One for the techo's...
What's the best / cheapest option for registering a .com domain name?
Thanks in advance...
Guest
One for the techo's...
What's the best / cheapest option for registering a .com domain name?
Thanks in advance...
McNoob
active-domains.com
been around for a while (so not a fly by nighter) .. and only $8.95 USD if you buy more than 5 years .. .got all my domains there (about 12 .com's .net's and .org's)
Forum whore
Not the cheapest... but very good!
www.discountdomains.co.nz for $29.95 per annum.
Chch based company.
Full of Titanium go-fast bits!
You want best OR cheapest?Originally Posted by Finn
http://www.discount-domains.co.nz
you could try some dodgey US registrar - there are plenty.
And they are cheap as fuck..
but id rather pay slightly more and support an NZ company who is good and answers the phone..
(also who knows what dns glue is :P)
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Ducatisti
I use http://www.webbase.co.nz/ also get hosting there cheap as.
Very reliable and good support if required (ie they don't treat you like a pleb if you actually know something about html etc).
Viva La Figa
Full of Titanium go-fast bits!
If you need hosting, I'll host it for you. Cheaply ($4).
What I wont do, is give you support.
At all.
PM if interested.
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McNoob
.nz domains are controlled by the DNC (domain name commisioner) and are therefore a "set" price.
Wholesalers (like me) pay $22 per year for .nz domains, so $25-$30 is a normal charge to joe public.
.com's however are controlled by some dodgy US state dept (internic)
and therefore NZ sellers are just reseller of some other US company.
We (me as the company I work for) buy our .com's from tucows at a ridculous $25 USD per year, but they supply "intergration" so the extra charge is worth it.
As a consumer with a credit card tho' you have the option to shop around
Just avoid the "fly by nighters"
Chances are you'll end up buying from ENOM tho'
ENOM are buying up every large .com registrar there is
e mare libertas
Also, bear in mind that after you register a .com, there's a stand-down period before you can transfer it. If you plan on hosting a site immediately you will probably want to register it through your ISP of choice to save hassle.
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McNoob
err or change the nameservers to that of your hoster?
why transfer between US registrars? there are no NZ .com registrars to transfer to
Guest
Cool, thanks.
The domain I want is registered but not used. Obviously someone wanting to make some dosh, so how do I contact them?
McNoob
whois (domain name).com
should give you "some" details .. hopefully
Full of Titanium go-fast bits!
Whats the domain mate?
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Guest
That would be telling... and I can't at the moment.
Full of Titanium go-fast bits!
thats fine. Google 'online whois' and punch in your 'large-buttplugs4u.com' or whatever yours is.
It will give you a list of contact options, Technical, Adminstrative, etc etc.
Thats your first point of call for tracking down whomever owns it.
"And, look, the luscious and fecund fronds of the Silver Fern has given brilliant birth to a stupendous fruit! A red Hondaberry, desposited by a lesser known species of Plonker Gittus Maximus Idiotus."
L-Plate Rider
what a predicament finndles.
maris can steal tv's can they steal your domain name? whats to stop them selling it on an keeping the cash? sounds dodgy.
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