I am currently hosting my own website, but I was wondering if you can just register a domain name without paying for the hosting. Just domain name, and then host it yourself, so you would only have to pay once.

Yes. It is possible. Purchase your domain and park it, for instance with Godaddy. You can then forward it to whatever URL or IP

I looked at their site, and it gives you a per year fee. If I buy that, then what?

Domains are not bought, they are rented from ICANN. No service will 'sell' you a domain. Sorry, no way to get around the recurring fee.

Its a small cost, you get much more credibility with your own domain name.

If I were to rent a domain name, then how much would a forwarding service cost per year.

Most definitely. You can always get a domain separately from your hosting, which is highly recommended.

Most registrars provide free forwarding features.

Do you have any reccemendations on forwarding services

Do you have any reccemendations on forwarding services
Godaddy provides that service for free if you register your domain there

GoDaddy actually sucks. They upsell to a level where it just gets ridiculous. I advice to check out namecheap.com and they offer a free forward as well.

GoDaddy actually sucks. They upsell to a level where it just gets ridiculous. I advice to check out namecheap.com and they offer a free forward as well.

Godaddy's hosting sucks. There domain name registration service to perfectly fine to use. I have several domains registered there myself with no problems at all.

Godaddy offers great domain registration services.

Thanks, I think I might try out namecheap although godaddy looks ok too.

Just keep in mind that although you are merely renting the domain, any registrar can register a domain name for you. What you do with it or where you eventually host it is up to you. I'd shop around and look at several registrars prices before you settle with one.

Domains are not bought, they are rented from ICANN. No service will 'sell' you a domain. Sorry, no way to get around the recurring fee.

Well you could pay for 100 years and it would almost be like owning it. :cool:

I am currently hosting my own website, but I was wondering if you can just register a domain name without paying for the hosting. Just domain name, and then host it yourself, so you would only have to pay once.


I buy my domains from GoDaddy. I've registered around 15 since last year. But when I was hosted at HostNine (and I might have registered one with HostGator), my domains were registered with Enom. And there was this one time where I registered a domain with DirectI. :)

But overall, I recommend GoDaddy for all your domain needs.

Im not sure if you can register a domain name for 100 years.. 10 years is the max tenure you can get it for at a time..

Im not sure if you can register a domain name for 100 years.. 10 years is the max tenure you can get it for at a time..

From recollection Network Solutions offer a 100 year deal...

Chris

From recollection Network Solutions offer a 100 year deal...

Chris

But they can only register at most ten years at a time. They're happy to take your money up front. It's then incumbent upon you to ensure that they renew you for 100 consecutive years. And if they're thinking about getting sold, they could skip a few years to maximize profitability, and then you'd have to deal with the new owner and ensure that they honor the 100 year deal.

But they can only register at most ten years at a time. They're happy to take your money up front. It's then incumbent upon you to ensure that they renew you for 100 consecutive years. And if they're thinking about getting sold, they could skip a few years to maximize profitability, and then you'd have to deal with the new owner and ensure that they honor the 100 year deal.

I completly agree, at to be perfectly honest, unless you stand to be around that 100 years in the first place, whats the point!

Plus of course if NetSol went bust, that could be quite an interesting one with the credit card company! :)

I have domains at...
GoDaddy
Moniker
NameCheap
Enom
BuyDomains
******
DomainDiscover
Fabulous
NameScout
DynaDot

However, most of my domains are at Moniker and GoDaddy.
Registring domain and hosting are two different thing.

You can register domain at any registrar and host at any place.
All you have to do is change Name server at your registrar.

I have a few names left at Godaddy. There is nothing wrong with their service. I will transfer my remaining domains from them over to name.com as they get ready to expire.

The reason.... free private whois.

But again, nothing wrong with Godaddy.

From recollection Network Solutions offer a 100 year deal...
Because they know domain names will not be around then.

Because they know domain names will not be around then.

It's really a huge waste of money to pay 100! years in advance.
even 10 years is pushing it sometimes, unless you are some big corporation but still you're able to renew at any time before expiration so i don't really see the point.

My rule is 3 years if I really like the domain and am developing a site for it.

Coming back to the original question.
Yes you can host your web site your self by ony purchasing the domain name.

You need a web server running on your machine like Microsoft IIS or Linux Apache.

You need a dedicated IP provided by your high speed internet provider.

You need a Mail server if you like to also have email servie for the domain.
Your domain name provider should help you to point your domain to the server IP address for your hosting.

We call it Advanced DNS Service. Simply it is about changing the MX, CNAME and A records to the server IP.

Some companies <<snipped>> offer this service free with the domain name registration. Some companies charge for it.

About the lenght of the domain registration, it is maximum 10 years for ICANN domains, but for EU domains, there is no expiry date. Until your registrar cancels it, the domain is automatically renewed.
For CO.UK it is maximum 2 years. So the answer depends on the type of domain you plan to register.

Which service that includes free forwarding would be cheapest, less than eight dollars a year?

Which service that includes free forwarding would be cheapest, less than eight dollars a year?

Moniker
$7.44 (discount pricing)
free forwarding
$1 privacy

To get discount pricing...
Get namepros.com or DNForum.com membership.
Open acct at Moniker.
Send PM to Moniker rep at namepros or DNF
and you'll get discount pricing.

resellerclub.com:

$6.99 domain registration
$0.15 forwarding
Free privacy..

$7.14/year..

I think this should fit your budget..

Coming back to the original question.

For CO.UK it is maximum 2 years. So the answer depends on the type of domain you plan to register.

If im not mistaken .co.uk allows registartions upto 10 years, the thing though is you have to register for a multiple of 2 years..
ie 2,4,6,8 and 10 years respectively..

I have just tried for CO.UK renewal for a domain we had with expiry date in 2009.

I was able to renew for 2 years but when i tried to renew for additional 2 years I got an error:

<mydomain>.co.uk renewal failed. Domain already renewed; the domain name can be renewed again six months prior to the expiration date.

did you try to renew it for more than 2 years in the first go??

you can renew co.uk only 6 months prior, but im sure you can renew it for more than 2 years.. what registrar are you using.. i will check with my registrar too..

I have just tried for CO.UK renewal for a domain we had with expiry date in 2009.

I was able to renew for 2 years but when i tried to renew for additional 2 years I got an error:

<mydomain>.co.uk renewal failed. Domain already renewed; the domain name can be renewed again six months prior to the expiration date.

i just checked.. you can register a co.uk for 10 years.. however the minimum is 2 and then after its multiples of 2.. you should query your registrar about this..

i just checked.. you can register a co.uk for 10 years.. however the minimum is 2 and then after its multiples of 2.. you should query your registrar about this..

Hi vMOT,

Where did you get this from?

I just spoke with Nominet (the .UK registry) and they still say it is 2 years (which it always has been) just when I noticed your post I thought hoorah, I must have missed a policy update.

The only thing you can do is ask for AutoBill (autorenew) to be set.

The only way a regisrar is offering 10 years is if they are autorenewing it for you I would presume.

Chris

Hi vMOT,

Where did you get this from?

I just spoke with Nominet (the .UK registry) and they still say it is 2 years (which it always has been) just when I noticed your post I thought hoorah, I must have missed a policy update.

The only thing you can do is ask for AutoBill (autorenew) to be set.

The only way a regisrar is offering 10 years is if they are autorenewing it for you I would presume.

Chris

i guess thats what they are doing then when they are offering me 10 year registrations.. my bad.. thanks for the update thoguh..

is that true for .uk registrations too??