I just a month ago moved a domain to google domains from namecheap (and regestered my own), because namecheeps's user interface is awful by comparison. I am registering a domain, not as a keepsake, but to use it, why is DNS hidden away??? And more importantly, we needed to set up SVR records with a custom host, supported by DNS, needed my us, missing field in namecheap UI.
So frustrated with Google. I moved all my stuff from Namecheap to Google as the interface was nice and I could share the access to the accounts with spouse and oldest kid.
Now I have to look around again and/or just go back to Namecheap.
Most registrars have a free forwarding option for a domain's email (up to 100, e.g., email addresses). Are there any that allow forwarding of a registered domain email account to multiple other accounts (as opposed to just one)?
I can vouch for NameSilo. I know they offer free email forwarding, but I can't remember if it's for multiple accounts. Their interface is pretty barebones and dated, but they're one of the cheapest registrars. Just keep in mind that their DNS updates slowly (15+ minutes) and all records have a minimum TTL of 1 hour. And they default to a TTL of 1 week (I think).
I'd recommend using Namecheap for 1 domain, and then CNAME (or MX, etc) particularly active subdomains on NameSilo to it.
I was going to opine about how "this is the problem with centralized cloud-based providers, at the drop of a hat they can be acquired and suddenly your content is owned by a company you wanted nothing to do with," but then again, you chose Google as your domain provider. I think that's your fault.
I'd usually say the solution is to self host whenever a cloud provider has a shitshow like this, but in this case that's not viable unless you want to go all the way up to becoming your own domain registrar or making your own top-level domain. Symptom that maybe the domain name system is broken, maybe we should campaign for it to be opened up for anyone to register their own domain, or least have a reputable co-op or community-owned domain registrar (maybe the open source/fediverse community can pool our funds to set up a nonprofit publicly owned registrar).
Remember that the fediverse entirely runs on the domain name system as the domain of the instance is used to identify it, and all the security measures relating to inter-instance data sharing is relying on the security of the domains.
Cloudflare has everything you could need to simplify dynamic DNS. The free plans actually cover most of my personal usage and of course paid version for anything else.
The selection of TLDs Cloudflare supports is weird. I checked them out earlier, and they list .dev as “coming soon” even though it was made publicly available in 2019. This makes Cloudflare a non-option for me as I have a handful of .dev domains I would need to transfer somewhere.
Oh. That sucks. I had a few non supported TLDs a few years ago and was happy to find them supported recently. I moved everything from Google to cloudflare last year. Maybe you can ping them @cloudflare on lemmy to check if they have an ETA for .dev. I just asked them that same question so will update you if they answer.
Namecheap is pretty good for that. They also have ANAME support. They're one of the more expensive registrars, but good to use for 1 domain with all of your dynamic stuff.
"Once regulatory approvals are obtained and the transaction closes, you will become a customer of Squarespace, and your** domain will be owned** and, after a transition period, managed by Squarespace."
No. All domain registrars are bound by ICANN, which has very strict rules about allowing users to transfer their domains elsewhere. It's like how phone companies (at least in NA) have to let you transfer your phone number to a different provider.
Only thing that was a little annoying is i couldn't turn on API access without adding (i think) $50 credit to my account.
Also the API access locked down to a list of whitelist IP address. So i need manually add in the authorized IP address. Very annoying if your on a dynamic IP address. Every three months i need to manually go in and update it so my certificates can get renewed.
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