domain name registration
 

I have decided to dive into the world of having a domain name. Can people recomend good companies that they have used or ones to aviod....thanks. I will need web forwarding, and um im not sure what else :)

123 Reg are quite good.

www.easily.co.uk will get you a .co.uk domain for 2 years for £10.

www.34sp.com will provide hosting for £15 pound a year, for that you get:

30 meg webspace
1 mysql database
PHP
CGI
Fronpage Extensions
10 pop3 email addresses
.............and more just can't remember all of it.

Jon

i reccomend 123reg.co.uk or xreg.co.uk
but stay clear of easyspace.com and oneandone.co.uk

I use freeparking.co.uk to park my domains, but buying domains through them can be a bit expensive.

Some that i have used in the past i can recommend the top ones but the last one i would avoid
www.enom.com
www.godaddy.com
www.s-whs.co.uk
www.ukreg.com
Each of the above come with ther own contriol panel for managing your domains and a easy to use interface.
the last one i have used but never again would be
www.dk3.com

DON'T use getdotted.com from Special Reserve / Freeola.

It is nice and cheap and comes with usefull features, but they don't guarantee to be able to 'keep' your files! They do *NO* backup for mail or websites.

I set a site up for a friend of mine on Freeola (his choice) and he lost the whole site 3 times in 6 mths. You also HAVE to use their dial-up to upload :(

123-Reg, but if you get a .com you may get Spam straight away.

Edit: BTW, Sam Hoyle at 123-Reg doesn't mind you calling him at 10pm with technical questions. What a guy!

Freeparking works for me - excellent service.

I use www.easydns.com mainly for email server (NTL's being what it is) and ftp, more expensive than the others I think but updates real quick, back email server etc.. and never had a problem with them - rock solid

http://www.namecheap.com when I feel cheap.

I normally use http://www.firevision.net :)

Yup, I'll go with Temporal on this one, http://www.freeparking.co.uk
and they have fast & great support :)

123-reg.co.uk gets my vote ;)

I used 123 reg for my domain name registration. Very good as well as having a pic of a babe on there main page. But shes not as nice as my Pilar.

I use 123 reg as well. A little word of warning though if you ever want to transfer ownership of a name - I thought I had done so using 123's systems, but found out months later that all I'd done was transfer *control* of the domain, and I still owned it. In the intervening time, Nominet had introduced a £30 charge for transferring ownership, and as neither I nor my ex-partner (who I'd handed the domain over to) were prepared to pay that, I still technically own it while he runs it.

erm... yup... transferring ownership is a bigger deal than changing hosts... you can't expect to change something that is legally binding via some two bob ISP! :smokin:

Unless you did it before mid-May which is when Nominet introduced the charge! Trust me to miss the deadline by a couple of weeks! :rolleyes:

I use www.easily.co.uk alot. Their system just works great and all nice and easy to get everything sorted. They are one of the more expensive ones though. www.123reg.co.uk are decent aswell, have a domain with them. They are one of the best value for money companies but not too keen on their interface. Never had a problem with either though.

OooPpppSsss!:dozey:

Looking on the bright side, I can think of a few advantages to 'owning' my ex-boyfriend's name *evil chortle*

Easily the Best

i've had no problems with oneaneone.co.uk

you do when you try changing your registrar they are a pain in ass!

xReg are the best comany, you have FULL control over your domain name and they do not charge ANY release fee's etc... All the main domains are £8.88 per year as well! Use them all the time and i certainly recommend them to all my customers! :)