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Does NameCheap let you do (I forget what it's called) your own nameserver on your own domain for free?

i.e. having registered example.com with NC, can you set up ns1.example.com to be the nameserver for example.com free of charge? Many registrars charge a fee for this (when they really shouldn't)

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Seriously? Downvotes? It's just a question. There WAS a company that does that, it was mentioned here on HN during the great GoDaddy exodus, but I cannot recall which.

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I didn't downvote you, but, on the surface, your question is nonsensical. A registrar provides only one useful service - "Identify what the DNS servers for this domain are." That's what you pay your annual fee for, so, to ask "does name cheap let you do your own name server on your own domain for free" doesn't make sense to most people.

Indeed, it's the _inverse_ that is somewhat rarer, which is providing DNS services for a domain for free. Not all registrars provide free DNS services in addition to being a registrar.

They refer to it as 'private nameservers', and it should be free.

http://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/...

yes, they offer this ONLY if you have "a Reseller, VPS or Dedicated server" service with them. In other words, if you just use them for domain names, then chances are you don't get this.

Name.com offers this service for free to domain registrations: http://www.name.com/faq/create-my-own-name-servers

EDIT: I stand corrected, please see: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3869727

I just tried registering my own nameservers on my NameCheap-hosted domain and it does appear to work even with a plain domain subscription.

I do this for all of my domains with no trouble and no additional cost.

NameCheap offers full DNS hosting for free. In fact, you can use their DNS hosting without being a customer.

They also support all record types.

I believe this may be referred to as a glue record.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System#Circular_dep...

Name.com offers this service free of charge. I use it on my domains.

This is pretty core behavior for domain owning power users. Locating your namserver at same facility as your webhost will theoretically reduce your points of failure.

You can specify it in the domain settings. I haven't used it but the option is available (with out showing any upgrade button)

I've never seen a registrar that does this, and I have five domains on Namecheap currently.

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