Do you need a domain name if you are hosting a Lemmy instance, or will it work fine with just an ip-address + port (e.g. <username>@<ip-address>:<port>)?

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    1 year ago

    Also if you dont mind numbers .xyz domains can be like $1 a year. It has to be only numbers and i think at least 9 digits.

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      1 year ago

      Sorry but do you mean that .xyz domains only allow for a numbers only domain name? Because I don’t think that’s true.

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        1 year ago

        No i mean if you want a super cheap .xyz domain, its very cheap if you choose a domain that is digits only. For example my lemmy domain is 158436977.xyz. its 89 cents a year.

        You can certainly have xyz domains that are words just like any other.

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          1 year ago

          What name registrar would you recommend?

          EDIT: found one for 0.85 dollars on namecheap

          EDIT EDIT: for some reason its labeled as a “premium domain” :P

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            1 year ago

            Namecheap is what I use ya. They are also really great if you have some internal services and want just a cheap domain to get SSL certs from LetEncrypt. All my internal traffic is SSL now because why not, its 85 cents a year. And no dealing with self-signed certs.