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Owners of a domain, which domain registrar did you choose and why? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 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.