[EDIT] :: I ended up going with OVHCloud. They have a very low domain order price and the renewal is also very cheap.
[EDIT 2] :: After OVHCloud denied access to my account (I just couldn't log in), I went with namecheap and got myself a .net domain. Additionally I registered a few .eu.org domains from nic.eu.org
Howdy r/selfhosted community!
I'm looking for a cheap / free domain name registrar. Here is a list of registrars I DON'T want to use:- Namecheap (I just personally don't like them. You can try selling me to them.) Read edit, Google Domains (Not available in my country.), Domain ORG (They aren't really cheap plus they offer useless services with the domain), Freenom (Currently doesn't work. It doesn't work for about 4 months now), MyGA, dotTK or any other Freenom API powered registrars. (Since freenom doesn't work), Free / paid subdomains (I'm looking for a domain which I am fully in control of.)
Keep in mind I only want the domain! No protection, certificate, hosting or any other service provided by the registrar. I HAVE a server at home and don't need any hosting. I know that GitHub offers subdomains but as I said earlier, no no. I also want to be in full control of the domain. By full I mean complete control over anything related with the domain.
Basically, I want to be able to set the nameservers to Cloudflare and control it there. My budget (currently) is: 1€/month or 10€/year | 1.06USD/month or 10.58USD/year
Thanks in advance. Happy selfhosting :)
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