Best Place To Buy Website Names

ummmm, not sure if this post should go under this section, but here it is anyway.well actually the title was the question really, but i have a couple of other questions to addWhat are you actually buying when you register a domain name?Where is the name kept if it is not hosted?why do the prices differ so much? who gets the money?why does the name only last 1 year? how do they dissappear if they are hosted?I realise these questions might be too easy for some people, but not for me!thankschris(Chris I moved it here since it's not a tutorial) ;)Nils

Edited February 9, 2005 by NilsC (see edit history)

ummmm, not sure if this post  should go under this section, but here it is anyway.

well actually the title was the question really, but i have a couple of other questions to add

What are you actually buying when you register a domain name?

Where is the name kept if it is not hosted?

why do the prices differ so much? who gets the money?

why does the name only last 1 year?  how do they dissappear if they are hosted?

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I get my domain names from MyDomain.com. As low as $8.50 is a pretty good price. They will also host your domain name and stealth-forward all of your requests to say... a free host like Xisto! Xisto has nameservers you can point your domain to while other free hosts do not (way to go Xisto!) but you can still choose to use domain hosting at another location. This worked out well for me when my last web host disappeared. I was able to redirect all vists to the domain to a different address throught MyDomain's control panel. MyDomain also incldes domain e-mail forwarding so that anything that comes to yourdomain.com (example) gets forwarded to your existing account.

 

To answer your question about why the prices differ, that has to do with two things: The extra the registrar offers and what they think customers will pay. It is market-driven based on the cost of doing business and competing with other sellers.

 

Someone else will be able to tell you where all the money goes better than I can. Any takers?

 

It only lasts a year because you don't really buy the name, only the rights to use it. If one day you stop paying for the domain, another person can buy the rights. This is another feature of our market-driven economy. I recommend paying for several years in advance at a good low price and hope that eventually renewal prices will go down instead of up.

Another one is https://de.godaddy.com/. Its pretty cheap as much as I know, but I dont know if they are really good...

Got mine fromClear cut domain.com. About $10 +$1.95 for DNS and other addons
I haven't yet used it ,it's just floating around in cyberspace somewhere 'cuz i don't really need it i can use a subdomin just as easily. i don't use domain names to find sites anyway

I dont understand how a name can disappear. You pay for 1 year, and for example Xisto hosts the site. Now when the year is up Xisto still has your site (as long as you post!) so presumably it can still be viewed . How can it disappear? whats is to stop anyone from selling domain names? it is like selling nothing, who pays to buy nothing? chris

I dont understand how a name can disappear. You pay for 1 year, and for example Xisto hosts the site. Now when the year is up Xisto still has your site (as long as you post!) so presumably it can still be viewed . How can it disappear?

whats is to stop anyone from selling domain names? it is like selling nothing, who pays to buy nothing?

chris

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You don't buy the name... you buy the right to use the name for your website. If your domain name expires, you lost the right to that name and the person who bought it owns the name. Your website didn't dissapear, it's still there. Just not accessible unless you know the IP address. That's why nameservers are used, it's not for the computers but for users whou can remember http://www.example.com/ easier than http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

 

If you have a very popular website with a lot of people linking back to you then the person who bought your wepage can and will make money because people looking for your website will find his and he will have a lot of interesting "Pay Per Click" links there.

 

So if you don't keep up your "lease" you may loose your domain name. And you may not get it back unless the new owner are willing to transfer it back to you for $$$.

 

It's like leasing a car, you use it but have to give it back when the lease is up. did you pay for nothing???

 

You lease a building to setup a shop, did you pay for nothing?

 

Nils

Another one is https://de.godaddy.com/. Its pretty cheap as much as I know, but I dont know if they are really good...

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I think I'll go along with that too.... their present rate slab @ $6.95 if you register for 10 years - is hardly anything when you consider the long term benefits of registering it for a period like this... plus don't forget to count in all the great control options they throw in - complete control over your nameservers, domain forwarding, secure locking (so that no ones able to modify your domain settings), domain parking etc... need I say more - see for yourself

He He, I just used godaddy and go a 10 year lease on another domain name. We are expanding the business and I'm starting to build the new website..$72.50 for a .com for 10 years... I think that's a good deal.Nils

Ive been using Dotster and must say I like it, maybe not the cheapest but the control panel is very useful and easy to use.

i might buy a .cc domain, does anybody know where I can find them cheap?at nic.cc they are like $30 per year...and on godaddy.com it's $19.95/yr.So is there a cheaper way or so? Thx for answer!

so ok..i am woundering if you are leasig the domain, colcn't you, if you had a lot of money, but the domain for a one time price, and if so where could that be done at?

You need to be a ICANN registrar to sell domain names, or you can become a reseller. Selling for an accredited domain name registrar.

ICANN Acreditation


Nils

i mean own a dmain for personal use rather than lease it, and how much would that cost btw?

I dont think you can EVER completely OWN a domain.. you can, at the best, only lease it out for a certain number of years. After that your lease expires and you have to renew it again for a period of your choice.. Why not try the same at GoDaddy.. If you manage to scrape up around $72, go for a 10 year lease - it works out around $7 per year - which I believe, even as for a non-working student is hardly anything. Come on, you're likely to spend at least twice or thrice or that figure on an ordinary weekend night out with your friends (if not more)... It's definitely worth a try to save up some and going for it...I've done it and I can tell you that I'm not living to regret the day

 

On the other hand, you could just get yourself one of those uni.cc or dottk.tk subdomains/domains - they come absolutely free of cost...

You can get very cheap domains for http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ £1.99!!! ($4)