Registering Domain Names
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Whichhosts.com (was Big Bytes) has a well maintained
database of domain name registration companies. The cheapest currently is ACS_Hosting.net,
they offer domain names (.com, .org, .net) for £16.42 for two years (123reg
for .co.uk names at £6.79).
US users may like thepricedomain.com,
which has a price listing of domain name registrars. Godaddy.com
has been mentioned as a large, low-cost registrar.
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Lists of domain name sellers:
- Domaindata.co.uk -Domain
Prices for .co.uk and .com names and also lists of domain name brokers.
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Companies:
- Joker.com registers domains for £17.40. This will
buy a .com, .org or .net domain
for two years. Based in
Germany, they charge EURO 13.92 for a year (12 EUROS plus 16% VAT), you can
only pay by credit card: Visa / Mastercard / American Express / Diner's club,
you may also have to pay currency conversion fees.
Raw current rates from the Financial Times-Marketprices
at ft.com - Last time I looked (31st Jan 2001), 1 pound=1.56635 EUROS.
- Easily.co.uk
register .com, or .org domains for £35, .co.uk
domains for £10, they also offer web hosting, email forwarding and web design.
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Networksolutions.com
($70 for two years)
- Register.com
($70)
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Clicknames.net
(£10 UK domains, was gradwell.com)
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Cyberstrider.net
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Thename.co.uk
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UK2.net
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A-Q.co.uk
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Mailbox.net.uk
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Easyspace.com
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Names123.com
Bulk buying (25
or more) .com/.org/.net domain names ? Bulk buying is available from
Opensrs.org.
Search Yahoo for the cheapest domain names in the UK: Yahoo
query:cheapest+domain+names+uk
If you find somewhere cheaper to register domains, mention it in the forum.
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Domain information services
Keep track of domain names that are similar to yours, signup for
the free service at NameGuard Watch at Nameprotect.com
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Registering domain names.
Registering a domain name is easy. All you need to do is go to a site
where they register domains, find an unused name and put you credit card
details in. I have registered my surname as a domain name
bluett.com.
My simple explanation of domain names is here.
Free email forwarding and POP3 addresses are available from a number of
providers, so you don't need your own domain name for this. See the email
section of my broadband page for listings.
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Buying and selling domain names - greatdomains.com
You can buy and sell domains at many sites. The site greatdomains.com
is possibly the largest and shows the value of well-chosen domain names.
Note the hundreds of domain names people are uninterested in that no-one has bid on.
Also, greatdomains.com is affiliated to
register.com, the busiest domain name registration site in the world. If you have a domain name you
fancy, and it gets taken, then
register.com is the most likely place of
registration. Register.com
has a vested interest in bumping up the
perceived values of domain names, hence greatdomains.com.
Free Secure Mail sites:
Mail2web.com
Hushmail.com
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Traceroute:ab.newnet.co.uk/cgi-bin/traceroute
offers a traceroute tool for those that don't have access to it.
So now you have a domain name, see my page on creating
websites.
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