Hello fellow Lemmings! I hope this is the right place to ask this. I don’t understand how web domains work. Let’s say I want to buy the domain “abcdefghi.net”. I can go to a domain provider like haruba or godaddy and just buy it. but how can they, a private, sell me these domains? I’m not talking about the hosting, but just the domain. where do they register this domain I’m buying? isn’t it possible to register it myself instead of paying these services to do it for me?

  • realslef@fedia.io
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    1 year ago

    Google is not often regarded as Good. “Don’t Be Evil” seems like a distant memory.

    I suggest Gandi as an option that does some good.

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      1 year ago

      I mean I’m not a fan of their other services but they have been pretty okay as a domain registrar. Gandi is pretty decent too :) My favourite is prokbun.