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Hiya 'heads, I did a search on this topic and couldn't find anything recent. So, I figured I'd bring it up again. Who did you use to register your domain name and why? Also, who do you use for hosting your website and why? Ideally, I would like host that would provide a multi-tier hosting plan that I could grow into. I would like to start small with a few pages and a simple gallery and eventually graduate into a full blown site with secure e-commerce. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Checkers
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godaddy.com is inexpensive for domain registration & have been extremely accessible for sales/support questions(a night & day difference compared to Verizon)
Network Solutions has, IMHO, gotten quite greedy. They're up to $34.95 a year for domain renewals while pretty much everybody else is under $10 a year. I have 3 sites. The oldest is with Network Solutions and they will not allow me to transfer it to a different registrar.
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Network Solutions has good customer service, but they are too pricey in my opinion. All of my new registrations have been going through 10-domains.com. I've heard good things about godaddy.com so I may give them a try.
ZoneEdit.com is supposed to be a good place for hosting DNS.
I have a friend that hosts most of my domains. However, I have a site running from home. It's on my Mac, and it was easy to configure. I like the flexibility of running it from home because I don't have to worry about space limits. The router needed a little tweaking to allow the world to see the Mac.
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Stay away from Network Solutions. They used to be the ONLY game in town, and they still would like you to believe that. Way overpriced and too limiting.
I use a local "computer guru" host. He is set up through GoDaddy but he has also considered 1&1 as an alternate(that's 1and1.com).
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I tried to transfer my first registration OUT of network solutions (registered back in their monopoly days) They coundn't legally NOT let me transfer... be I tried to get the ball rolling 6 weeks before my renewel was due... they basically dragged their feet the whole 6 weeks with blatant red tape until I had to re-up with them for another year just to keep my islandsign.com domain. yep, I think they are nothing but crooks!
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I've registered 6 names using DotEarth.Com. They are reasonably priced and allow you to "free park" your name at no cost until you have your website done.
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just be sure no matter what u select.. that .. they do not own the domain name after you register with them. That will turn into a nightmare if you ever need ot move your website. If you own it then they cannot stop you.
Many of those 10 bux a year domain registrars actually own your name if you use their services.
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