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!

  • karpintero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    723·
    9 months ago

    Recently moved over to porkbun after dealing with a couple billing issues with namecheap and not getting the best customer service. Been pretty happy so far.

    • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
      261·
      9 months ago

      I moved all of my domains to Porkbun when Google Domains started to close down or become SquareSpace or whatever they were doing.

      No complaints so far.

    • Zikeji@programming.devEnglish
      151·
      9 months ago

      I’ve been using Porkbun for over 5 years and haven’t had any issues. I switched from a mix of Google Domains and Namecheap.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      31·
      9 months ago

      So I’m quite new to this, and searching around hasn’t been to clear… if I’m looking to have my own E-mail domain, do I buy a domain in addition to subscribing to an E-mail… service… thing?

      • exception4289@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        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)
        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          9 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.

    • AlexPewMaster@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      33·
      9 months ago

      What kind of TLD did you buy? Did you choose a TLD that’s supported by the WHOIS privacy? I wanted to see if alexpewmaster.de was available, and it told me this:

      ⚠️   PRIVACY WARNING ⚠️

This TLD does not allow WHOIS privacy but generally redacts your personal information. This means that your personal contact information will be sent to the registry but it should not be made public.
      • Zikeji@programming.devEnglish
        181·
        9 months ago

        Generally the country based TLDs have that problem. That isn’t unique to porkbun or .de

      • Engywuck@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        9 months ago

        I have a .de domain with them. No personal info are shown on whois info.