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I understand and really appreciate the feedback.
Thank you for sharing!
There are a couple with that name. Then what can I do? Register a company for what I might be doing in the future?
Thank you! No, I wouldn't be considering an offer at all.
Thank you! Yes, auto-renewal is on. It's not an option, that it will expire.
How about Cloudflare Registrar?
Done.
1. How bad is Cloudflare? 2. Done. 3. Done.
That's kind of you, but will hopefully never be necessary.
Correct. It was already registered and up for sale.
> I spent like a year or so to save up for it, which cost roughly 6 months of average net salaries in my country about 7 years ago.

It wasn't $5.

Personal Gmail through Cloudflare.
I'm sorry, but I can't explain it. Some people are sentimental and are attached to items and memories. People are different. It's important for me for some reason, which I can't comprehend.

Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?

I have bought a 5 letter COM domain name that I'll call lname.com, which matches my last name. It has no meaning in English. I'm from a poor country and I spent like a year or so to save up for it, which cost roughly 6 months of average net salaries in my country about 7 years ago.I was in my early 20s and one could argue, that it was not the wisest decion of a young adult, but I don't regret...

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