Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Want to get started with self-hosting? The first thing you need to do is buy a domain name. Turns out, there's a ton of things nobody talks about, especially when it comes to safeguarding your data.

Website: trafotin.com

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👇 Sauce:
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Chapters:
0:00 What Is a Domain Name?
2:15 What Makes a Good Domain Name?
4:13 WHOIS Privacy Planning
7:48 Provider Concerns
10:10 Lock It In
11:32 Outro