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zinpin
Junior Member
Australia
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 Posted - 01 March 2004 : 23:32:14
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What's the best(cheapest, easiest, fastest) place to register some domains?
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
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kwhipp
Junior Member
USA
407 Posts |
Posted - 02 March 2004 : 00:07:24
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My personal favorate is Go Daddy.
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zinpin
Junior Member
Australia
202 Posts |
Posted - 02 March 2004 : 00:12:59
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Thanks Richard and kwhipp, I'm checking them up now. |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
3859 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2004 : 03:59:18
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| What makes GoDaddy better than something like http://1cheapdomains.com/ GoDaddy has a $7.95 special, but that's the regular 1Cheap price. |
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 03 March 2004 : 04:25:11
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Originally posted by laser
What makes GoDaddy better than something like http://1cheapdomains.com/ GoDaddy has a $7.95 special, but that's the regular 1Cheap price.
GoDaddy works.
Is 1cheapdomains.com an ICANN-approved registrar like GoDaddy, or is it a reseller? Is 1cheapdomains a financially stable company like GoDaddy is?
Many people will agree it's the pits if your registrar closes up or is otherwise unresponsive to your needs. I have around 30 domains with GoDaddy and am very satisfied with their service.
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
3859 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2004 : 04:38:12
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I might be real dumb here, but what are your "needs" after the registration has gone through ?
I usually purchase a domain,
I set the name servers to the hoster (this might be the problem)
I tell my hoster and they enter the domain in their name server
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chad
New Member
50 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2004 : 05:11:23
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| I use to have lots of domains registered at www.000domains.com for years ($13.50 per year). I believe they are (or use to be) a reseller for tucows. I never had a moments trouble, but I have since moved all my domains to godaddy.com for the lower price, and to this day still no trouble. |
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Classicmotorcycling
Development Team Leader
Australia
2084 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2004 : 14:15:45
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What if your host goes down and you have to change where your domain points to? Then you find that you domain register has folded as well!quote:
Originally posted by laser
I might be real dumb here, but what are your "needs" after the registration has gone through ?
Then my understanding is that you can only change your Domain Name Servers (DNS) via the company you registered your domain with, with-out a whole heap of grief from the top level register who would tell you to find a new register. So it is convenience and speed in an emergency to keep your site online. |
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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1141 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2004 : 14:48:46
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why are they always all american?  all the british ones i can find r too expensive lol |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
3859 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2004 : 15:45:49
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OK, decision made !
I was going to try GoDaddy, but they don't do .com.au  not that I get many of them, but I get a few orders. |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 03 March 2004 : 16:02:56
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quote:
Originally posted by Jezmeister
why are they always all american? all the british ones i can find r too expensive lol
Where did the Internet originate? Who controls the root servers? I'm not posotive...just a thought, that could be the reason. |
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zinpin
Junior Member
Australia
202 Posts |
Posted - 04 March 2004 : 07:30:25
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FWIW, I registered 8 domains through Godaddy without any probs. :) Not only that but they were also pointing to the right server within hours. very happy customer.
Now for a hosting upgrade... is anyone offering 3 - 5 gigs of space and 20 - 30 gigs of bandwidth? |
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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1141 Posts |
Posted - 04 March 2004 : 14:17:15
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| lol erick, thats wot depresses me but then again where did television originate? lol o and i could be wrong but i seem to remember being told the british army were the first to use a primitive form of the internet - that is transferring files across a wire to different bases hell nos if it was a telephone line lol |
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pweighill
Junior Member
United Kingdom
453 Posts |
Posted - 04 March 2004 : 17:59:37
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quote:
Originally posted by Jezmeister
why are they always all american? all the british ones i can find r too expensive lol
You could try http://www.123-reg.co.uk/
They will also do the DNS hosting, and web & email forwarding included in the price.
£2.59 for .co.uk and £6.99 for .com per year.
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