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A Small Orange -- web hosting / domain registration

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h0kie99

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I have been struggling with where to register a new domain and set up inexpensive web hosting!!! I start this HTML course in 6 days so I MUST decide this TODAY!! I was originally going to go with Doteasy... they are charging $25 for the domain and free monthly hosting. However, I may want to change it in a year... A Small Orange is only $10 for the domain and $5 per month for the hosting I would need. I checked out the bulletin boards on A Small Orange and it looks like they have better customer service. I am going to need a lot of help because I'm so new to this.

What should I do???

I need a host/registrar that allows me to have www.myname.com and has no advertising!

Thanks! :D
 
hahaha, this is funny. i was looking for some web hosting yesterday cause my hosting site now goes down quite often (GISOL.com :mad: ) so i started looking around and saw from some post that you (edesignuk) really likes ASO so i went with them and ended up going with godaddy for my domain. what a small little world. i just got my confimation e-mail that my account has been setup, now i just have to wait till the domain transfers to godaddy. but hopefully soon i'll be a happy camper.
 
thanks to ed.uk's recommendation in another thread, i'm planning on going with ASO for my next site -- i was pretty impressed with their feature packages and pricing. plus they just seem to have a good additude towards hosting; it really sounds like you're going to get customer service, not just disk space.

on that note, edesign: i noticed they have a referrer program. when i sign on, i'll list you as the referrer, if you like; just let me know what name they know you by.
 
sonofslim said:
on that note, edesign: i noticed they have a referrer program. when i sign on, i'll list you as the referrer, if you like; just let me know what name they know you by.
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Check your PM's ;)

To all of you though. The support is amazing, they will help you migrate forums from other sites, they will do all the work . if you have trouble with ANYTHING they will help, and they will help very quickly. They aren't cramming people on servers, they are buying new ones all the time (good ones, dual xeons, 2gb ram, scsi). I'm very impressed. I think you will be too.

Oh, BTW, they use cPanel X to give you control over your site, that also is superb (a millions times better than 1&1's crappy management interface). You can even (for $5 extra P/M) get reseller access, so you can sell chunks of your space/bandwdth on to others, how cool is that!?
 
Actually if anyone of you do sign up, do me a favour and put me down as the referrer :) Drop me a PM for my "real" identity....mwahahahahahahaha! :eek:

edit: here this is easier, didn't actually know they did this till now :cool: Click me!
 
edesignuk said:
Check your PM's ;)
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no sweat -- thanks for the recommendation! i've recently done a handful of freelance sites and went with different hosts for each, and was disappointed with every one. i'm looking forward to a no-hassle host.
 
Can't I get the domain registered thru ASO?

Thanks!

It looks like ASO is offering domain registration, too, for $10. How come some of you go through godaddy for your domain?
 
h0kie99 said:
Thanks!

It looks like ASO is offering domain registration, too, for $10. How come some of you go through godaddy for your domain?
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As I said, when I got an account with ASO they weren't offering domain registration, this is a new feature for them.
 
varmit said:
www.no-ip.com can be used in getting a free domain name with .no-ip.com at the end. But i don't know if they do hosting.
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no-ip.com is not a place to register. It's a place to get a free dynamic DNS name service to direct to your home IP, it really isn't for "proper" web site hosting use.
 
edesignuk said:
Actually if anyone of you do sign up, do me a favour and put me down as the referrer :) Drop me a PM for my "real" identity....mwahahahahahahaha! :eek:

edit: here this is easier, didn't actually know they did this till now :cool: Click me!
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Holy christ edesignuk! They offer free multiple domain hosting and allow adult material to be hosted! Ba-jesus! Sign me up!
 
cr2sh said:
Holy christ edesignuk! They offer free multiple domain hosting and allow adult material to be hosted! Ba-jesus! Sign me up!
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Yeah, they're just great aren't they :D

On a side note, I have been with them for quite a few months now, when I've emailed support I've had a reply (with an answer!) within 10 minutes every time. Really amazing. I havene't ever tried to access my site(s) and found that they were down either. Top-notch.
 
It's funny, I used to use doteasy -- and it was really slow for me (in the uk), then I moved to ASO... and it's great.

Also, there is another one worth a look:

www.canaca.com

Don't know how is the service, but looks like a good deal.
 
hxuk said:
It's funny, I used to use doteasy -- and it was really slow for me (in the uk), then I moved to ASO... and it's great.

Also, there is another one worth a look:

www.canaca.com

Don't know how is the service, but looks like a good deal.
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Cheap, yes. But I wouldn't go near 'em:

http://www.webhostingjury.com/reviews/Canaca
http://www.comparewebhosts.com/ReadReview.asp?FeedId=678

One of ASOs best aspects is their amazing customer service, something which so many others seem to very badly need.
 
edesignuk said:
Me too now, wasn't earlier though. Not good for a hosting company :eek:
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well i don't go to THIER website often, but i see mine everyday, so i don't know
 
I've been nothing short of amazed by asmallorange so far.
I can't believe the flexibility they're offering at such a reasonable price. Really amazing.

Also, I'd post a question in the help forums and I'd have a response in literally minutes. They're help desk group answers questions faster than people respond in here... its amazing.

The account was setup in less than 24hours and the guys were great.... just amazing.
 
cr2sh said:
I've been nothing short of amazed by asmallorange so far.
I can't believe the flexibility they're offering at such a reasonable price. Really amazing.

Also, I'd post a question in the help forums and I'd have a response in literally minutes. They're help desk group answers questions faster than people respond in here... its amazing.

The account was setup in less than 24hours and the guys were great.... just amazing.
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What do I keep telling people? :D

Honeslty, I think we need a sticky thread for them. They're the best!
 
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