Which domain registrar?

[vrbaba]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What's wrong with those web hosts I mentioned above? They're cheap and work.

I dont think i can stay with netfirms. They are slow and unreliable. We host forums for AT OGame Alliance on it also, and its usually down several times a day.
The features are ok, but its the slow upload/download that kills the deal.


BTW, what is a "nominal" hosting space for godaddy, namecheap? I kinda want to go back to go daddy, but willing to give namecheap a shot.

Hm...im paying 10 bucks for netfirms now (just promotional), i thought I could do better for 50 bucks at a better hosting site.

 

[vrbaba]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I personally significantly compress images for my web album. Those that want originals can get them from me via e-mail or FTP (I'll upload them for X days). I decided that it's not worth the price to keep "large" images online.

yeah, my images are about 1600x1200 original, i resize them to about 800x600 or less for the online albums. JAlbum keeps thumbnail images too. Maybe i need to find a better album maker.

 

[GeekDrew]

OK, I'm confused. You said that you currently need about 2 GB of space. You've mentioned about 500 pictures. That's roughly 4 MB per picture. That's at 800x600? You should be able to get pictures down to 250 KB for an online album with 800x600 pics. I'm apparently making an incorrect assumption -- which one?

 

[vrbaba]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
OK, I'm confused. You said that you currently need about 2 GB of space. You've mentioned about 500 pictures. That's roughly 4 MB per picture. That's at 800x600? You should be able to get pictures down to 250 KB for an online album with 800x600 pics. I'm apparently making an incorrect assumption -- which one?

2Gb was the upper limit I suggested. I havent counted my pics, but im guessing 500...most likely more.

At 800x600, they wont be more than about 200-300kb.

I should have done my math correctly, but I didnt realize it would make that much of a difference in 1-10 gb of space requirement.

So I would really need less than 1gb of space right now, probably about 500mb.

I was thinking long term if I keep adding pics over and over again... without deleting old ones. I guess i will worry about that later. So updated requirements:

~ 2 domains
~ decent storage space, im guessing about .5-1 GB (together for both)
~ bandwidth ... not sure but u can guess how much pics would take
~ seamless integration of both sites. (one thing i like about netfirms, there are basically 2 folders one for each site, so I can access with a single ftp login)
~ 50 a year or less?

 

[dartworth]

cheap and lazy...

FTL

 

[Vidda]

Thanks for this thread. Was looking to register a domain for the first time.

 

[imported_KuJaX]

RossMAN - Don't you think you are skewing the results by saying you recommend one over the others?

 

[everman]

Ok so I tried namecheap today.
:heart:

Thinking about transferring my domains over from godaddy now too.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: everman
Ok so I tried namecheap today.
:heart:

Thinking about transferring my domains over from godaddy now too.

Since you've used GoDaddy and NameCheap, can you let us know how they're different?

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: everman
Ok so I tried namecheap today.
:heart:

Thinking about transferring my domains over from godaddy now too.

Since you've used GoDaddy and NameCheap, can you let us know how they're different?

Registering a new domain was so fast and easy, Godaddy tries to get you to buy loads of crap (which I never bought, just wastes my time). The layout of the important stuff is good, I like it a bit more than godaddy. Better prices too.

 

[Q]

I bought my first domain yesterday from namecheap, was easy

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: everman

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: everman
Ok so I tried namecheap today.
:heart:

Thinking about transferring my domains over from godaddy now too.

Since you've used GoDaddy and NameCheap, can you let us know how they're different?

Registering a new domain was so fast and easy, Godaddy tries to get you to buy loads of crap (which I never bought, just wastes my time). The layout of the important stuff is good, I like it a bit more than godaddy. Better prices too.

Don't forget FREE WhoisGuard protection for the first year :thumbsup:

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: everman

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: everman
Ok so I tried namecheap today.
:heart:

Thinking about transferring my domains over from godaddy now too.

Since you've used GoDaddy and NameCheap, can you let us know how they're different?

Registering a new domain was so fast and easy, Godaddy tries to get you to buy loads of crap (which I never bought, just wastes my time). The layout of the important stuff is good, I like it a bit more than godaddy. Better prices too.

I just helped a friend use name cheap for the first time on Friday, and I can't agree with your more. The process was just a few click, with no need to reject about a 1000 addons...

 

[blurredvision]

I use namecheap. Someone here recommended them to me from here a long time ago. I like the interface a lot, and their prices are competitive with the other brands, so I see absolutely no reason to switch.

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Don't forget FREE WhoisGuard protection for the first year :thumbsup:

Got that too, free is good :beer: or is it free :beer: is good...either way.

 

[Vageetasjn]

I never knew it made such a difference. (have never registered a domain)

 

[bozack]

Ok, so I understand the lower fees, the better interface, and the ease of use for namecheap, all valid plusses...

But who cares about the whoisguard unless you are running a controversial site?

Personally I find whois a valuable tool when shopping on some sites as you get an idea of whether or not the business is who they say they are....don't browse any personal non merchant sites though, but don't think I would care if my name was tied to a page unless it dealt with a "hot" topic that could generate hate mail or worse....so what kind of sites are you guys listing anyway??

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: bozack
Ok, so I understand the lower fees, the better interface, and the ease of use for namecheap, all valid plusses...

But who cares about the whoisguard unless you are running a controversial site?

Personally I find whois a valuable tool when shopping on some sites as you get an idea of whether or not the business is who they say they are....don't browse any personal non merchant sites though, but don't think I would care if my name was tied to a page unless it dealt with a "hot" topic that could generate hate mail or worse....so what kind of sites are you guys listing anyway??

Whoisguard is great for personal sites and those wanting anonymity...

Why would someone want this?

Because companies are harvesting the information and selling it to telemarketers...

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: bozack
Ok, so I understand the lower fees, the better interface, and the ease of use for namecheap, all valid plusses...

But who cares about the whoisguard unless you are running a controversial site?

Personally I find whois a valuable tool when shopping on some sites as you get an idea of whether or not the business is who they say they are....don't browse any personal non merchant sites though, but don't think I would care if my name was tied to a page unless it dealt with a "hot" topic that could generate hate mail or worse....so what kind of sites are you guys listing anyway??

Stalkers and spammers.

 

[pstylesss]

NEVER go with ipower.com they suck. I'll be checking out namecheap next time.

 

[bcterps]

I use namecheap, it serves my purposes. I wish whoisguard was free past the first year though. The only thing I do is change nameservers, which is easy with namecheap.

 

[coolVariable]

What would be a good registrar that can also handle more international TLD?
I am a little diappointed that both seem to be missing quite a number of large European countries (France, Spain, Italy, ...)

It looks to me, as if Godaddy also offers whois privacy for free if you have more than 5 domain names. Link

I created a list of all the TLDs that Godaddy and Namecheap apparently register.
The ones unique to each, I marked in bold.

Godaddy only does:
.com
.net
.org
.mobi
.us
.eu
.info
.biz
.ws
.cc
.tv
.cn
.name
.de
.jp
.be
.at
.uk
.nz
.tw
.jobs
.ag
.fm
.ms
.tc
.vg

Namecheap does:
.com
.net
.org
.mobi
.us
.eu
.info
.biz
.ws
.cc
.tv
.bz
.nu
.ca
.cn
.org.cn
.com.cn
.co.uk
.org.uk
.net.cn
.in
.de

 

[sciencewhiz]

My friend just forgot to renew a domain name (registered with godaddy) and now it's up for auction by tdnam (run by godaddy). Is this a common practice by registrars?

 

[iamaelephant]

Never had a problem with namecheap.

 

[coolVariable]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
Never had a problem with namecheap.

Looks to me as if Namecheap hooks you with the free whois protection in the first year and then it is $7.99 for each 5 domains.

I have so far had my domains registered at domainmonger.com which has been great but far too expensive ($17/year for .com).

Since I have 10 domains, I could save around $100/year if not more (could get a couple of additional names that I have been looking at).

I am only looking for a registrar, since I am planning to continue hosting my website (that all domains point to) at the same host I have now.

Is it difficult to set up DNS for domains at godaddy?

I am also weary of godaddy since I have heard of people missing their renewal.
Domainmonger has been great renewing my domains (auto-renew, multi-year registration, warning emails when domains are up, ...).
Is godaddy's system that much worse ... or is it those people's own fault for missing the renewal (despite multiple warnings).