I was tempted to get a domain tie it to a docker image on azure then host a private (just me) Lemmy /(m)/kbin with a few other fediverse (like friendica) on it but I'm just too broke at the moment
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More like "Dammit, my domain auto-remewed again. Oh well, it's only $12. I'll cancel next year." (It's been 5 years.)
Nooo, one day I'll have the time to build my writing utensil repair business.
And then I'll need the domain penisbroken.com
automatic renewal but now I'm questioning it...
But if I don't renew what will become of sneakymonkeybutt.net
Now think, patents are similar things but for with more money. And imagine if someone else had similar idea and made slightly similar website you go sue them coz you had the idea first.
On the flip side my husband has held on to the domain he got for 22 YEARS., and never did anything with it. We finally got our emails up and running with it last week. Don’t let your dreams be dreams!
Out of curiosity; who is providing the mail service? Or are you self-hosting? Trying to organise mine, hoping I can get it done maybe 19 years quicker.
I just set my domain email up with Zoho. Was easy enough and they have a free option. Although I pay $1.25/mo per user for two users, just to get a little extra storage space and be able to use SMTP and ActiveSync to send email from my servers for notifications and use a different mobile app than their default one.
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Neither. If I'm not using the domain, I can pretend I still have it.
And then it becomes a pornsite.
You know what's worse? Starting a successful one that makes a whole ass salary and then having google updates smack it the f out.
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Start selfhosting. I use my domain for tons of stuff
I have an HP mini PC behind the router, noip.com, no money spent
Same with the HP mini PC. But I have a $12/yr dotcom domain and a script on my server updates the DNS record anytime the IP changes.
My router can update the IP on its own if you configure properly
I recommend cloudflare WARP
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This is the way. I would be lost without a domain. Even mail is selfhosted with my domain. But I only use subdomains, the real domain is abandoned.
See email is one of the few things I don't host. I host a webmail frontend, and use my domain. But PurelyMail is an amazing service that's so cheap it's basically free at personal scale with very few limits. I didn't really care to try and deal with having all my mail sent to spam.
Been with purely mail for about a year and it's been great!
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How much are you selling for?
Selling? I host things for myself, not others. Except my Lemmy instance I suppose, that's public.
Don't worry, the dream lives on!
VancesCouchSloppySeconds.com is still available!!!
I'd be tempted to buy that. When you visit it's just a white page with a leather couch in the middle of the screen, everytime you click the couch it would moan seductively and every fifth click would give a squelch sound.
This is why I never bought a domain. Can't give up on your dreams if you never pursued them in the first place!
Wanted to start a blog about my weight loss journey. Lost the weight and never started the blog. Still paying for the domain 7 years later.
Only thing left to do is gain the weight back so I can try again!
Do a retro! Lol
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
i did recently go through and turn off auto renewal on a few. I still have several projects i never launched though that I'm holding out hope for... someday
I still have a number of domains that I registered aspirationally for projects I never really started.