Guides for people who launch things

Short, factual, and honest about what we sell. Sources linked at the bottom of every guide.

What buying a domain “at cost” actually means
Every .com has the same wholesale price underneath. Here’s what registrars pay, what they charge, and how to pay the wholesale number yourself.
The renewal price is the real price
First-year domain promos are customer acquisition, not charity. How to find the renewal price before you buy, and what a portfolio actually costs per year.
How to see who really controls your domain’s DNS
Your registrar, your DNS host, and your email provider can be three companies or one. Three lookups tell you which — and why it matters.
Cloudflare Registrar, explained honestly
At-cost pricing with real constraints: what Cloudflare Registrar includes, what it deliberately doesn’t do, and who it’s wrong for.
Point a domain at GitHub Pages
The exact records for apex and www, why you need both, and how to verify the domain to stop takeovers. Ten minutes, four A records, one CNAME.
The 60-day transfer lock, explained
Why you can’t move a domain for 60 days after registering it or changing its owner, what triggers the clock, and how to plan around it.
WHOIS privacy in 2026: what’s actually public
GDPR redacted most WHOIS data years ago, WHOIS itself gave way to RDAP, and “privacy protection” add-ons mean less than they used to. What still shows, and what to check.
How people actually lose domains (and how not to)
Domains are rarely stolen — they expire. The expiry pipeline, the redemption fee cliff, and the three boring settings that prevent the whole story.
Choosing a TLD without regretting it
.com is still the default for a reason, but not the only sane choice. The real decision factors: renewal price, trust, the radio test, and registry quirks.
Email on a new domain: the 20-minute setup
MX for receiving, SPF/DKIM/DMARC so anything you send is believed, and a free forwarding option to start. The minimum records, in order.
From registered to live: the domain launch checklist
Registering the name is step one of six. DNS, HTTPS, www, email, monitoring, and the calendar entry nobody makes — in the order that avoids rework.