Why use seperate co.'s for hosting & domain reg?

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I've heard several people recommend this lately- so what's the reasoning
behind it?

Thanks,
Jeremy
#domain #hosting #reg #seperate
  • Profile picture of the author Chrismiksen
    For me, it's a matter of price. I use HostGator, but their domain registration is higher than what I pay elsewhere.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Separating the domain registration and the hosting matters only if/when something goes wrong. (Which, as we all know, "only happens all the time").

      If your host isn't also your registrar, then in the event of any accident/problem, if anything ever goes wrong with your hosting, you're in control, not them. And can avoid nightmares, disasters, long delays and entirely unexpected "ransom demands". And can re-host your site somewhere else the next day, minimising the commercial interruption.

      There's a large number of horror stories of hosting/registration/control disasters scattered about the forum, almost all of which could have been avoided by registering and hosting in two different places.

      Brad expresses it very well, with several well-known examples, in this post.

      It's one of those issues which so many people look at and think to themselves "Eew, well, those are all other people: it wouldn't ever happen to me". Until someone on one of their lists reports them, even with absolutely no justification at all, to their host for alleged "spamming" and their website disappears and the host (in accordance with its TOS which few people have ever read all the way through at the time they registered the domain) suddenly wants hundreds of dollars to release the domain so they can get it back online somewhere else.

      The point is that "whether something goes wrong" may not be within your own control - it can be just one of those pretty random things that Winston Churchill called "events". :rolleyes:
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      • Profile picture of the author Warrior X
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        The point is that "whether something goes wrong" may not be within your own control - it can be just one of those pretty random things that Winston Churchill called "events". :rolleyes:
        ...and I wasn't aware that anyone else still liked Winston Churchill quotes besides me
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by TrustedCopy View Post

          I wasn't aware that anyone else still liked Winston Churchill quotes besides me
          I read a lot of 20th Century British political history (mostly diaries/biographies, but mostly a little more recent than Churchill) - it's one of my main "book interests", really. And recently I saw "The Gathering Storm" which is just stunningly good, and absolutely fascinating ...
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  • Profile picture of the author Warrior X
    Thanks Alexa, that explains it very well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Christophe Young
    I was wondering this myself recently and was starting to think it might be another myth being spread around this forum. But Alexa explained the possible problems that could arise quite well.

    But, I think if you register and host with a good reputable company, you might be OK. Of course, Hostgator comes to mind and I think namecheap is now offering hosting services.

    I used to have all my domains registered AND hosted with 1 and 1 and never had a problem, until I realized that their servers and interface really suck then I switched over to HG for hosting.
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