Can't Buy Domain while in US? | OVHcloud | Page 1

brisk stag Dec 23, 2024, 8:50 AM

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I am currently in the US, but will move back to Hungary in about a year. I want to buy a domain name from OVH, but have run into an issue.
The worldwide site (ovh.com) doesn't have US as an option for country of residence. I tried using the US site (us.ovhcloud.com) instead, but as far as I can tell, the US site doesn't sell domain names.
Because I'm in the US for another year still, I don't have an active phone number in Hungary, and therefore can't sign up on the worldwide site, even using a Hungarian postal address. I've already tried typing in my US phone number when selecting another country code in the NANP (+1 calling prefix), but the system rejects the US phone number regardless. It seems they're quite thorough.

Can US residents not buy domain names from OVH? Is there any way for me to buy an OVH domain name while living in the US? I don't mind paying in Euros as long as I register, especially because I'd be back in Europe by the time the domain renews.

latent arrow Dec 23, 2024, 1:05 PM

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brisk stag I am currently in the US, but will move back to Hungary in about a year. I want ...

Pretty much yeah, OVH US while owned by OVHCloud parent, is a Subsidiary that operates on its own due to different Laws in US and as a Result People in the US cannot make an Account on OVH Global/Other regions, which also means we don't have as much Available services as the other regions.

brisk stag Dec 23, 2024, 1:07 PM

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I totally get having like different server options or w/e but like
cutting out the entire domain section of their business is WILD

latent arrow Dec 23, 2024, 1:08 PM

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There's a lot of things that are not in US OVHCloud, that are in other regions

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Email/Webhosting/other VPS Locations than US, Domain, Most Labs/Betas.

brisk stag Dec 23, 2024, 1:10 PM

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I guess I'll have to find other registrar

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maybe when I move back I can transfer it

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just lame that they're one of the only registrars with a decent price for certain TLDs and they specifically don't sell them in the US

latent arrow Dec 23, 2024, 1:13 PM

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I personally just use Cloudflare as registrar

brisk stag Dec 23, 2024, 1:16 PM

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Cloudflare doesn't sell domains with ccTLDs so sadly I can't get it there :/

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I might try Regery

meager seal Dec 23, 2024, 11:20 PM

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brisk stag Cloudflare doesn't sell domains with ccTLDs so sadly I can't get it there :/

What's the TLD you want?

brisk stag Dec 23, 2024, 11:20 PM

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I was looking at a .LI domain

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I also looked for .HU to see if it was more affordable
Neither Cloudflare nor Porkbun sell either TLD.

meager seal Dec 23, 2024, 11:23 PM

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brisk stag I was looking at a `.LI` domain

We have .li at Tenzix but we don't have HU

brisk stag Dec 23, 2024, 11:23 PM

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.li is what I preferred bc it's a domain hack :)

meager seal Dec 23, 2024, 11:23 PM

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If you want an LI i can help you with that

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HU i can find a good registrar for you

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Since we don't have it

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@brisk stag do you want me to check one for you?

brisk stag Dec 23, 2024, 11:25 PM

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meager seal If you want an LI i can help you with that

what's the pricing on your .li domains??

meager seal Dec 23, 2024, 11:25 PM

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brisk stag what's the pricing on your .li domains??

€16,50 register

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and 16.38€ renewal

brisk stag Dec 23, 2024, 11:27 PM

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I will keep that in mind!
lemme look around at my other options too :)

meager seal Dec 23, 2024, 11:28 PM

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brisk stag I will keep that in mind! lemme look around at my other options too :)

Of course, if you need any help just ask

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