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I want to buy a domain name for personal usage (reverse proxy, selfhosting serivces). I’ll probably go with a general purpose .net or my country specifc one. I am based in Northern Europe.

  • Does it matter based on where I am located where the domain is registered?
  • Any recommendations for domain registrars in that regard?

Thanks

  • lal309@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    In my opinion it really comes down to support, price (first year and renewal) and ethics.

    For the ethics piece, if you think Google is an evil company then avoid Google Domains, as an example.

    • Catsrules@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I would also include support for Dynamic DNS and API access as well. Those both can come in handy depending on what your doing. I know this wasn’t as common years back but maybe it is more supported now.

      I used Namecheap and I think they required that I have like $50 credit on my account before the API access would open up. Maybe that has changed, like I said this was years ago last time I need to look.

      • lal309@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Fair point. I failed to mentioned features in my previous comment. Things like WHOIS Privacy are essential to me and I imagine it is for most of us (self hosters)

    • rappo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      while I appreciate everyone naming their favorite companies, this is the only real answer to the question. It doesn’t matter at all which registrar you use, it’s about brand recognition, support, add-on services, and cost.

      [source: friend founded his own (now defunct) registrar and I would help out. Even when a registrar goes out of business there’s no real risk, as there are plans in place to hand off customers to other sites]

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Two important aspects:

    Location determines how easy some government’s ‘services’ can access that provider’s data, and change them if they like to.

    Location determines how easy some business can convince some cheap court to take down your domain.

    • Lunch@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      thanks for the recommendation, they seem like a good service but quite pricy compared to Porkbun.

      • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I use them for privacy reasons. They will register the domain name under their company name, you don’t have to give out any data about yourself whatsoever. You can pay anonymously with crypto currencies like Monero. Njalla was actually founded by one of the guys who also founded The Pirate Bay.