[GLLUG] Registering a Website Domain Name

[Benjamin Cathey]

That's who we just switched our domains to (godaddy.com).  We had 2 at web.com (which was interland and we had had them through interland for 10+ years) and one at network solutions.  As it turns out web.com had one of them through network solutions as well even though they managaged it.  As far as I am concerned, web.com can go to hell.  They had us on a plan (when I started here 2 years ago) that we had been on for 10 years or so.  The plan didn't exist anymore and was more expensive than anything they offered but we still had it and they still charged us.  Getting them to change anything, domain-wise was next to impossible and you can't manage the info yourself (as far as registrar info.)  Also their hosting seemed reasonable until I actually looked around.  Now we are getting 100* the hosting at 1/3 the price through www.mindonthenet.com

My 2 cents

Benjamin Cathey
System Administrator
Cathey Company
4917 Tranter St.
Lansing, MI 48910 USA
Phone:     517.393.4720
Fax:       517.393.4225
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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Houser
[mailto:rick at divinesymphony.net]
To: Clay Dowling
[mailto:clay at lazarusid.com]
Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Sent: Wed, 24 Oct
2007 00:23:37 -0400
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Registering a Website Domain Name


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>->> I recommend you look at godaddy.  They are quite large now and I haven't
>->> heard anything particularly bad about them.  Costs range from about $5
>->> to $10 depending on the TLD.  I have had a couple domains there for many
>->> years now.
>->> 
>->> Clay Dowling wrote:
>->> > Pretty simple.
>->> > 
>->> > First, know where you're going to host it, because you're going to need to
>->> > know their domain name servers (you need two minimum).  Then you find a
>->> > registrar.  Your hosting company might be able to recommend somebody.  I'm
>->> > using DomainDiscover.com and it works for me at $16/year.  Much better
>->> > than the $75/year that I had to pay to Network Solutions in the bad old
>->> > days when they had a monopoly.
>->> > 
>->> > Clay
>->> > 
>->> > 
>->> > frank.dolinar at comcast.net wrote:
>->> >> Hi, folks,
>->> >>    I need to register a domain name (assuming it's available).  How do I
>->> >> go about this?  So far, I've done such stuff through a hosting site.
>->> >> Who / what organization do I contact?  What kind of price should I be
>->> >> looking at?  How much of my life history do they want for the privilege
>->> >> of taking my money?
>->> >>    Any help much appreciated.
>->> >>
>->> >> Thanks,
>->> >> Frank_______________________________________________
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>->> >> linux-user at egr.msu.edu
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>->> >>
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