Help me buy a domain name (inspired by Kickstarter)

samrat.github.com

14 points·samrat··7 comments

Hi Samrat, I'm a little confused: is it really true that you can't make any online payments from Nepal? If you have got a credit card, you could always just give another country of residence when you're filling out a payment form if that's a problem. Also, don't you need webspace, too? Or could you rent that in your own country? Tell us a little more about your problem!

I'm using Github Pages to host my site, so web space is not a problem.

Regarding the online payment, a card from a bank in Nepal would not be able to purchase anything online. Of course a credit card from a bank in another country would work in Nepal, but I don't possess one.

Oh, wow. OK. Tell you what: I can open a DynaDot account in your name, prepay your domain for a year and then hand it over to you. That should work. Also, DynaDot are cheap and they do offer a lot of different payment options you might be able to use next year when you have to renew. Does that sound like a plan?

That'd be awesome. How do we go about this? Should I email you?

My email address is on my HN profile page. You let me know what the domain name is and I'll open the account for you. When it's done, I send you the login credentials and from then on it's all yours. :-)

Awesome initiative, Udo.

I love the hacker community, problem sorted in hours.

You're great Udo!

Samrat, if you have a problem in a year, drop me a note and I will help you out, taking over the baton in this relay race!

Per

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