ok so, im juggling a couple tiny projects and buying domains is the least fun part now. I grab stuff on the cheap from random registrars but every time I end up manually wiring dns, ssl, pointing it to my little shared hosting or some cheap vps and it just feels like extra work for a $10 name.

Anyone here found a registrar or combo that is both actually affordable and does decent automated setup eg dns, ssl, basic landing page or hookup to github pages etc without it turning into some weird upsell maze? would love any tips, especially for folks running a few small sites not a big agency, thanks!