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Show HN: Takingnames.io Beta – The first domain name provider for self-hosters

7 points by anderspitman 5y ago

rubatuga 5y ago
Interesting project. I want to move off of Google for domain name provider. How are domains purchased? Also, what is your acceptable use policy?
- anderspitman 5y ago
  Domains are purchased on the home page through Stripe. Once payment is received, we then purchase the domain using the Name.com API and give you control over it. This is similar to how Namecheap did things when they started (resold through enom), and how Amazon still does it (uses gandi.net). Unfortunately registering to become an actual registrar is quite expensive, so reselling is the only real way to get started. We haven't drafted a formal AUP for the beta (purely from lack of time), but you can expect something similar to what you'd get from other domain sellers.
euboid 5y ago
I love the simplicity! I noticed the release article was published in January 2020. Have you been actively working on it since then?
- anderspitman 5y ago
  Ha nope! Just a typo. Maybe everyone thought it was old news and that's why it didn't get any traction ;)
hsx 5y ago
This is really neat! There's growing number of self-hosters that I'm sure will find this useful. May I suggest using a separate domain for tunnels, and adding it to the [public suffix list](https://github.com/publicsuffix/list https://github.com/publicsuffix/list)? From what I can tell, takingnames.io subdomains are able to access the takingnames.io auth cookie. Having a separate domain would mitigate this.
- anderspitman 5y ago
  Not sure, but I think maybe it already works the way you're suggesting? The free subdomains hang off the takingnames.live domain. takingnames.io is only used for the website currently, because I'm concerned about it's reputation. Free subdomains are often used for spam/phishing. The public suffix list is a great suggestion; thanks!
  - hsx 5y ago
    Oh, I hadn't noticed that difference! In that case it already works the way I suggested.

7 points by anderspitman 5y ago

Interesting project. I want to move off of Google for domain name provider. How are domains purchased? Also, what is your acceptable use policy?

anderspitman 5y ago
Domains are purchased on the home page through Stripe. Once payment is received, we then purchase the domain using the Name.com API and give you control over it. This is similar to how Namecheap did things when they started (resold through enom), and how Amazon still does it (uses gandi.net). Unfortunately registering to become an actual registrar is quite expensive, so reselling is the only real way to get started. We haven't drafted a formal AUP for the beta (purely from lack of time), but you can expect something similar to what you'd get from other domain sellers.

euboid 5y ago

I love the simplicity! I noticed the release article was published in January 2020. Have you been actively working on it since then?

anderspitman 5y ago
Ha nope! Just a typo. Maybe everyone thought it was old news and that's why it didn't get any traction ;)

hsx 5y ago

This is really neat! There's growing number of self-hosters that I'm sure will find this useful. May I suggest using a separate domain for tunnels, and adding it to the [public suffix list](https://github.com/publicsuffix/list https://github.com/publicsuffix/list)? From what I can tell, takingnames.io subdomains are able to access the takingnames.io auth cookie. Having a separate domain would mitigate this.

anderspitman 5y ago
Not sure, but I think maybe it already works the way you're suggesting? The free subdomains hang off the takingnames.live domain. takingnames.io is only used for the website currently, because I'm concerned about it's reputation. Free subdomains are often used for spam/phishing. The public suffix list is a great suggestion; thanks!
- hsx 5y ago
  Oh, I hadn't noticed that difference! In that case it already works the way I suggested.