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If you have one, how much do you pay for a domain name? Any cheap registrar recommendations? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 5 months ago by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] AbsolutePain@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wait here are you getting a $10/year VPS?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 5 months 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 You can also boot into recovery environment, but that is outdated minimal installation of Debian 9 without working APT.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.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Seriously, my ISP (XMission - local and fucking awesome) charges $27/mo minimum for a VPS