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Title: Domain Name
Post by: Zanshin on May 30, 2006, 09:41:06 AM

Hi. I have a website and the domain just expired. I need to re-establish it, but the hosting company I'm using wants $20 to do it. I've seen other places do it cheaper-- so, for anyone in-the-know, would it be better and/or cheaper overall to do it through the hosting company, or try to find a cheaper option?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Domain Name
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on May 30, 2006, 11:34:32 AM

$20 isn't really all that bad. The one I use is $15 a year, but they also provide some nifty tools like e-mail redirection. If you just want a basic domain name service that you manage, something like godaddy.com should be decent. I think they are $10 or less per year.

Title: Re: Domain Name
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on May 30, 2006, 01:44:17 PM

I use droa.com. It's good and also cheap.

Title: Re: Domain Name
Post by: Diomedes on May 30, 2006, 01:52:30 PM

I've got godaddy for domain name registration alone...I don't use them for anything else.

Title: Re: Domain Name
Post by: Zanshin on May 30, 2006, 03:55:36 PM

I talked the guy down to $14. I figure by the time I got it done on the cheap and transferred it from someplace else it wouldn't be all that much cheaper...and I'd rather have someone else do it.

Title: Re: Domain Name
Post by: mussa on May 30, 2006, 04:03:33 PM

I believe yahoo small business is $15 for 5 years. Thats where I registered my domain name.

Title: Re: Domain Name
Post by: Cerevant on May 31, 2006, 11:14:56 AM

Check out 1and1 Internet (http://www.1and1.com) - 5.99/year including 1 free e-mail address.

Title: Re: Domain Name
Post by: Zanshin on May 31, 2006, 11:26:21 AM

Quote from: Cerevant on May 31, 2006, 11:14:56 AM
Check out 1and1 Internet (http://www.1and1.com) - 5.99/year including 1 free e-mail address.

But if I have hosting that separate from that domain service, should I really care about the free e-mail address? Or is that really targeting someone that want's a personalized e-mail address without putting together a website?

Title: Re: Domain Name
Post by: Cerevant on June 01, 2006, 03:32:16 PM

Quote from: Zanshin on May 31, 2006, 11:26:21 AM
But if I have hosting that separate from that domain service, should I really care about the free e-mail address? Or is that really targeting someone that want's a personalized e-mail address without putting together a website?

I think they throw in the free e-mail address because you need to have an address to admin a domain. You don't have to use their hosting or e-mail servers with the domain - you have full control over the config. I've been using them for a year and haven't had any trouble.

Title: Re: Domain Name
Post by: Zanshin on June 02, 2006, 08:09:38 AM

You're hosting through them? Or did you buy and transfer the domain?

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