I've seen I power web offering domain registration/transfer for $5.50. Is there a catch? They said DNS management is included. Has anyone tried it already? I'd like to know if their "DNS management" allow us to change nameservers, or it only allows change of MX, CNAME, etc. Thanks in advance.

myvalueweb.com offers domains for $4 for the first 10 domains and $8.95 after that.

You mean Myvaluehost.com? Yea I've seen it. They seem like a good one but they offer new registrations only, no transferring. I'm also looking for cheap place to transfer my domains. Thanks.

Yes, its Myvaluehost...
so with ipowerweb you can transfer for $5.50? sounds cool...
do you know which registrar they are using?

Mmm, I don't really know. But considering the size of their company and the price they offer, they must be very high up in the stream. I heard that the highest level paid only $1 per domain, do they? Anyway, check out their link here:

http://www.ipowerweb.com/products/index.html

my understanding is that every registrar pays $6 to NSI and *about* $0.25 to ICANN so anyone selling below 6.25 wholesale is losing money oin every domain.

even assuming all their systems run on free electricity at a charity datacentre and control panels were developed and maintained by industrious pixies who wanted nothing in return, much less than 6.75 wont leave any change after card processing/banking fees etc.

*personally* I'd never knowingly do business with an organisation that does it below cost, as I'd be concerned about their long term stability combined with the safety/access of my domain etc.

These are loss leaders to lure in clients with the hope they will buy other services. With advertising PPC programs running at 4.00 - 7.00 per click this actually might work out cheaper for companies.

I do agree othellotech's stance on this topic, I would rather stick with a proven company

Exactly. When a larger company does it (ie: ipowerweb, ev1servers) it's far less suspicious... it's just a good way to get people to register. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if after, say, 11 months the price goes up to a more reasonable (and profitable) number for renewals.

When a company nobody has ever heard of starts doing it (or, say, starts selling domains for $3.99 then has a buy one get three free special)... that's when you should get suspicious ;)

Its called loss-leader marketing.

i believe you can only host the transferred domain with ipowerweb

Anybody try this yet?

Ill be sure to let you know :-


Thank You for your purchase! Your Order has been received and will be set up shortly! Your account will be processed and billed for $5.50.

If there are any problems please feel free to contact us at
order@ipowerweb.com.

I don't go with these types of companies, too risky.

yeh, i think its best to stay with the well known ones.

Yet to recieve my "confirmation email" :-/

What a scam for Myvaluehost.com

they charge $4 but then ask for $10 in start up fees

You can opt-out of hosting.

I have tried myvaluehost and got 5 domains for $4 each - no other fees(that I know of)

Originally posted by nextdoor
What a scam for Myvaluehost.com

they charge $4 but then ask for $10 in start up fees


Just got one from there, got exactly what it said ono the tin ;)


Shame about no transfers.




Still awaiting on this ipowerweb, got a confirmation email, but it was not about my domain, more like a hosting acctount or something.

Infact, from ipowerweb, what do people recon this looks like, this is meant to be a pure domain transfer, I have not recieved any domain transfer requests or anything yet :-


Dear Neil,

Thank you for joining the iPowerWeb community! This message details how to access your account at the present time. Please print this message and retain it in your records for future reference. For additional information and questions on how to get started, please be sure to visit our extensive knowledge center at http://kb.ipowerweb.com.


I. Account Information
-----------------------
Your account information is as follows:

Username: hixxycom
Password: ******

Host Name: dom01.ipowerweb.com
POP: mail.hixxy.com
SMTP: mail.hixxy.com


II. Account Management
-----------------------
You can access your account through the iPowerWeb Control Panel at:

http://dom01.ipowerweb.com/vdeck/
http://hixxy.com/vdeck/

The iPowerWeb Control Panel allows you to manage your email account settings.


III. Temporary Web Address
--------------------------
You can access your account before your domain name is resolving with the following temporary address http://dom01.ipowerweb.com/~hixxycom


IV. E-mail Management
-----------------------
You can manage e-mail, forwarding accounts, and autoresponders through the control panel.

Primary pop account settings:

Username: hixxycom@hixxy.com
Password: ******

POP: mail.hixxy.com
SMTP: mail.hixxy.com


V. Domain Name Information
----------------------------
A. New Domains
If you registered a new domain with us upon ordering hosting service, it will be available to you in 24 to 48 hours. Until that time, you will be able to access the account through the Host Name as recommended in section II of this document.


VI. Online Documentation
--------------------------
Online help documentation for your account can be found at http://www.ipowerweb.com/account_documentation/


Thank you again for choosing iPowerWeb!

Sincerely,



Customer Support
iPowerWeb, Inc

ah my mystake. i didnt see that you could opt out of the hosting
only noticed the drop box of extra fees

who's is the registrar in both cases myvaluehost and ipowerweb?
does the whois record show their traces?

myvaluehost uses Opensrs
they don't allow you to turn off the reseller info from the control panel

ic.. that means not good for registering domains for clients..
but my personal domains.. ok ;)

Personally I find loss leaders too risky.

It looks like more and more companies are following ev1servers' tactics. Anybody know how many domains registered ev1servers during that $5 campaign?

Originally posted by Thane
Personally I find loss leaders too risky.


Well I've still not had a transfer request after purchasing my domain from iweb, they gave me a username/password, it never let me into the control panel url that they supplied.


I wrote to there sales and support dept, no answer from sales, from teh support dept they said "we will give this to our senior tech", then today I got an email saying "please can we have the last four digits of your credit card".



Me is not looking tooo hopeful at this point.

I hope they are not like iregistration which have so many complains

i just went to register uy0.com
with Myvaluehost.com


but they said my cc info didnt match cause of my postal code..not to any other canadians out there..dont put a space between your postalcode...so went back to fix it..and both times after it dead linked me

so i went over to ipower...wasnt a problem..1.50 more but oh well

I've seen I power web offering domain registration/transfer for $5.50. Is there a catch? They said DNS management is included. Has anyone tried it already? I'd like to know if their "DNS management" allow us to change nameservers, or it only allows change of MX, CNAME, etc. Thanks in advance. First off, DNS management would allow you to change MX, CNAME and A records. If you were to change nameservers, you would need Ipowerweb wouldn't be hosting your DNS.

I've noticed that you've tried to contact them via email. I hosted with them for some time, and email/support ticket replies usually take 2-3 weeks for a response. Your best bet is to call them. Overall their support is very slow and not all that good, but once everything is up and running there are very few server problems.

calling them takes awhile too..i called them to varify my order since i didnt get a confimation email.

i was on hold for a good25 minutes for billing inquires
definetly need more staff

Originally posted by nextdoor
i was on hold for a good25 minutes for billing inquires
definetly need more staff

Selling domains for 5.50 I do not think they can afford to hire more staff

Originally posted by dmaven
Selling domains for 5.50 I do not think they can afford to hire more staff

Note that their main business is web hosting service, which has a much higher profit margin than domain services. Domain service is but a convenience for their hosting customers, and to attract more web traffic and thus more potential customers. Say if one in ten of their domain services users choose to use their hosting, that will justify the low prices for their domain services.

they dont even have a user page to change tech and admin info

i bought a domain off ipower and valuehost. Despite value host having to manually fill my cc order which was a pain, there user interface is SOOO much better. I still havent heard back from ipower on how to change the info,as for valuehost, i got the link from the initial email they sent me and was able to change it all on my own. The damn user page for ipower ...every link you click tells you to buy a 7.95 hosting package. its useless even giving that user panel link because theres NOTHING you can change on there without being told to pay 7.95!