who did you use to register a domain name

[mooncat]

ive just put a load of pages up on my ntl webspace and belive i just can buy a domain name to link to these ( am i right ) cheaply.

thats all i want to do is link to these pages, could someone give me a reliable company to do this with as there loads out there whren i did a google search:)

[PhilEnfield]

Yep ... you can do that, but why would you want to ? as after purchasing your domain name, you will need to Host it somewhere and the Host will provide you with Webspace/email options etc.

[mooncat]

ah right. well i only need to link to a couple of pages and thought that would be the cheapest option just buying a domain name thatl link to my webpages. from what i seen only a tenner for a couple of years?
if they host my files isnt it a lot more?
new at this bit

[chimpuk]

Yep ... you can do that, but why would you want to ? as after purchasing your domain name, you will need to Host it somewhere and the Host will provide you with Webspace/email options etc.

no, theres plenty of places providing domain names ONLY for a few £ a year, and he could redirect it to the ntl site

yes they'd all offer hosting but it'd be quite a bit more than £1.99 or whatever

mooncat - www.1and1.co.uk - not sure if they're the cheapest but they're one of the biggest and best

[PhilEnfield]

no, theres plenty of places providing domain names ONLY for a few £ a year, and he could redirect it to the ntl site

yes they'd all offer hosting but it'd be quite a bit more than £1.99 or whatever

mooncat - www.1and1.co.uk (http://www.1and1.co.uk/) - not sure if they're the cheapest but they're one of the biggest and best
Yep ... the point I was making was ... it's not just a case of a "one off" purchase of the domain name and that's it, which was how I read mooncat's post.
The £1.99 a month package from 1 & 1, is an ongoing cost for hosting the name (£23.88 a year + vat = £28.06).
Then there's the domain registration & renewal cost every 2 years, which they normally (conveniently) forget to tell you about ;) ... this varies in price, dependant on the domain name you choose .... ranges from £1,99 - £8.99 a year and on some domains is payable in advance.

[PhilEnfield]

Update :

Sorry chimpuk .... I was looking at the wrong package at 1 & 1.
It seems as though the "Instant Domain" package will providea cheap solution for mooncat.

I must say that's a very good deal .... I am looking at their other packages for my own domain at the moment. I can see some ££££'s to be saved ;)

Can I ask you if you've used this company or had any good recommendations ?

[mmace]

I always use www.123-reg.com
got 5 domains with them, get email and web forwarding (and also free submission to 10 search engines), costs around £2 for the year, they give you loads of warning when you need to renew

1 sign in name/password and you can then manage all your domains

I also use 1&1 for one of my domains as well as hosting but I don't like their interface/control pannel as much

[Acheron]

Originally my 1st host (iPower) was used to register my domain name. When we decided to leave iPower, it took a lot of pne calls and yelling to get them to unlock my domain name so that I could take my site to another host. I would recommend securing your own registration if possible if for no other reason to save yourself some headache later. GoDaddy is who I am using now, though I supply my own DNS server now. No matter who you go with, you need to be very careful you don't end up 'signing' your domain away. A lot of these businesses are very shady.

[OShaker]

i've used 1and1 before for both webhosting and email service. had a few problems with the email service, but i must say, the people there are great and very helpful.
best of all, their prices are cheap as chips.

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