[Help] Any advice on buying a domain name?
[Help] Any advice on buying a domain name?
I recently started looking into hosting my own email, and the suggestions I got were very encouraging, with a lot of easy solutions paired with some unavoidable gotchas.
It is has become apparent that for me to do this right, I need my own domain name, maybe a VPS or host.
I was about to purchase from Infomaniak, which also had an email solution I liked, but one the prices in euro was throwing me off and two it defeats the purpose of controlling and running my own internet services.
So, I will skip the email hosting and give a try at running my own.
Still, is Infomaniak a good buy? I am going crazy thinking up a good name, and settles on the extension me since it will be a personal thing, but not use my real name since I am going to avoid that shit until I really need to.
Any help would be welcome. Thank you.
UPDATE: I bought a domain name off of Porkbun, which was surprisingly pleasant. I am a sucker for cute guided experiences.
May I suggest mailinabox.email for easy email administration. I've been using it for a long time and it manages the hard bits :).
Sorry I can't comment on Infomaniak I've never used them.
It has been the top recommended thing, so I will set it up. Hell, I might set them all up just to see what I like.
That's a great idea, please keep us posted with your adventure.
Thx for mentioning infomaniak, I'm looking for alternatives to Mailbox.org as they had to increase their prices. I've tried self hosting but somehow it always has been a hassle, might be just me though. Also mailinabox wasn't around back then. I've got my domain at namecheap, they've got all the tools and a super cheap whoisguard service. Prices depend on the tld you're looking for, so you'll have to look it up.
Hm, I could have looked at namecheap too. I ended up going with Porkbun because of well... it is cute and lovely. Not a great reason to choose a service, but it came highly recommended.