Domain names seem expensive in comparison. The cheaper VPS that I use for playing around is just $10.29/year.
I thought I’d get a domain name from RackNerd as well, but they’re $24.95/year + I think $4.99 for privacy.

I’ve checked Namecheap, and that seemed great, until I found that renewal prices are often through the roof.

I don’t really care about it being nice. For now, mostly I just want to use the VPS as image host for Lemmy, since Imgur and Catbox are both a bit problematic.
And without a domain name, the images only show as link posts in the default LemmyUI (though it seems to work elsewhere). Plus it makes migration impossible.

    • paris@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      +1 for Porkbun. They even offer $2/yr <6–9 digit>.xyz domains if you just want a domain for basically free and don’t care about having a nice and pretty one. 01384629.xyz or whatever for $2/yr to give their service a try is well worth it imo. I have one of these as well as a “real” domain I like that’s like $20 or $25/yr. I have no complaints with Porkbun.

  • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    I use Cloudflare as registrar, and I am currently paying for 2 .com and 1 .co domains, US$100 each for 10 years.

  • dieTasse@feddit.orgEnglish
    7·
    7 days ago

    I tried many only to settle on cloudflare. The other services were poor or in some cases weird (like infomaniak wanting me to upload my ID). Cloudflare had good prices and the service is stable, no surprises + whois privacy included.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      8·
      6 days ago

      From a deal on racknerdtracker.com (so RackNerd as the name suggests).
      But their panel is a bit limited. If you want a custom OS that isn’t provided, you have to open a ticket with them to get an ISO mounted. You can also boot into recovery environment, but that is outdated minimal installation of Debian 9 without working APT. I was still able to use it to install Arch Linux from bootstrap image though. I just had to decompress it on my PC, create a temporary partition for it and scp it over.

      And I am again mentioning Arch. It comes naturally.

  • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Cloudflare sells domains at wholesale prices. Domains are not their business model, they want people to be exposed to their services so you might pay for something they do make money on.

  • Spacenut@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    I bought a class 1.111B domain from the .xyz registrar: 6 to 9 digits followed by .xyz, so you can use your phone number. They sell them for $1/year, and $1/year for whois privacy. So I paid $20 to have my domain for the next decade :)

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    51·
    6 days ago

    Cloudflare. They sell and renew at cost ($12 iirc)

    I hear Porkbun does/did as well but I haven’t looked in a long time.

  • Bluefruit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    I use cloudflare for both my domains. $17 or so each.

    Honestly you can spend as little as a couple bucks if you dont care about a name. I like cloudflare but almost any registrar is fine as long as you pay for the domain.

  • witness_me@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    Formerly Google domains, now owned by squarespace. It costs $13 a year for a .rocks domain.

  • Peter1986C@piefed.europe.pubEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    I am not renting a VPS from them (only domain registration, an e-mailadres and whois privacy), but have you looked into the offerings from Infomaniak? Mind you, things like the TLD influence the price a lot (reg and/or renewal), and hosting related services can increase costs as well.