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Probably a silly question but the .uk domain is really cheap. If I'm not in the UK can I still use that domain for my server without issue?

Its like 50 bucks for a ten year lease

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Also, the registration and hosting are separate. You can register your domain with the tld registrar and host with any company you want. Or at least I don't know any registrars that make you host with them.

(Though some domains like .com have a bunch of registrars because of the sheer volume.)