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Posted by: Mueller Jul 14 2003, 03:45 PM

Any particular "gotcha's" I should be aware of??

Does everyone still go thru Network Associates to registar a Domain name?

What about hosting?

I don't mind paying a little since I'm not too keen on those free-pop-up-ad hosting sites.

Posted by: Demick Jul 14 2003, 03:52 PM

You can register a domain name for as little as $8 a year now, and you can have a hosting company for as little as $5 per year as well without popups. First you need to figure out your needs (storage, bandwidth, etc), and then go from there.

Demick

Posted by: Part Pricer Jul 14 2003, 03:53 PM

Don't go through NSI. All they do is charge you a lot of money.

The last few domains that I registered I went through godaddy.com They are only 8.95 a year and have a good control panel.

Hosting? That could warrant a lengthy discussion. I currently have 6 sites hosted at totalchoicehosting.com and I am very happy with them after being totally burnt by my last host. It all depends what you need. I prefer UNIX boxes, some people like NT.

Posted by: seanery Jul 14 2003, 04:07 PM

Kellzey and I are both using http://www.Esphinx.net.

I'm very pleased, the price is right, too.
I already owned the domain, so I'm not sure what they charge, but the hosting is a real deal $4.95/mo if you pay for a year.

I get:
6 gigs worth of traffic /month
1 gig hard drive space
Unlimited POP or web email accounts
great customer service, too

I recomend them highly.

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 14 2003, 04:38 PM

pay me $10 bucks a month and i'll host it for ya

Andy

Posted by: seanery Jul 14 2003, 05:00 PM

Will it work more reliably than this page has been the last 2 weeks!


-sorry Andy, had to do it!

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Jul 14 2003, 05:40 PM

MIke, you didnt mentin what your purpose was, but if its P-car related, have you considered Rennlists website hosting?

Very inexpensive. If youa re already a member, then its free!

Posted by: Brad Roberts Jul 14 2003, 05:45 PM

And its slower than beejesus from Ca.

Andy.. I thought you where out of IP addresses ?? Would you just do "forwarding" ?


B

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 14 2003, 05:45 PM

youuuu little ....

com'on, i only had to restart the server twice this year.


Andy

Posted by: Mueller Jul 14 2003, 05:45 PM

Jeff,

It's for my bearing kits....I was not too sure if Rennlist would be okay with a "commercial or business" being hosted off thier servers....

I already have a rennlist personal site and membership......

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 14 2003, 05:46 PM

naaa, if i actually had someone pay for hosting ...
32 more IP's are only 5 bucks a month

Andy

Posted by: Brad Roberts Jul 14 2003, 05:50 PM

Wow.. it is cheap.

I'll kick in for more IP's.. I have people looking right now for space.

Funny how they are giving away IP's now... I had to write "right of passenge" emails to get full class C ranges 3 years ago.



B

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Jul 14 2003, 05:57 PM

P-car related businesses are welcome on Rennlist...thats where my harness site is hosted.

I dont notice it being slow from my access lines...I have dial-up at home and a T-1 at the office, but the photos seem to be problematic to some users though and I am not sure why.

Posted by: Britain Smith Jul 14 2003, 06:01 PM

I use ipowerweb.com for only like $7/month. I get 500mb and 100 e-mails I think. I love it and use it for all the sites that I design and host.

-Britain

Posted by: Qarl Jul 14 2003, 06:20 PM

http://www.register.com

or

http://www.cheap-domainregistration.com/


I also recommend the E-sphinx that Seanery recommended. The site was transferred and runnign in 24 hours. It has a really sweet user interface for management, mailing lists, e-mail setup. They accept Front Page extensions. And something like $50 per year if paid in advance.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Jul 14 2003, 06:24 PM

Jeff,

he has ..what ?? 20k users accessing 2 T-1 lines going to servers in his personal office.

A T-1 is the equivalent of 36 56K dial up lines.


B

Posted by: Tony C Jul 14 2003, 07:08 PM

Mike, stay away from Value Web! Poor customer service and an email server that makes Andy's look like the Atomic clock.


-Tony C