Which non-US domain registrar to use?
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Non-US, afaik DD is in California
Wow nice catch. I assumed they were local due to the low prices.
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Those reviews don't look very inspiring, not gonna lie.
Ultimately I don't think these "privacy-first" domain registrars are a great choice, which is a rare thing to say on the internet, but you're dealing with private property here and being ICANN-certified (which Njalla isn't) is kind of important if you're gonna do something serious with your domain.
Njalla is what you use if you don't want your name plastered all over the domain for various reasons
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Njalla is what you use if you don't want your name plastered all over the domain for various reasons
Its also what you use if you want to have your domain stolen, apparently.
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Its also what you use if you want to have your domain stolen, apparently.
People have had bad experiences and the founder of Njalla hasn't helped. There are other Domain registrars with a similar strategy to Njalla if you prefer them instead. One can't deny that not having your name on a domain allows for one to host... err, sensitive stuff
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I've had few problems in the 7 years I have used them[...]
one of which is not possible to get back since I'm required to provide proof that I live in Sweden
[...] Wasn't the case when I initially bought it in 2018.Sounds like a severe case of Stockholm syndrome to me. /s
Anyways, you do you buddy. I don't trust them at all after those reviews. Especially when IONOS exists.
They don't offer .se domains anymore for this reason. IONOS looks good, thanks for that info.
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I am running a NAS at home, Minecraft server and some other stuff.
I want to make it all easier to access by getting my own domain, both for myself and friends and family.
Will also use it for my mail address etc.
My main goal is reduce my dependency on US services for very obvious reasons.
What's a good non US dns registrar to use? Found a ton online, but it's my first time doing this and I'm a bit lost unfortunately.
Any help and/or advice is greatly appreciated.
I use INWX (based in Germany). Prices are consistently low (not always the cheapest, but fair). The web UI is a bit rusty, but it works perfectly and you can manage everything there.
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Canuck here. I've been moving all my domains from porkbun over to OVH. I still use desec.io for the DNS since they're based in Germany and like to keep it separate from the registrar.
If OVH plays its cards right they're going to be getting a lot more business from those looking to dump GCS, AWS, and Azure.
I found OVH quite confusing. Do they upsell you like crazy? I don't want to create an account on purpose just to find out.
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https://www.infomaniak.com/en
Swiss based. I'm very happy with mine, never add issue
I was going over a bunch of alternatives last week and ended up creating an account here too. Haven't bought anything yet, but hopefully I will move my namecheap domain here. Seemed to be the one with most available domain extensions with a price tending to be cheaper and even some discounts. Looked and joker and inwx but either didn't have some interesting domains or were quite expensive. Specially inwx which only understood after creating and account that on top of each domain price I would need to add 5€ for basic whois privacy protection. On infomaniam it seems to be 2.5€ which combined with cheaper prices doesn't sound so bad.
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I can highly recommend Mythic Beasts (UK).
There is no upsell or variable pricing and they make money by charging a flat rate on top of the cost from their supplier. See this blog post for more info
Does their final price already include WHOIS protection?
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I am running a NAS at home, Minecraft server and some other stuff.
I want to make it all easier to access by getting my own domain, both for myself and friends and family.
Will also use it for my mail address etc.
My main goal is reduce my dependency on US services for very obvious reasons.
What's a good non US dns registrar to use? Found a ton online, but it's my first time doing this and I'm a bit lost unfortunately.
Any help and/or advice is greatly appreciated.
As far from US as possible.)
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I found OVH quite confusing. Do they upsell you like crazy? I don't want to create an account on purpose just to find out.
No upselling. Yes they might have something in the order process. Like when ordering a VPS you can add windows os or some control panel type software. I didn't pay anything extra and my domains all have private whois details when lookups are done. The one thing they did offer in the order process for domain transfer was something to do with anycast DNS, but it was just a box on the page and wasn't in your face or annoying.
No annoying emails either. I only get emails from them related to services I purchased from them which include changes to whois contacts(also usually get a email from CIRA for my .ca domains), bill PDF being ready for download, or additional IP is available and ready for use etc.
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What's up with everyone promoting registrars with the worst possible reviews on this whole comment section? Lol. The only one that even has remotely good reviews is Mythic Beasts.
I'd like to recommend IONOS (German).
Been using Strato (subsidiary of IONOS) for a few years now as well and got no complaints.
Plus its only 12€/a for a .de or .eu domain. -
No upselling. Yes they might have something in the order process. Like when ordering a VPS you can add windows os or some control panel type software. I didn't pay anything extra and my domains all have private whois details when lookups are done. The one thing they did offer in the order process for domain transfer was something to do with anycast DNS, but it was just a box on the page and wasn't in your face or annoying.
No annoying emails either. I only get emails from them related to services I purchased from them which include changes to whois contacts(also usually get a email from CIRA for my .ca domains), bill PDF being ready for download, or additional IP is available and ready for use etc.
Understood 🫡 thanks for that. I am generally happy with IONOS however their DNS propagation seems to take forever. I have a new domain I bought a couple days ago and my email provider's DNS still hasn't propagated... I thought we were past the 72h propagation era, but I guess not with everyone.
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As far from US as possible.)
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https://www.gandi.net/en/about-us
I use these guys, french
Great service and prices, I always use them too. Didn't even know they are french!
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I am running a NAS at home, Minecraft server and some other stuff.
I want to make it all easier to access by getting my own domain, both for myself and friends and family.
Will also use it for my mail address etc.
My main goal is reduce my dependency on US services for very obvious reasons.
What's a good non US dns registrar to use? Found a ton online, but it's my first time doing this and I'm a bit lost unfortunately.
Any help and/or advice is greatly appreciated.
Hello!
I was a 20 years old customer of GANDI. My advice is now to use Bookmyname or OVH.
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Keep an eye on the price. I recently switched my
.bedomains from Gandi to Dynadot. 36 vs 6.8 euros, I had no idea such a difference was possible. Fuck Gandi.Gandi got sold 2 times
Basically the company went from “no bullshit” to “just another asset for some capitalist fund who only cares about extracting as much value as possible”
It would be so good to have a no profit owned or cooperative European domain seller
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Great service and prices, I always use them too. Didn't even know they are french!
Same tbh, positively surprised
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No upselling. Yes they might have something in the order process. Like when ordering a VPS you can add windows os or some control panel type software. I didn't pay anything extra and my domains all have private whois details when lookups are done. The one thing they did offer in the order process for domain transfer was something to do with anycast DNS, but it was just a box on the page and wasn't in your face or annoying.
No annoying emails either. I only get emails from them related to services I purchased from them which include changes to whois contacts(also usually get a email from CIRA for my .ca domains), bill PDF being ready for download, or additional IP is available and ready for use etc.
No upselling.
Bullshit. Within minutes of registering just to look at some stuff I got spammed with all sorts of bullshit via email. Custom one-off throwaway email alias.
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No upselling.
Bullshit. Within minutes of registering just to look at some stuff I got spammed with all sorts of bullshit via email. Custom one-off throwaway email alias.
Thats unfortunate. I simply shared my experience. Been a customer for over 5 years so maybe they've changed their on boarding of new customers and the emails that are sent out.
