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ThrillSeeker
03-27-2004, 02:29 PM
Hi everyone,

What is the best company to register a domain name with and to host the website too? Its gonna be a business website so it has to be stable and dependable host.

Much appreciated,

ThrillSeeker
Elaine
03-27-2004, 02:37 PM
I'm going to move this to the Consumers Opinion forum. However much depends upon exactly what your business needs are. How much drive space, bandwidth, ect?
Craigr
03-27-2004, 02:38 PM
Hi everyone,

What is the best company to register a domain name with and to host the website too? Its gonna be a business website so it has to be stable and dependable host.

Much appreciated,

ThrillSeeker
I've registered a few domains with www.godaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com). Never had a problem so far, except for someone who did as whois on my domain and phoned me early in the morning to talk about my site. :mad: Now i always include private registration. ;)

I've used www.viperhost.com (http://www.viperhost.com) and they have been good for me. Decent prices too. There are many more hosts out there that offer similar deals though.

Craig
ThrillSeeker
03-27-2004, 02:38 PM
Different hosing companies provide a various amount of 'data transfer per month', what is exactly meant by data transfer per month, and how important is it?

Much appreciated,

ThrillSeeker
Craigr
03-27-2004, 02:40 PM
Data transfer is the amount of MB / GB that the total users download from your site. This is usually calculated per month.

For a page with some graphics, but not many downloads would only require a few GB's per month maximum, but if you host downloads, you'll need loads more...

Craig
ThrillSeeker
03-27-2004, 04:22 PM
Its going to be furniture selling website, so the website will contain quite a few images. The website will be a means to advertise the business more than to sell online.

Im guessing that around 100-200mb of space will be enough, however i am uncertain about how much data transfer will be required. Anybody want to take a guess and tell me what would be considered a reasonable amount of data transfer?

Oh and thanks for the replies, are there anymore suggestions for hosting companies and registration?

oh and its a uk business based in yorkshire...

Thanks for the replies again..

ThrillSeeker
ThrillSeeker
03-27-2004, 05:27 PM
Anyone had experience with 'www.plugsocket.com'?

ThrillSeeker
handyguy
03-28-2004, 11:06 AM
The best is Network Solutions because they are the original one. They do cost more. They are now offering 100 year regs too.