Well, fwiw, all I have these days is really just a dumping ground for odds and ends (although email is in regular use with the web host) but I do have a preference for keeping the domain host separate to the web host. It stems from a time when I had all in one and the web host did an overnight flit. It was a long struggle to regain control of the domain(s?) to be able to restart.

We have 3 domains (folkinfo.org, jonbanjo.com and one for my parents). I think theirs is with 123.reg and mine are with GoDaddy, neither of whom I’d expect to go anywhere. Their DNS entries are set up to point to the DNS servers at the Web host (a legacy Red Fox account. They are now part of M24Seven) everything else is managed via a control panel there.

There is not much web space with my web host and there may be better deals (and my account is not available to new customers) but bear in mind most of this dates from a time I was hosting folkinfo (closed 2012) from home (DNS set from the web host system) and probably even the Annexe from the web host. It (now 99% email) has been reliable for years and I’ve not felt like investigating possible changes it’s been a long while since I did any transferring from host to host.

Not saying any of this is right or the best way of course, it’s just how things are here.