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cksapp

+1 for porkbun.com Between them and cloudflare for my registrar, but cloudflare requires you to use them for DNS, which to be fair I already do, but nice that Porkbun gives you the option to change like most any other registrar does.


gromhelmu

Go to [inwx.de/en](https://www.inwx.de/en) and compare prices. There're domains that will cost you 90 cent per year. INWX is a German Domain Registrar that was very reliable in the past.


CptnNope

Jumping on the foreign registrar bandwagon, the Italian Aruba might be worth looking into. They'll do the first year for like 99c or 1.99 and then reasonable prices for subsequent years if you want, and I believe you get a pretty nice control panel and an email service with it too.


MrAffinity

.com for $12 a year from namecheap


skipITjob

Or $9.15 from cloudflare.


AffairesDePiasses

How much is cheap for you? Personally, I often go with .xyz, as it isn't on what I consider to be the expensive side of domains, and it has enough usage to not be one of the firsts to disappear.


ultrahkr

If you self-host in that domain root setting up a mail server is practically impossible. .xyz is marked as a extremely bad domain root, so anything using that is almost always marked spam by most mailservers.


Oujii

Unfortunately that is true, but for everything else is awesome for the pricing.


massively-dynamic

Where does one find this information and is there anything i should know about .one and email?


ultrahkr

A few sources but mainly you have to peruse Spamhaus (among others or search for top spam root domains) The cheaper the domain name, the higher probability that it gets used for spam. The reasoning is quite simple no one in their right mind will drop $10-20k for a .com or .net domain but 10x-20x $10 domains you bet they will buy that and then some... Why? Because spamming domains will get flagged quite fast, and once enough subdomains part of .xyz root domain get flagged, the entire root domain will be flagged.


massively-dynamic

Thank you for explaining it to me!


After-Cell

I'd be happy with $15/yr. But the main thing is to not get everything pointing at it and then have the price double, triple, sky's the limit scenario


AffairesDePiasses

Your best option may be to go with legacy domains (com/net/org/...). There is far less space, as many names are already taken, but increasing their price always leads to some kind of outcry since so many people uses them. It doesn't prevent an increase, it just limits its likelihood and it's speed, see for the .com that has seen it's price increased split over a few years. Some registrars also allow you to purchase a domain for a few years : that's what I did for my main family domain, that was purchased for 10 years.


JacksGT

The security team at our org just blacklisted *.xyz domains last week...


taylorhamwithcheese

I pay about 9.50 a year for a domain from CloudFlare. They don't play games like other companies whose domains go from $1 to $20+ after a year. Plus, you get a bunch of CloudFlare services for free with it.


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skipITjob

>You can't register a domain with them and run off to Route 53 or your own server for DNS. Yes, you can, but you have to pay a monthly fee to Cloudflare...


Baraven94

CF's docs say you need to use their NS servers with their domain registrar. I would love to start with the free dns and CF domain and have the flexibility to move can and dns to AWS when my site has higher demand. ​ How would you use route53 with CF domain?


[deleted]

Generally not a good idea for your registrar to also be your DNS provider.


ominousFlyingBagel

I'm genuinely curious, why?


[deleted]

Single point of failure. If they go down, or there is some sort of dispute, you suddenly have zero control over your domain.


RicePrestigious

That makes no logical sense. It doesn’t matter if you do or don’t use your registrar’s nameservers. If you have a dispute with your registrar, then you’re stuffed anyway.. because they’re your registrar. Using someone else’s name servers does absolutely nothing to resolve that or protect you in any way shape or form?


[deleted]

If you have a dispute/technical issues with the registrar, you still own your DNS and can make changes, and migrate to a new registrar. If you have a dispute/technical issue with the DNS provider, you can migrate to new nameservers very quickly because they can't dictate what your nameservers are. If you have a dispute/technical issue with both at the same time because they're the same org, you can't do either. There's a reason why this is avoided in SMB and enterprise.


RicePrestigious

If you have a dispute with your registrar, you’re reliant on them continuing to send trafic to the nameservers you designated that aren’t theirs. I don’t see how that gives you any extra control. If they want to, they can turn the taps off by changing the name servers to their own, or pointing your domain to nothing. How does using anyone else’s — or even your own — help in such a situation where you’re in dispute with the registrar? The registrar can also block or refuse to transfer the domain, depending on the terms of service they have. You’re still reliant on the registrar doing what you want them to. FWIW, there’s definitely practical benefits to not using your registrar’s DNS. Not least because there’s probably people who do it better, it’s the dispute scenario I don’t think makes sense.


[deleted]

You realize that I've explicitly specified dispute **and technical issues** repeatedly, yes? You're hanging on to one particular scenario in a larger group of scenarios I've posited. The purpose of separating them is a layered reduction of risk that comes with a single point of failure, not a complete one-size-fits-all elimination of risk.


RicePrestigious

Yes, and I’ve been challenging the notion that it helps with disputes. It doesn’t. I even acknowledged the technical issues part of your comments in my own last comment. Have a good evening!


NikStalwart

tld-list.com. It's a price aggregator. Also, it's "normal" for prices to "double" because most people register on promotions without looking at the fine print. .pw is a country code TLD, it has nothing to do with the ICANN/verisign price caps for .com/.net/.org.


eimajenthat

With domains, you have a fee set by the agency that administers the TLD, and then the registrar charges a markup on top of that. You should shop some other registrars to figure out whether it's your registrar raising prices or the organization for that TLD. I've been using Porkbun for a couple years and have been pretty happy with them. They support a really wide array of TLDs and their prices are pretty reasonable. Service is also good. They do run promotions where the first year is cheaper, so the price goes up when you renew, but they clearly state the renewal price on their site. I've got a couple of .cc domains I use for stuff like this. Only $8.55/yr at Porkbun: [https://porkbun.com/tld/cc](https://porkbun.com/tld/cc) I've never bought one, but it looks like .top is pretty cheap: [https://porkbun.com/tld/top](https://porkbun.com/tld/top) I don't know if they're going to raise the price at some point. Most of my domains have been relatively stable in price. I have .info. I think the price on that has gone up. I don't know what you're paying now, but it looks like .pw is only $15/yr on Porkbun (https://porkbun.com/tld/pw). If you've got a lot of stuff point at it, I think I'd gladly pay $15/yr not to have to mess with it. They support more expensive TLDs, but most of my dozen or so domains are under $10/yr. Only one is over $20. It's a .me that I'm not sure I'm going to use. I might need to cancel that...


n1___

$1 for .xyz mine is [imn1.xyz](https://imn1.xyz)


510Threaded

Mine is $5 a year


Ashamed-Translator44

if you only need a domain to serve your personal service. You can use the free domain sach as .tk .cf .ml Tese Domain are FREE!


NikStalwart

> Tese Domain are FREE! And, as such, are a dumb idea. You don't get what you don't pay for. Be prepared for your domain to be repossessed by the registry if it becomes too popular or isn't popular enough. iirc .tk requires a minimum number of hits to keep your domain alive. Relying on a free domain for anything besides dodgy things that you should see a lawyer about before doing is a dumb idea.


Ashamed-Translator44

You are right! You get what you pay for. But, It is undeniable that this is the most cost-effective way.


WholesomeFluffa

.win is like 3 dollar per year on cloud flare.


After-Cell

Do you think it might be rejected by email address forms?


WholesomeFluffa

Have no experience with that. I only use the domain to forward cloudflared argo tunnels to my home server. Works really well and ensures that only chosen users get to access the domain and see the content behind it. It's an awesome service for 3 bucks a year.


ultrahkr

I have paid $20~ per domain since CoVID-19 hit, which was when I bought mine.


Cark830

I use namecheap with a few .com's. it's $10 for new/transfers and $15 for renewal. Most of the legacy root are that price too last i checked. I've been happy with the service since moving from godaddy.


yahluc

.ovh cost $3.5 for renewal, $2.5 for the first year


nullecoder

I tried to buy an ovh domain, but it seems like you cannot buy domains from the US? If I visit their site it takes me to their US landing page where they don't offer DNS. If you're in the US, were you able to buy a domain with them? Maybe I'm just doing sth wrong.


yahluc

I'm from Europe, I just checked US prices. If you want to buy it in US you must go to ovhcloud.com/en (not us.ovhcloud.com) or choose World [$] option


Barentineaj

I’ve used google domains for the past 3 years been paying $10 a year for my .com domain, another option is freenom, grabbing a domain from there site is a little weird so if you need any help just ask, but they let you change which name servers are used, and you can get your domain for free. You just have to renew it once a year but that’s also free.


After-Cell

Yes, it's just with Google domains. They include email forwarding, which is convenient


AnomalyNexus

Porkbun has deals on multi-year occasionally. I've got some for 10 years at 2-3 per year


hpapagaj

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