Hey guys, I am quite new to the whole self-hosting world so I haven’t done too much. Before I dive in deeper though, I’d like to know how I should choose my domain name vendor. Specifically, I only want a domain, no VPS or other hosting capability as I got some old laptops running at home I want to use for testing the waters.
Thanks in advance!
If you’re just hosting within your own network, you don’t need a domain name. Yes, it’s best to use one that control, but it’s not required.
Personally I use Namecheap. If you search previous posts, you’ll find other recommendations.
While I am technically hosting in my own network to start, I would like to possibly make host my own email-server for me, my family and possibly friends and host my own discord bot and potentially a private lemmy instance to have more control about my things