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!
Cloudflare and Namecheap. I would use Cloudflare because of cost
Namecheap because it’s easy and quick to use. They have good prices on new domains as well. Their prices are less attractive in renewals though, so I’d suggest transferring your domain after buying it to Cloudflare or NameSilo or PorkBun or the like.
CloudFlare
Yup, they don’t mark up prices, they allow you to proxy traffic though them, and they have a WAF that you can set up 5 (I think) firewall rules for your traffic for free.
I figure if I’m already using their proxy, may as well have my domains there as well… one fewer party to trust.
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
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.
cloudflare takes 0% commision, but its cloudflare
Ive been thinking about #dnsregistrars and #ssl certificates lately. Does anyone know a #coop #registrar ?
Not sure why you got downvoted, wanting to do business with a work co-op is valid. I don’t however know of one :/
Penalty because of the random hash signs in the comment. It looks like someone trying to tag words but failing.
i have to admit i was just trying to see if I could find the post using Mastodon. I had a moment where I wondered how lemmy posts look via Mastodon. Perhaps i deserved it .
I stick with the big name registrars and then just use the cheapest for that TLD.
I’m not super knowledgeable on this, but I chose Dynadot because it’s cheap and WHOIS privacy is included.
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.
+1 for Porkbun. They are exceptionally unexceptional.
Porkbun works good for me
In the process of moving all my stuff to porkbun as well. It’s the best.
+1 porkbun. $1.60 for a .top whois privacy. 2FA with security key. Even let me host my own nameserver, so I can have separate internal and external views.
Any registrar allows you to host your own nameservers. You just point to your server from the registrar console.
Cloudflare does not.
Yeah, you have to pay for that feature on cloudflare but considering that they are so cheap I think it’s not so bad.
Every other registrar I have seen allows it though (they are usually more expensive since they earn a profit on registrations.)
porkbun > cloudflare
I use Hostpoint.
They were recommended by Protonmail, and meet my privacy concerns.
+1 for Hostpoint. All my servers are in Switzerland as well.
Cloudflare for support (tooling), Njal.la for privacy (run by the pirate bay founder), porkbun for a happy medium and for the cool kids.
Was on Namesilo. No complaints, save for the slow website. Changed to porkburn because it was a bit cheaper.
Veebimajutus. They are a local registrar in my country and I like to support local businesses.
