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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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

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[-] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.world 3 points 2 years 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)

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago

Any registrar worth their salt will offer whois privacy and local representative services nowadays. I would not use a registrar that wasn't capable of them — even if my domain didn't require either, I would take it as a sign their services are limited and sub par.

[-] lal309@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Absolutely agree! Just pointing it out in case OP runs into a registrar that doesn’t offer this

[-] IlliteratiDomine@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

Most self-hosters are probably using dns services through their registrar, but you don't have to. A registrar with poor api support might still be a good choice, if that was the only negative.

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