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[bman]

As always I am not really sure if this is the right place to post this but here we go.

I am looking to buy a Domain Name and get hosting as well. I have searched Google for the top places and best prices etc but I am wondering what Neowin thinks...

Your suggestions? I am looking for the cheapest without making it a crappy service.

[+Fus10n]

Site5

[+Ely]

Site5 is the best hosting service, I love them, awesome features and stable service along with an outstanding control panel.

[evo_spook]

bman, on 03 July 2012 - 20:41, said:

As always I am not really sure if this is the right place to post this but here we go.

I am looking to buy a Domain Name and get hosting as well. I have searched Google for the top places and best prices etc but I am wondering what Neowin thinks...

Your suggestions? I am looking for the cheapest without making it a crappy service.

Buy your domain name and hosting from two separate place.

Theres quite a lot of hosting companys out there that are good, a lot depends on budget and what your willing to speed.
I have a interest in a hosting company and while we're cheap as we try to compete with the larger companys we still try to other a quality service as that is the only way to retain customers and grow.

As I won't self advertise, I'd say hostdime above site5 and maybe stablehost

[spikey_richie]

http://www.evohosting.co.uk/

[FalsePositive]

A Small Orange http://asmallorange.com/
For a limited time, get 1 year free domain name with an annual hosting plan.

[whitebread]

FalsePositive, on 03 July 2012 - 21:20, said:

A Small Orange http://asmallorange.com/
For a limited time, get 1 year free domain name with an annual hosting plan.

+1 for ASO.

Although, despite the nay-sayers, I have never had anything except good customer service from GoDaddy. So, I'd recommend them, too. Although, they are NOT the least expensive.

[bman]

Seems like I might go with Site5 for the hosting.

Domain Name?

[evo_spook]

FalsePositive, on 03 July 2012 - 21:20, said:

A Small Orange http://asmallorange.com/
For a limited time, get 1 year free domain name with an annual hosting plan.

Not a bad choice. Always used to have a good reputation. Was bought out by Brent who owns hostgator who is now being bought by EIG, but Brent will keep ASO seperate.

[evo_spook]

bman, on 03 July 2012 - 21:27, said:

Seems like I might go with Site5 for the hosting.

Domain Name?

I would pick ASO above Site5 personally :-)

[thejohnnyq]

Ely, on 03 July 2012 - 20:51, said:

Site5 is the best hosting service, I love them, awesome features and stable service along with an outstanding control panel.

Site 5 was good, i used them for a time, but they started to have to many issues. I could not create a new sites without emailing them, then they would tell me how to do it, even though there was a bug in the backend software. I have one client site left there.

I just moved over to Gearhost and love it. Must better, and they actual read the support tickets before talking to you and treatiing you like a newbie.

[primexx]

Domains

I have very very particular criteria for domain registrars, so I looked a long time for a good one, there's no "perfect" registrar, but these two come very close:

https://www.gandi.net/

https://www.hover.com/

And if you can afford it, I'd also add https://web.easydns.com/ as a highly favourable option as well. They're the ones who volunteered to take up Wikileaks after the previous DNS provider sold out to the government. So you know they know their ****.

Hosting

for tiny sites: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ - very cheap, quality host for tiny sites, gets very expensive if the site's big due to the billing model

I haven't found any *great* mass-market shared hosting yet. Many big names are decent, just avoid GoDaddy like the plague.

[Mr.XXIV]

I honestly believe GoDaddy is the safest place for a domain and then using CloudFlare as your DNS manager.

[primexx]

MrXXIV, on 04 July 2012 - 03:26, said:

I honestly believe GoDaddy is the safest place for a domain and then using CloudFlare as your DNS manager.

aside from, you know, breaking ICANN rules, trying their darnest to prevent you from transferring out, supporting SOPA, or, really, doing just about anything in their power to act against their own customer's interests.

[Jub Fequois]

I use Firehost, Rackspace and Linode for hosting, depending on what it's for. They're all great in their own ways, so it's really up to the project in the end.