▲ 71 ▼ The prices differences of different providers for the same domain is crazy. (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 months ago by philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments These are for ten years on a 1.1111b xyz domain Godaddy $17 (unsure if includes protection) Dynadot $11.50 (with whois protection) Xyz $19.90 (with whois protection) Its all very confusing. I just want to get a domain for my server as cheap as
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (6 children) As with all domain sellers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 7 points 4 months ago (5 children) Others let you set custom NSs, so you can fuck off from their bullshit. You are stuck with cloudflares lineup here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago (4 children) And you should always separate NS from registrar so if one goes rogue or tits up, you can recover your domain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (3 children) If your registrar goes rogue there's not much you can do. Custom NSs may buy you 12h. This separation gets you that it either breaks 100% or 0%. You're safe from ongoing enshittification until they kill custom NS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (2 children) You can usually do a domain transfer from a non-responding registrar if you can prove you have DNS control. It's a manual process, but I've had to do it. It's proved it's worth to me to have them separated. Now, you might be down for a while, but you don't have to go through a lengthy documentation process if you have DNS control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) That's interesting, what tld was that on? That has to be done by the domain authority right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago That was a .com moving over to I think EasyDNS. They could expedite the domain transfer around the lock if I could prove I had DNS access. Might have done that moving to NameCheap too on another one. This was a few years ago too, everything has gotten stupid in the last few years. Maybe they won't do that without a dispensation from the Pope and a notarized clean bill of health from the STD clinic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 7 points 4 months ago (5 children) Others let you set custom NSs, so you can fuck off from their bullshit. You are stuck with cloudflares lineup here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago (4 children) And you should always separate NS from registrar so if one goes rogue or tits up, you can recover your domain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (3 children) If your registrar goes rogue there's not much you can do. Custom NSs may buy you 12h. This separation gets you that it either breaks 100% or 0%. You're safe from ongoing enshittification until they kill custom NS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (2 children) You can usually do a domain transfer from a non-responding registrar if you can prove you have DNS control. It's a manual process, but I've had to do it. It's proved it's worth to me to have them separated. Now, you might be down for a while, but you don't have to go through a lengthy documentation process if you have DNS control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) That's interesting, what tld was that on? That has to be done by the domain authority right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago That was a .com moving over to I think EasyDNS. They could expedite the domain transfer around the lock if I could prove I had DNS access. Might have done that moving to NameCheap too on another one. This was a few years ago too, everything has gotten stupid in the last few years. Maybe they won't do that without a dispensation from the Pope and a notarized clean bill of health from the STD clinic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago (4 children) And you should always separate NS from registrar so if one goes rogue or tits up, you can recover your domain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (3 children) If your registrar goes rogue there's not much you can do. Custom NSs may buy you 12h. This separation gets you that it either breaks 100% or 0%. You're safe from ongoing enshittification until they kill custom NS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (2 children) You can usually do a domain transfer from a non-responding registrar if you can prove you have DNS control. It's a manual process, but I've had to do it. It's proved it's worth to me to have them separated. Now, you might be down for a while, but you don't have to go through a lengthy documentation process if you have DNS control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) That's interesting, what tld was that on? That has to be done by the domain authority right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago That was a .com moving over to I think EasyDNS. They could expedite the domain transfer around the lock if I could prove I had DNS access. Might have done that moving to NameCheap too on another one. This was a few years ago too, everything has gotten stupid in the last few years. Maybe they won't do that without a dispensation from the Pope and a notarized clean bill of health from the STD clinic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (3 children) If your registrar goes rogue there's not much you can do. Custom NSs may buy you 12h. This separation gets you that it either breaks 100% or 0%. You're safe from ongoing enshittification until they kill custom NS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (2 children) You can usually do a domain transfer from a non-responding registrar if you can prove you have DNS control. It's a manual process, but I've had to do it. It's proved it's worth to me to have them separated. Now, you might be down for a while, but you don't have to go through a lengthy documentation process if you have DNS control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) That's interesting, what tld was that on? That has to be done by the domain authority right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago That was a .com moving over to I think EasyDNS. They could expedite the domain transfer around the lock if I could prove I had DNS access. Might have done that moving to NameCheap too on another one. This was a few years ago too, everything has gotten stupid in the last few years. Maybe they won't do that without a dispensation from the Pope and a notarized clean bill of health from the STD clinic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (2 children) You can usually do a domain transfer from a non-responding registrar if you can prove you have DNS control. It's a manual process, but I've had to do it. It's proved it's worth to me to have them separated. Now, you might be down for a while, but you don't have to go through a lengthy documentation process if you have DNS control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) That's interesting, what tld was that on? That has to be done by the domain authority right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago That was a .com moving over to I think EasyDNS. They could expedite the domain transfer around the lock if I could prove I had DNS access. Might have done that moving to NameCheap too on another one. This was a few years ago too, everything has gotten stupid in the last few years. Maybe they won't do that without a dispensation from the Pope and a notarized clean bill of health from the STD clinic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) That's interesting, what tld was that on? That has to be done by the domain authority right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago That was a .com moving over to I think EasyDNS. They could expedite the domain transfer around the lock if I could prove I had DNS access. Might have done that moving to NameCheap too on another one. This was a few years ago too, everything has gotten stupid in the last few years. Maybe they won't do that without a dispensation from the Pope and a notarized clean bill of health from the STD clinic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago That was a .com moving over to I think EasyDNS. They could expedite the domain transfer around the lock if I could prove I had DNS access. Might have done that moving to NameCheap too on another one. This was a few years ago too, everything has gotten stupid in the last few years. Maybe they won't do that without a dispensation from the Pope and a notarized clean bill of health from the STD clinic. permalink fedilink source parent