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Where should I host my website and register my domain name?

I һаνе done both several times wіtһ GoDaddy, bυt I аm ѕο sick οf tһеіr TINY sizes fοr tһе money, lately.

SһουƖԁ I register domain wіtһ tһеm (I һаνе a discount available), аחԁ tһеח point DNS tο Bluehost, οr whomever?

TеƖƖ mе, girls аחԁ guys…wһο′s ɡοt tһе sweetest hosting packages fοr under $10 monthly?

Wе need decent bandwidth, bυt nothing major.

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7 Responses to “Where should I host my website and register my domain name?”

  • AFI Fan:
    April 22, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    webs.com
    bravenet
    google sites

  • Tacit Knowledge:
    April 22, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    I would recommend you use Network Solutions. I have had two website with them in the past. For the first they only provided my space, and in my second (and current) website they provided both my space and domain name. Excellent service. Good prices. AWESOME support. Every time I needed help with something, their support reps were right there. I have recommended them to plenty of other people, and I am recommending them to you.

  • Joe G:
    April 22, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    As an experienced webmaster I recommend BlueHost service which I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer for hosting & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them.

    They are a Multi-awarded Web Hosting which offer a Full-featured service only $6.95. You can see their Plan Details accompanied with reliable reviews regarding their service at:
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    Here I have copied and pasted its features from their website to view:

    - Free Domain Forever
    - Unlimited Space
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    - Blog (wordpress)
    - Forum (phpbb,bulletin)
    - Host UNLIMITED Domains (Support All Domain Names)
    - 2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts
    - SSH (Secure Shell), SSL, FTP, Stats
    - CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL
    - Front Page Extensions
    - Free Site Builder
    - 24/7 Superb/Responsive Sales/Support
    - Free Search Engine Submission

    They also offer “Free Site Builder” that helps you build your web pages without difficulty if you are not skilled in using any website creating program. (WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get) You can use this service optionally.

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    Another useful link:
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    There you can find a step-by-step guide to start your website.

    And also a cheap, reliable service:
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    Good Luck!

  • tiggsy:
    April 22, 2010 at 8:44 pm

    Personally, I never use GoDaddy for hosting (they are my preferred registrar, though), but they are good if you are a novice.

    There are huge numbers of hosts out there. Go to a hosting comparison site, and go through the top ten or so. You’re bound to find a package you like.

    I’m a bit concerned, though. Are you getting a separate hosting package for every site? I have 20 or so sites, and they are all on one hosting package. This works out a lot cheaper.

  • Eric T:
    April 22, 2010 at 9:29 pm

    I prefer to register my domain names with NameCheap.com, use the coupon code “INTERFACE” for a discount.

    I do my hosting with Hostgator. I don’t know of any coupons right now, but I will try to post them on my site if I find some.

    Hope that helps,
    Eric

  • Michael Wells:
    April 25, 2010 at 6:47 am

    As an experienced webmaster I recommend BlueHost service which I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer for hosting & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them.

    Bluehost works great until they actually do have a problem. I have seen very few problems with them but I did have an issue where DNS from my server wasn’t being pushed to their name servers. It took them over 2 weeks to identify the issue and push it up to a network admin to spend 5 mins to fix.

    Again they have great servers, but I fear their support system is flawed and does not work when there is a real problem.

    Moreover the break down of what happened was:

    Zero Hour – Called and reported issue with subdomains not updating in the name servers – Support staff said they contacted “level 3 personnel” and were pushing the updates again.
    3 hours – Called again, they said it takes 4-24 hours for the settings to propagate. I explained that the name servers should instantly update when doing a dig or nslookup — they said their level three support staff was once again pushing updates.
    25 hours – Called again, they said it was still updating and they would re-push again.
    36 hours – Called again – this time they responded with that there was an issue with the server and they were fixing it.
    5 days – Called again, problem still there – they said it was another issue. Re-pushing dns.
    7 days – This time I added a new domain. It didn’t update either. Called again. They said to wait 24 hours for dns to propagate, the other domains should be working. They were not and told them that and they said it seems to be working from their end.
    9 days – This time I called threatening to discontinue service. They referred me to a domain specialist that said because it was the weekend their server admins were not in, but he identified the problem as DNS syncing. He said to check back on the ticket in 2 days.
    13 days – Still not working! Called again and told them to cancel service. They said the server admins were never notified, but were notified and should be working on it immediately, before I hung up, the sites were working. Problem resolved 13 days later.

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