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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I want my private information to be hidden in Whois requests. Also, I don't want to buy a domain from a registrar that seems very sketchy.
Most registrars offer whois privacy protection which is a randomized forwarder, so if someone emails the contact it can get to you but none of your information is shown. Usually about $2 a year, don’t forget to auto-renew it.
Namecheap usually adds it for free for the initial registration period.
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Some European ones because the domains have European TLDs. .eu for example is only available by EU registrars IINM. But also, I do my best to keep the money local where I can.
not true anymore, everybody can buy eu domain
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I'm using my local registrar. 10 years ago, when I registered my first domain, it was one of few options I was familiar with, and they had offered a discount. I could find something cheaper, but we're talking about 8EUR/year. It doesn't really matter.
I'm not super knowledgeable on this, but I chose Dynadot because it's cheap and WHOIS privacy is included.
Was on Google cause I just initially was setting them up there. Moved to cloudflare the day they added dev tlds.
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Initally some local site, then I transferred to GoDaddy, then to OVH (since GD is shit). One is still at Cloudflare (tried to move there, but they don't support al TLDs that I use, like ".eu").
For DNS I use Cloudflare. They provide a layer of privacy, i.e. your server IPs don't get exposed directly.
Namecheap because cheap
I use Hostpoint.
They were recommended by Protonmail, and meet my privacy concerns.
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I currently use gandi but I'm planning on moving to cloudflare. Not in too much of a rush since I did a 10 year lease.
Ghandi.net because a paranoid DNS expert told me he uses it
Ghandi got sold to another company last year and they have started raising prices... I suggest you look into transfering your domain to somewhere else. I am trying porkbun now and it seems alright but they are others.
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Namesilo, cheap and never had issues
OVH because cheap enough for me, europe based and reliable.
Veebimajutus. They are a local registrar in my country and I like to support local businesses.
Chose Namecheap just for domain and later ionos and their mail service for my 2nd.
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Contabo, since I also rented a VPS with them at the time. Really great service, complete dns control. Can only recommend
OVH because it's European
I started with Porkbun, but I also have some domains on Gandi because they offer a CC TLD I wanted.
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
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| ESXi | VMWare virtual machine hypervisor |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
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porkbun is good and cheap