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Shftup

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Hey Guys - I have been looking for an affordable option for web hosting/domain purchasing.

This site would be just for friends/family/whatnot -

I have search on googled and found a few different options, but I am looking for some real world feedback on experience of dealing with 'packages' from all those vendors out there.

Any information/leads would greatly be appreciated.
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RossMAN

RossMAN

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It's an easy 3 step process:
  • Register domain with NameCheap.com or GoDaddy.com
  • Web hosting, this is where you have THOUSANDS of choices. I would recommend getting a free web hosting account first to get your feet wet and give it a try. If you later decide to switch to a paid web host, you can easily transfer your site. So you're not stuck with a web host forever, if you want to switch it's quick and easy. If you're looking for a paid web host I would research HostPC.com or my favorite SonataWeb.net which offers 1GB/20GB for $5.95/mo with the ability to host unlimited domains. So you _could_ provide web hosting for your friends and family, all it costs you is $5.95
  • Web site content, HTML, etc.

Hope that helps :)
 
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Originally posted by: RossMAN
It's an easy 3 step process:
  • Register domain with NameCheap.com or GoDaddy.com
  • Web hosting, this is where you have THOUSANDS of choices. I would recommend getting a free web hosting account first to get your feet wet and give it a try. If you later decide to switch to a paid web host, you can easily transfer your site. So you're not stuck with a web host forever, if you want to switch it's quick and easy. If you're looking for a paid web host I would research HostPC.com or my favorite SonataWeb.net which offers 1GB/20GB for $5.95/mo with the ability to host unlimited domains. So you _could_ provide web hosting for your friends and family, all it costs you is $5.95
  • Web site content, HTML, etc.

Hope that helps :)
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Congrats on 60k, which I didn't notice.
 
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ChefJoe

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Listen to RossMAN. He (and a bunch of others) helped me get setup with chefjoe.net a while ago. NameCheap for like $9ish and then I used nearly free ripplehost (before it went south) and then Addaction.net (another webhost that RossMAN recommended at the time) with the first 6 months free... $6.95/month afterwards.

If I had it to do over again with addaction, I'd use their $49.95/yr method as I've been that pleased with them for about two-three years now. Or look into HostPC or SonataWeb.net ... those deals look pretty good.
 
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Shftup

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RossMAN - WOW - thanks, those are the best deals by far from my short google.

Thanks, very much appreciated.
 
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simms

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Namecheap has a deal right now that has $2 or so off. Google for it.
 
RossMAN

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: Shftup
RossMAN - WOW - thanks, those are the best deals by far from my short google.

Thanks, very much appreciated.
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You're welcome, happy to help :)

So which web host option do you think you'll choose?

Got any other questions? Go ahead and ask away :)
 
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Shftup

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With Telnap - the free web hosting option - if someone uses whois.net or other web identifier, will they be able to get my personal information. I dont think i like that.

Also, what is the definition of Reseller/shared, and their perspective advantages/disadvantages.

I would like to keep costs to a minimum as it wont be accessed often.

thanks.
 
Kelemvor

Kelemvor

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I always use Godaddy.com to register domains.

Also do a search for web hosting or something here because some peopel on this forum offer free hosting to other members. As for paid ones that are inexpensive, I use both hostpc.com and e-rice.net without any problems at all.
 
RossMAN

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: Shftup
With Telnap - the free web hosting option - if someone uses whois.net or other web identifier, will they be able to get my personal information. I dont think i like that.

Also, what is the definition of Reseller/shared, and their perspective advantages/disadvantages.

I would like to keep costs to a minimum as it wont be accessed often.

thanks.
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That's determined by your domain registrar and NameCheap.com offers FREE WhoisGuard protection for the first year. After that it's cheap.

With WhoisGuard protection if someone does a whois lookup on your domain, they'll see something like this:

Registration Service Provided By: NameCheap.com
Contact:
Visit: http://www.namecheap.com/

Domain name: DELETED

Registrant Contact:
WhoisGuard
WhoisGuard Protected ()
+1.6613102107
Fax: +1.6613102107
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd
Westchester, CA 90045
US

Administrative Contact:
WhoisGuard
WhoisGuard Protected ()
+1.6613102107
Fax: +1.6613102107
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd
Westchester, CA 90045
US

Technical Contact:
WhoisGuard
WhoisGuard Protected ()
+1.6613102107
Fax: +1.6613102107
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd
Westchester, CA 90045
US

Status: Locked
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drinkmorejava

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you could use dreamhost. They just upped their plans a lots and their lowest ($9.99) is 20gigs and 1tb bandwidth. If you sign up for a year, you get a free domain and no setup fee, extra domains are $10 I think. Normally, for domains I use namecheap though. I did get bf2sucks.com through dreamhost as the free one and haven't had a problem.
 
RossMAN

RossMAN

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Also, what is the definition of Reseller/shared, and their perspective advantages/disadvantages.
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Shared - If you're only hosting one domain this is what you want.

Reseller - The fact that it's called reseller does NOT mean you have to "resell" anything, that worries a lot of people. Think of reseller as you are the middle man and you make the decisions on package sizes and prices. Let's say you have a resellers web hosting account 1GB/20GB for $5.95 you can do anything you want with that 1GB disk space and 20GB bandwidth such as:
1) Only host 1 domain.
2) Host 3 of your own web sites.
3) Host 1 of your sites, 2 of your friends for free and charge 10 people for web hosting.

With a resellers account you get access to two different control panels if you're using cPanel.

WHM - web host manager, this is the top level where you create/edit/delete packages, view bandwidth usage, suspend accounts, change passwords, etc. So you could create a package called 'friends' giving it 50MB/500MB resources. You could also create paid customer packages like silver, gold, etc.

cPanel - each of your clients gets their own cPanel login page, email, FTP, Fantastico, image gallery, MySQL databases, etc.

If you can afford it, I would highly recommend a resellers account which offers you a lot more flexibility. Remember how you use your resources is totally up to you. You can host 1 web site or 100, it's totally up to you. Considering they start at $5.95/mo you could charge 5 friends or co-workers $3/mo = $15/mo and you only pay $5.95/mo so that's almost $10/mo profit.
 
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Shftup

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If I purchase a domain from godaddy.com($9) vs. namecheap(28.88 - offers free whoisguard, but triple the amount???), can I purchase whoisguard from another party?
 
RossMAN

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: Shftup
If I purchase a domain from godaddy.com($9) vs. namecheap(28.88 - offers free whoisguard, but triple the amount???), can I purchase whoisguard from another party?
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NameCheap shouldn't be triple the amount. It should be $8.88

Which TLD are you trying to register .com .net .org?
 
RossMAN

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: Shftup
was trying to register .ws

found the whois guard on godaddy.com - thanks.
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Why are you trying to register a .ws domain?

Seriously just get a .com .net .org or .biz or .info
 
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Shftup

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I found this on gottadeal.com

Dream Host has a deal right now that you can get 1 yr webhosting and a free domain name, and no setup fee, for $9.24!!! (link)Select the Crazy Domain Insane Level 1 and sign up for 1 YEAR then enter the required information for new customer and at the Verify Total, enter promo code 777. The regualr price is $119.40 and the promo gives $110.16 off

-You must be a new customer
-This promo code works with other packages but this one comes out the cheapest
-It doesnt come with a site building tool, so you have to know html code, or have a WYSIWYG program

-Im not sure when this promo expires but it worked today - http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=17786

Is this a good deal......I went through checkout and it still gives $9.24
 
AgaBoogaBoo

AgaBoogaBoo

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Search around hot deals on this forum for dreamhost, you'll see why people don't like the service.
 
RossMAN

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: Shftup
Is this a good deal......I went through checkout and it still gives $9.24
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Is it a good deal? Yes of course.

Is it a good web host, do they have a great control panel and support? No comment :p

You get what you pay for. You're looking for a Kia, expect Kia quality and reliability.
 
RossMAN

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: Shftup
2 Good 2 B True.....
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Ya think? Why don't all other companies offer all that for super cheap prices?

Have you decided on a resellers account or shared?
 
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