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Zeit CLI Domains — Buy domains right from your terminal with zero configuration
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Tierney Cyren
This is damn amazing. Beside the pure concept of buying a domain from the _command line_ (mind = blown), integrating it and streamlining it into how easy Now already makes deployment is absolutely 💥
On a technical side, I wanted to ask: what were some of the challenges with creating the actual domain purchasing process from the CLI? Were there any especially difficult challenges?
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@bitandbang the integration into our pipeline is the main idea behind `now domains`: we were missing a simple way to "label" your application in a way that makes sense to your brand and your users. Now you can buy a domain and use it as a label in a matter of minutes, without ever leaving your terminal 😊 No need to switch context (and therefore loose time) 🔥
Yeah, we faced some challenges in the implementation, the biggest one being DNS/Nameservers propagation. Both are completely out of our control – they can take from a couple of seconds (for a .com domain) to days (for a .it domain). It can impact your workflow in a lot of ways, so we're continuously working on it to delivery the best experience 🔑
Hi there! I'm Matheus, from ZEIT! 😊
We first simplified deployment, then DNS, then SSL certificates.
Now we allow you to buy domains directly with one command. No barriers to publishing, by yourself your within a team.
Domains include free DNS, can be pointed anywhere, auto-renew and have built-in WHOIS privacy at no extra cost. No gimmicks.
500+ TLDs (domain endings) for sale.
To celebrate this addition, all `xyz` registrations until May 15th, 2017 will be just U$1! 📣
Available today 🔥
@matheus This is how I'm going to end up with more domains than I could possibly know what to do with. Bravo!
@ow @bitandbang thank you! It's the outcome of lots of hours of thinking and hard work from us here at ZEIT – we're very glad you like it! 💪 We have even more plans for it, stay 👂 👀
I love it! Buying domains is mostly a lot of clicks to decline various up-sells, this is a way better experience.
for (let i = 0; i < 99999999; i++) {
now domain buy 'randomstufffbgdshjfbgkb' + i + '.xyz'
}
