plan is.
My namecheap domain (.net) is around 15 USD annually, with basic privacy protection included
