Best registar for Webstudio ?

Hi WebStudio team,

I'm writing to you today because I'm currently using Hostinger for my domain names, but I've seen that it causes problems on WebStudio and requires extra steps to link it to Cloudflare.

Therefore, I'm wondering which registrar you would recommend. One of my requirements is to be able to have mailboxes with subdomains and that the registrar accepts .fr domain names (Cloudflare Registrar doesn't accept .fr).

Thank you for your help!

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I would 100% use cloudflare for DNS. If it doesnt support the domain you need for buying it, then keep registration at Hostinger and just point the nameservers to Cloudflare for DNS

As for Mailboxes, again, i would use a different service. So I didn't really answer your questions haha except my piro is Cloudflare and figure out the other stuff.

IF the other stuff is too big of a thing for you then, we'll see if someone else has a suggestion 🙂

Ah ok, I'm curious to know how you manage your mailboxes?

Like an email service per domain? Typically Google Workspaces. CLoudflare supports forwarding mail from your domain to a custom email, but you can't respond from it fyi.

@Jeremy has a tool that is good for multiple domains IIRC

Hum ok thank y

do you think it's a good idea to stay on hostinger but do this configuration on cloudfare? in fact I'm looking for the simplest solution for my clients

Idk if its simplest cuz you're introducing another service, but I think its better.

I like this setup for clients because they maintain 100% ownership over domain, and I took over DNS on Cloudflare.

My clients always had an email service though, I never needed to provide that

Yeah, I thank you for your answers. @John Siciliano Maybe someone has an idea? I think you might have an idea? @Milan Boisgard | Uncode School

I try to manage everything with the mindset of "what happens if I get hit by a bus". I guess that's why I never provided email service. IMO clients need to own that 100%.

If I have cloudflare, and the bus strikes, they can change back their nameservers and take control over DNS.

That's my two cents. Curious what Milan does too

Yeah I understand. Please @John Siciliano don't get hit by a bus, because I like your explanation videos 🤣

That's a great mindset lol

JJeremy

@John Siciliano & @Mr Bean, I assume (John), your're referring to Migadu the email service that I use? https://migadu.com/ It's pretty simple and cheap to get going. The docs are simple to follow and setting up records in Cloudflare is super simple. This is a decent option for having unlimited customers. I haven't hit any limits on my cheap tier in the past year.

For a registrar, I can't solely use Cloudflare as my websites are often Canadian and they don't have .ca domains (our gov getting their nose in everything making it more difficult). So, I often use namecheap then have cloudflare handle the DNS records.

What's the benefit of using cloudflare for DNS?

@Jeremy

I don't understand why it matters which DNS server you use?

Two parts to that

Technically their DNS lookup speeds are faster than anyone else, so it very slightly helps with performance.

The real magic happens when you proxy traffic through Cloudflare which requires DNS... you get all their features.. security, performance, rewrites, redirects, Workers, etc

JJeremy

Plus it's easy to use. 🙂

Sorry, had to jump in Jeremy. Cloudflare fan boy here 😅

JJeremy

haha no worries, take it away John!