Hi, I'm new and hoping to buy a domain. :) I want to register my domain at tera-byte.com and get hosted at teknohosting.com which seems like a great host (unlimited bandwidth, unlimited FTP accounts, Perl 5, PHP, your own cgi-bin, decent amount of MB, cheap). But do you know if we can do that...I think teknohosting also has a domain included with the plan though it is too expensive so I wnt to reigster somewhere else. I'm not sure, maybe I should email them. Still can someone check it out? Sorry if I'm asking too much! :( Well thank so much!!

The short answer is yes.

Your best bet would be to register your domain name at 000domains.com (http://www.000domains.com) for $13.50 a year and then you can host it anywhere you want.

Hi dorkette,

Yes, you certainly can. All you have to do, wherever you register your domain name, is simply point the nameservers to your new host.

oh totally... infact it's usually a good idea to get the domain directly from a registar and not a hosting company... Just as a security pracaution to prevent them from screwing you over and taking control of the domain...

Actually, you can get better deals than 13.50. stargateinc.com offers domains for $10.00. 2 or more for $8.00.

www.namebargain.com (a register.com company) does .com, .net & .orgs for $9.99/each per year. You can point the domain to the webhosting company of your choice thru their online domain control panel.

Don't use any so called unlimited hosting companies. Or you'd better check with them how much is "unlimited" before you go with them.

Read the messages here, and you will make a smarter decision.

ebird

My friend did that for her site http://www.animetric.com, where her site is hosted at amhosting.com (http://www.amhosting.com) but the domain was registered at cedant.com (http://www.cedant.com), and everything was fine. Both hosts are professional companies.

If you're going to let a host register your domain, make sure that they don't put the domain under their name. Make sure that the admin and billing contacts are under your company. Same with the registrant info.

There are hosting companies out there that may take your domain hostage.

The best way to start with is choos a web hosting company and ask them to give you thier name server detail (also technical detail if you wish).

Then go to any domain registrar site ( I will prefer stargateinc.com) and register the domain name by your self. Its a simple form to fill in.

Since most of the registrar forms are pre-filled with thier own name server make sure you replace thier name server with your host ones and submit. Once the domain is regsitered it will be pointing to your host server. Usually it takes 3 days at most for domain to become active and 3 days are enough (I guess) to upload you files and data on your new host and test your domain using the IP address.

Oh ok, thanks for everyon'es supportive help! :D

Oh but wait.....what if the hosting company already offers you a domain in their plans? We can still register it somewhere else? Thanks.

Originally posted by dorkette
Oh but wait.....what if the hosting company already offers you a domain in their plans? We can still register it somewhere else? Thanks.

Ah oops never mind.

Hi,

Everyone else has given you good info but here's one caveat:
Some hosting companies who offer very low-priced domain registrations are doing it at cost or close to it. These are loss-leaders to attract new customers to their real business: website hosting.

One that we know of places a 30 Day restriction preventing you from moving the newly registered domain name to different servers. There are no costs associated with eventually moving (so long as you don't ask them to make the changes -- you or your new host must do it) but some simply place this 30 Day hold so you don't use their cheap registrations and host elsewhere.

While I don't find anything wrong about such practices, my advice is to always read the fine print of any contract/agreement.