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Started by Zanshin, May 30, 2006, 09:41:06 AM

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Zanshin

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.

Susquehanna Birder

#1
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.

PoopyfaceMcGee

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May 30, 2006, 01:44:17 PM
I use droa.com.  It's good and also cheap.

Diomedes

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May 30, 2006, 01:52:30 PM
I've got godaddy for domain name registration alone...I don't use them for anything else.
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Zanshin

#4
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.

mussa

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May 30, 2006, 04:03:33 PM
I believe yahoo small business is $15 for 5 years.  Thats where I registered my domain name.
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Cerevant

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May 31, 2006, 11:14:56 AM
Check out 1and1 Internet - 5.99/year including 1 free e-mail address.
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Zanshin

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May 31, 2006, 11:26:21 AM
Quote from: Cerevant on May 31, 2006, 11:14:56 AM
Check out 1and1 Internet - 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?

Cerevant

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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.
An ad hominem fallacy consists of asserting that someone's argument is wrong and/or he is wrong to argue at all purely because of something discreditable/not-authoritative about the person or those persons cited by him rather than addressing the soundness of the argument itself.

Zanshin

#9
June 02, 2006, 08:09:38 AM
You're hosting through them? Or did you buy and transfer the domain?
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