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.

    • paris@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      +1 for Porkbun. They even offer $2/yr <6–9 digit>.xyz domains if you just want a domain for basically free and don’t care about having a nice and pretty one. 01384629.xyz or whatever for $2/yr to give their service a try is well worth it imo. I have one of these as well as a “real” domain I like that’s like $20 or $25/yr. I have no complaints with Porkbun.

  • Bluefruit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I use cloudflare for both my domains. $17 or so each.

    Honestly you can spend as little as a couple bucks if you dont care about a name. I like cloudflare but almost any registrar is fine as long as you pay for the domain.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      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 You can also boot into recovery environment, but that is outdated minimal installation of Debian 9 without working APT.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.

  • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I use Cloudflare as registrar, and I am currently paying for 2 .com and 1 .co domains, US$100 each for 10 years.

  • witness_me@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Formerly Google domains, now owned by squarespace. It costs $13 a year for a .rocks domain.

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    51·
    2 days ago

    Cloudflare. They sell and renew at cost ($12 iirc)

    I hear Porkbun does/did as well but I haven’t looked in a long time.

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
    17·
    1 day ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    CF CloudFlare
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    IP Internet Protocol
    NAT Network Address Translation
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

    5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.

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  • K3CAN@lemmy.radioEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    I have two domains through Cloudflare. They don’t mark up to price at all, so they’re basically the lowest price you’ll find that isn’t a gimmick.

    I pay $6.50 for one and $10.46 for the other. Privacy is free and by default.

    No harm in getting your domain from them. Just beware that when you create a DNS entry, they default to proxying the incoming connections. It is super easy to turn that “feature” off, you just have to remember to do it whenever you create a new record.

    • HybridSarcasm@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      This is my strategy as well. Except, I will find the domain on sale elsewhere then transfer it over to CloudFlare.

  • dieTasse@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    I tried many only to settle on cloudflare. The other services were poor or in some cases weird (like infomaniak wanting me to upload my ID). Cloudflare had good prices and the service is stable, no surprises + whois privacy included.

  • French75@slrpnk.netEnglish
    19·
    4 days ago

    I’ve got a few domains. I use Porkbun as registrar. They’re awesome, and the domains were pretty cheap. Under $10 a year each.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    4 days ago

    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.