Im purchasing a domain soon, ive got temporary hosting lined up for now. Although i am wondering if you guys know any tips on buying domains and hosting?
For example:
- sites and pricing
- if to buy from an international businesses - or an australian site.
ive been recommended, http://www.gkg.net/
(which isnt located in aus, is there any difference?)
any help or suggestions are appreciated
thanks.
I pay about $140 for 2 years of com.au domain registeration, and I know it's extremely very overpriced. I'm with MelbourneIT, and I'll definately be changing registrars when the next bill is due.
As for hosting, it's been years since I looked into what webhosts are charging, but from my time spent searching for a new suitable webhost back then, the prices/services/options you get from US webhosts are damn incredible.
I've used http://www.godaddy.com and http://www.gandi.net to register .com domains, have had no hassles with either.
In terms of places for hosting, http://www.dreamhost.com has an excellent setup for the price (US$10/mo I think it was or something around that) - Linux hosting with ssh shell access + gcc, Subversion, Bugzilla, backups kept for each of the last two hours, two days and two weeks.
I've no affiliation with these three places other than being satisfied with their products & services :)
Cheers,
Mark
Not really any difference where you get your domain from, although depending on how many you plan on getting, it might depend on the kind of backend management system they have setup.
I register domains and run hosting for alot of clients, and price wise it's so cheap these days. You can get .com domain names for about AU$10 / year min, and .com.au for about AU$40 / 2 years. Hosting varies, whoever you go with try to make sure they have a good offsite or at least daily backup system.
Anything else you want to know, hit me up on email if you want.