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.
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.
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.
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.