did i get screwed?
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- japapani
i've been using featureprice to host a few sites. i also registered my domain through them. my account was up and instead of sending a friendly reminder they just took my sites offline and now some guy in florida has rights to my domain. i'm new to this, so was i complete idiot about it or did they drop the ball?
- picturepack0
man, that's rotten.
what domains did you lose?
- TransFatty0
the answer is :
Yes.
- japapani0
i really hadn't put much up on it. it was going to be my sketchbook sorta thing. it sucks to get screwed though. i had no problems with them through the last year and now every time i email them it bounces back.
- IloveQBN0
that sucks, go try http://www.godaddy.com
- digitalspiri0
wow, holy shit! is godaddy pretty good? i'm on register, among others, and those godaddy prices are insanely low...but i will gladly transfer all my domain reg there if they are as good as they claim...anybody?
dS
- vena0
i just couldn't see myself trusting a company that sounds like "fisherprice"
- slinky0
GoDaddy is awesome... have like 10+ domains there... and they have one of the best account management interfaces... and you get to set your domains to auto-renewal or self-renewal.
screw register & verisign.
another good one is http://Dotster.com about $15/yr
- slinky0
you are what you use//
;o)
- vena0
i am a cheap, reliable, trustworthy domain registrar!
- IloveQBN0
I just renewed mine for $35 for just one year. I need to transfer mine to godaddy next time.
networksolutions is a rip off
- numero10
among some disguting things
- unknown0
www.directnic.com is really good
- unknown0
featureprice is the greatest. seriously. I paid $200 and got 4 domains each with 5 gigs of space and 99 emails addresses. I have had it for about a year with no problems...
you were prolly foolish to let some other company register your domain, and you were foolish not to check up on your domain. I doubt it's featureprice's job to warn you when your domain expires.
yeah their name sounds dumb but what do you need for hosting? a cool brand or a shitload of value?
- cab2k40
godaddy is very nice.
i use http://www.webhost4life.com
for hosting,,,i like them alot, and have sopport for mysql db, for 10 bucks a month. hard to find anything better. very reliable and nice interface.
- defunktion0
I use uh-hosting for mine, they do domain and hosting and it's just the one guy who's running it, so I get personal service rather than a call centre.
I paid £22 for my .net for 2 years and then I think it was £24 for my hosting for 1 year that's 500meg webspace and 15gig dtattransfer a month and ASP and WAP and lots of other things I don't understand and probably won't use.
- japapani0
lilbabyarm:
I also thought featureprice was great until i hit the one year mark. my account was cancelled without warning. because of this I am no longer able to logon to the help desk to alleviate the situation. I just think it's really unprofessional. I was going to renew the service but i'm really dissappointed.
- Rabblerouser0
I use Featureprice as well. I've had 2 domains there for almost a year. Yes, the service has been pretty reliable, but I'm a little worried.
They no longer offer technical support. Have you tried getting help from them lately? They used to offer a helpdesk, which is now a broken link. And phone support? No more, they keep you on hold for 5 minutes then HANG UP on you.
I like that I have a GIG of server space but the lack of support has me shopping around come time to renew.
(I've written to their sales office about this and have heard no reply).
- slinky0
don't put all your eggs in one basket... find a good cheap registrar (like godaddy) but host with a reliable host.
i have not seen too many registrars that are good expert hosts... and i have not seen too many hosts that offer cheap/safe registrations
- Rabblerouser0
Yeah, I agree... fortunately I registered with NetSol. May be more expensive, but they're still around.