Where to Host My Domain? 🤯

Some of the details of running an app are pretty tedious. For me, the whole domain name management is one of them, and it seems I need to dive into the details this week.

So my app’s domain name is currently “hosted” with siteground. With A or C name records, it sends app users to my app hosting at AWS, and web site and community forum users to two different DO droplets. Emails get routed off to a gmail account.

Siteground will only perform this service for me if I buy their web hosting which I don’t want to use. It costs £14 (€16, $18) per month.

Moving is a hassle.

I could move the domain to AWS or to Digital Ocean to avoid the siteground fee. AWS pricing is so complex, I’ve no idea if that is a good idea or not.

I’d love your views on the pros and cons of what to do!