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Off topic, how is the .dev domain hosted? Does anyone know? I bought a .dev to host my own website but found out Bluehost doesn't support hosting .dev websites.



There's nothing special about .dev domains, other than they're automatically included on Chrome's HSTS preload list (so Chrome won't let you connect to a .dev website unless it has a valid HTTPS cert). If Bluehost says they "don't support" them, they probably don't know what they're doing.

This is what you'd typically do to point a custom domain (eg example.dev) that you've registered through one DNS-hosting company to a website that you've set up with a different web-hosting company:

https://docs.netlify.com/domains-https/custom-domains/config...


I have a .dev domain that is hosted through Google Domains. I _think_ that Google owns that TLD, or something. They run https://get.dev too.


There's nothing special about hosting a .dev domain except for the HTTPS requirement. .dev domains require you to enable TLS on your site.




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