Best Choice For Buying Domain Name/web Hosting?
December 8th, 2009 | 
Author: I’m interested in making a website with my own domain name. I have hardly any web page making skills yet but I think I could learn quickly.
I’m not sure how to start off the “getting a website” process though and I’d rather not get a free website from angelfire or anything like that.
I want to register a domain name and I’m not sure whether I’d rather get like a 5 year registration from somewhere cheap or a more expensive “domain name forever” (which sounds really good). I’d want a domain name forever because i might stop using the site for a while and come back to it later, and i wouldn’t want to keep the web hosting during the break but still keep the domain name. My requirements for web hosting are easily met. Two digit figure bandwidth/storage are probably fine.
Option 1 is from e.g. 3ix.org getting a domain name AND a web hosting – i believe its total $21 a year.
Option 2 is getting a more expensive plan like webhostingpad.com but getting a domain name forever and being able to switch hosting after a year or so. First year costs nearly $60.
Questions:
- Am i mistaken about anything I’ve said, have i been misled
- If my needs are practically met by any service provider, what is my best option? (not necessarily one i’ve mentioned)
- By the way is there a way to buy a domain name forever without web hosting?
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Dear friend, you can’t buy a domain name forever. you should know that even google and yahoo websites have not bought their domain names forever and they have no way but to renew their domain names before expiring.
Some web hosting services mislead their visitors by saying this sentence “Domain forever”. But in fact this sentense means” as long as you use our web hosting service you can own this domain name.”
As you may know a domain name is just a name, not a real website. If you are going to create your website: 1- Buy a domain name. To get a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. 2- Buy a web hosting service to provide your online space and enable you to get your website online at your purchased domain name.
If I were you I bought domain name and web hosting service both from GoldPuma. http://www.goldpuma.com is the lowest cost service which is full-featured and really works for you ($3.99 /month). As an experienced webmaster I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them. Their service is really great and easy to use.
This way you can own your domain name with or without web hosting service. After a while if you don’t need yur web hosting plan you are allowed to not renoew it and just renew your domain name and own it.
GL!
Hey there,
Try: http://www.rdahosting.net/
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You can certainly buy a domain name without web hosting but I guess that wouldn’t make sense unless you were to redirect that domain name to another site.
The company I use to get my domain AND hosting is http://www.1and1.com. They are really good and reliable. I’ve been with them for about 5 years now. They are also cheap. I spend $30 every three months for three domains. If you only want one domain, I believe it is $5 per month or something to that effect.
About the forever domain, well, you can also do that but I haven’t tried that route yet. However, I’ve had my domain http://www.melissamusic.com for almost ten years already. Guess I should look into that as well. Good luck!