I recently was gifted a raspberry pi 5 and was looking at domains to buy to host my own instance. What happens to my instance if the domain expires?

Also, do freenom and .tk just not allow new domains to be registered anymore?

  • cosmic_slate@dmv.social
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    11 months ago

    If someone else buys the domain, then your instance likely won’t exist anymore and you’ll have to get a new domain.

    Spend the $12/yr on a .com, it’s a lot less of a headache in the long-run.

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      11 months ago

      Yes! I got a cheap .tech domain, and it kept increasing price year after year. Eventually it got a lot cheaper to just grab a .com.

      Cloudflare has the best prices for domain names, they sell them at cost