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Absolutely buy your own domain name and use an email service where you can use your own domain as an email address, period. I can't tell you how many horror sto
by throw_m239339 5y ago
Absolutely buy your own domain name and use an email service where you can use your own domain as an email address, period. I can't tell you how many horror stories I have heard about people getting permanently locked out of their gmail accounts that served as email address for password recovery and what not. And I have some horror stories of my own.
- Aeolun 5y agoHow do you prevent the registration services from losing (not renewing) your domain and having someone else register it? This happened to me, and there was no recourse.
- throwaway984393 5y agoSelect a highly reputable registrar with good business practices. Pick a couple, then buy a super cheap domain and try to screw with it, like doing a transfer with no authorization. A horrifying number of them will let you get away with it.
- dataflow 5y agoConfused, how did that happen to you? Doesn't every registrar support renewal? Did they pretend to renew but they actually didn't? Did you get a receipt for it?
- gzer0 5y agohttps://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8833/dark-fail-fake-court-order-dark-web-markets https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8833/dark-fail-fake-court-... It is rare, but it can happen. Another threat vector.
- Aeolun 5y agoRegistrar issue, if I remember correctly. It was set to auto renew, but they didn’t do it, and I only noticed when my site was suddenly a placeholder page.
- midasuni 5y agoI had that 20 years ago. Credit card expired, registrar didn’t tell me, and I lost a 4 letter .com. After that I moved to hosted Mail (yahoo, then gmail) as I felt it was more reliable. Now I ensure I have more than one email on file if possible with any account. Same with phone numbers.
- jmiserez 5y agoYou can register domains for >1 year. You'll still need to renew it every year but you'll have a buffer in case something goes wrong.