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Ask HN: How do you manage a portfolio of domain names?
Hi, I just wanted to know how HN users manage their domain names.
I currently have over 30 domain names (work related, family related, personal, etc.), and I struggle to keep up with expiry dates, DNS management, etc.
Can you provide any suggestions on which services, apps, hacks, etc to use?
Thanks!
- dazc 8y agoI have a similar number and this is what I do (obviously not scalable to 100's or 1000's): Check each month/year for renewals and renew all for that month/year in one batch. If you actually want the names to resolve somewhere than cloudflare is free and easily administered. For domains you're just stockpiling or saving for future projects you can 302 redirect to a suitable site or holding page. I see from my logs that I get a handful of direct type-ins each month for some sites - since it's free traffic, why not? I use gandi for registration - they can be a bit more expensive than some better known alternatives but you get some useful extras such as free email and web forwarding. Customer service is actually quite good too if you ever need it. Think long and hard about each name you have, it's likely you're paying for names that have no value and you'll never use. The costs can add up.