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Buying and hosting domain

by Limemist
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I noticed in the forum that a lot of people prefer buying a domain from one hosting company and then registering it through another hosting company.

Such as buying a domain through Godaddy and then hosting it with hostgator.

Is there a specific reason for this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Blades
    Originally Posted by Limemist View Post

    I noticed in the forum that a lot of people prefer buying a domain from one hosting company and then registering it through another hosting company.

    Such as buying a domain through Godaddy and then hosting it with hostgator.

    Is there a specific reason for this?

    Because it's cheaper I imagine. Don't quote me on the price, but I think Hostgator charges like $15 for a domain, when you can register it for $9 or less somewhere else.
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  • Profile picture of the author feliciayapsl
    Maybe the hosting package over at hostgator is cheaper. But I personally buy a domain & host at godaddy itself. Many people find godaddy's interface difficult to use, but I'm fine with it. At first, I have difficulty too, but I emailed support a couple of times, & got the things sorted out. I'm now comfortable using godaddy. It's just me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Meharis
    Originally Posted by Limemist View Post

    I noticed in the forum that a lot of people prefer buying a domain from one hosting company and then registering it through another hosting company.

    Such as buying a domain through Godaddy and then hosting it with hostgator.

    Is there a specific reason for this?
    You've your domain in one place and hosting in other.
    You don't place all your eggs in one basket.
    Buy your domain through Godaddy and hosting with Hostgator
    and you'll be safe.

    Meharis
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  • Profile picture of the author DebbieD
    It is common practice to buy your domains from one place and host it someplace else. I think it's because:

    a. You want to keep your business spread out so that it shouldn't be at the mercy of one company.

    b. Some companies specialize in registering domains, while others specialize in hosting them. While many of them do both, they're better at one thing. For example, Hostgator is best known for their hosting, (see their name) and Namecheap for their domain registration (again, see their name).

    c. Once you know what you're doing, it's very fast and easy to point your nameservers from your domain registration company to your hosting company.

    I buy my domains from Namecheap.com because they give you free WhoisGuard for the first year.

    I use Namecheap for domains (they give free WhoisGuard for the first year) and Hostgator for hosting. I'm really very happy with both.
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    • Profile picture of the author LEIVA
      I actually register the domains at godaddy then get a hostgator plan using a coupon btw hostgator has the TURKEYWEEK coupon so you can save even more
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  • Profile picture of the author dame016
    Yes, it's like putting a portion of your money in one bank, another portion in another bank. At least you'll have some money if one bank closes.
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  • Profile picture of the author shireen
    Hi:

    Shireen here :-)

    I use godaddy for both domain & hosting.

    Easier to manage :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Don Luis
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    Originally Posted by Limemist View Post

    I noticed in the forum that a lot of people prefer buying a domain from one hosting company and then registering it through another hosting company.

    Such as buying a domain through Godaddy and then hosting it with hostgator.

    Is there a specific reason for this?
    Nope, we prefer to buy domain names from a domain registrar such as Godaddy or Namecheap. Although these domain registrars are also selling web hosting, they are commonly known as domain registrars and not web hosting companies.
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    • Profile picture of the author Techono
      I use Namecheap for my domains. Never had an issue with them.
      Also they have hosting packages namecheap hosting.

      Hostgator is good too.

      to answer your question: If one of them goes bust, you still have the other to rely on,
      Then change either for another existing account.
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert H Cwik
    Originally Posted by Limemist View Post

    I noticed in the forum that a lot of people prefer buying a domain from one hosting company and then registering it through another hosting company.

    Such as buying a domain through Godaddy and then hosting it with hostgator.

    Is there a specific reason for this?
    Like someone pointed out Godaddy.com is a domain registering company (although they do offer hosting as well) and others specialize in hosting and may offer features that Godaddy.com will not offer.

    Additionally, some hosting companies also offer you a free domain with their plans, so once you get that domain and hosting, you do not want to change it. This is how I started.
    Now my hosting company pays for my first domain renewals (the one I bought through them with my plan) and I stick with them adding more and more domains bought at Godaddy.com
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Having the registration and the hosting in the same place is really very inadvisable.

      In a sense, admittedly, it only really matters if/when something goes wrong. (But, as we all know, that "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 and they must have done something wrong: it wouldn't ever happen to me". :rolleyes: :p

      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.

      As a search of this forum will show, GoDaddy, in particular, is notorious for causing major problems and interruptions to its clients' businesses in this regard.

      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".

      Paul Myers' comment in this thread is significant, also.
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Wilson
    If domain transfer is free why not use that to get cheaper domain registrars?
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  • Profile picture of the author inconf
    I use bluehost for everything, i do use godaddy bulk to check on available domains though....great tool!
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  • Profile picture of the author Fahu
    yea blue host works for me too.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nexstair
    I'm using Godaddy for both Domain and hosting but not satisfied with it. I use pingdom to monitor my website and most of the times website goes down.I'm planning to switch to HostGator............Let's see !!!

    Originally Posted by Limemist View Post

    I noticed in the forum that a lot of people prefer buying a domain from one hosting company and then registering it through another hosting company.

    Such as buying a domain through Godaddy and then hosting it with hostgator.

    Is there a specific reason for this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Guru_Marketing
    Originally Posted by Limemist View Post

    I noticed in the forum that a lot of people prefer buying a domain from one hosting company and then registering it through another hosting company.

    Such as buying a domain through Godaddy and then hosting it with hostgator.

    Is there a specific reason for this?
    The cost of the domain varies, perhaps trying to save money :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author vivi62
    Hi
    it all comes down to price and ease of use in the end,I use hostgator for unlimited domains and subdomains $9 a month.
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  • Profile picture of the author Limemist
    Thanks for the all the explanations, this would probably save me a lot of headache somewhere down the line. Didn't think so much thought was needed just for obtaining a domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author jannatus
    It is mainly cost that motivates most. Godaddy and namecheap can be very economical, but i will mention; hostgator has EXCELLENT technical support and service, and the reason why "I" split the two up. Hostgator are like the Mcdonalds of host companies.
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    • Profile picture of the author GROW60
      i like namecheap over godaddy because with the first year of getting your domain with namecheap your domain information is keep private free of charge. Godaddy charges for this service.
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