Web hosting n00b GOT help...

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: newnameman
Becuase NameCheap offers a year of whois guard for free with the normal $8.88 registration?

!!! WINNAR !!!

I didn't realize that was a big deal.

here's info on it., scroll down to #21

It is a big deal (for me at least)

GoDaddy.com
$6.95/yr domain registration for .com TLD
$9.00/yr for Private Registration
==========================
$15.95/yr

NameCheap.com
$8.88/yr domain registration for .com TLD with FREE WHOISGUARD protection

Besides NameCheap's control panel is 100x better than GoDaddy's is.

 

[helloedchen]

but the whoisguard is only good for a year no?

 

[RossMAN]

Yep it's per year.

 

[helloedchen]

i guess a free year is better than no year. but definitely, namecheap has a much easier CP to manuever in. godaddy's is a horror

 

[Abhi]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

3) Where do i buy the web hosting? (I need reliability)

What's your budget (USD)?

I have no idea what it should cost per year, so have no budget planned out. please tell me what reliable services wud cost. I just need 100mb.

 

[Abhi]

Also, if i need 5 email addys .... (@mydomainname.com), what all do i need? Does the domain name seller have to support it too?

Like Namecheap's
"FREE E-mail Forwarding (you@yourdomain.com)" ?

 

[RossMAN]

Can you afford USD $50/yr?

PM me your AIM/MSN.

 

[Abhi]

YGPM RossMAN

 

[shazbot]

are you looking for a simple hosting solution? or a content management solution? I'd use Squarespace for cms stuff. Alot of depth/options, and overall really good interface.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

How about web hosting companies where can you review options on what to get?
most of the thread talked about getting the domain name.

I have a webhosting right now of 500 megs looking to get 1gig.

 

[RossMAN]

Abhi - I have a few suggestions which I'd like to e-mail you, please PM me your email address.

Jnetty99 - How much bandwidth do you estimate you will need? What's your budget?

 

[RossMAN]

Received your PM and will reply via e-mail with my web host suggestions.

HostPC recently switched to a new data center which uses brand new Dell servers and quality hard drives. So far my uptime with HostPC has been incredible. Of course bumps/glitches can happen down the road but they seem to be on top of things.

I really think the HostPC.com $15.98 or $29.98/yr plan would be perfect for your needs.

 

[Abhi]

So rossman, for hosting + domain registration,

Should it be HostPC + Namecheap

or HostPC + GoDaddy

or HostPC + HostPC?

 

[dc]

rossman will recommend namecheap. personally i use godaddy and have had no problems with them. godaddy + zoneedit is great for me. you will be fine with either.

 

[Abhi]

Got my hosting from HostPC.com ... RossMAN actually bought it for me !
and my domain from namecheap.com.

Thanks to everyone for their advice, and specially to RossMAN.