I was looking into hover, namecheap, and google domains.
This is the first time I’m looking into this so ELI5.
Is any one better than the others?
Would I find issues with different DNS set in my pi-hole?
I’ve been using Namecheap for personal domains for around 10 years now. Since a few years back, privacy guard is included in the domain price (at least for .com domains) so your name, address, … won’t appear directly on whois queries.
As it’s just one domain, (longterm) pricewise I don’t think there’ll be a big difference with any of them. 1 or 2 € per year, maybe. It’ll be more important to check longterm price of the domain (.com / .io / …), as you’ll probably find some offer for the first year.
FWIW, namecheap publishes a recurrent offer around 10th October (apart from some random offers every once in a while) If you go with them, you can register for one year and renew the domain for a longer period when you find an offer.
I’ve been using namecheap for more than ten years now, and I have no complaints. Everything just works, at least as far as my usage goes, and the pricing feels very reasonable.
I like NameCheap to buy domains but usually use Cloudflare for DNS records
Porkbun is great! https://porkbun.com/
I’ve been using cloudflare for domain and DNS for about 2 years, no complaints so far
I’ve used namecheap for years with 0 problems. They have a good selection and good support. I’ve heard good things about Porkbun too.
I’ve used namecheap for years for my personal domain. It was the one I liked best back when I brought the domain.
That was like ten years ago now and cloudflair wasn’t a thing then iirc.
Namecheap is okay but namecheap support has gotten worse as they have grown into the Goliath they are today.