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Set up a site for a friend a few months ago and used GoDaddy. The economy plan was $54 for a year. Unless you need a ton of email accounts (more than 100) or space (more than 100GB), it will do for most simple site/email solutions. Their support is top-notch and have never known their servers to go down, period.
Rebuttal? How are they good? Don't tell me low prices, they make that up by having a byzantine website that actively steers people towards spending more money, and by having customer service who will sell or enable services having nothing to do with what the customer is asking for on purpose because they can and the people calling in don't know any better. That's ignoring the political side of things, their stance on SOPA for instance.
What's their stance?Rebuttal? How are they good? Don't tell me low prices, they make that up by having a byzantine website that actively steers people towards spending more money, and by having customer service who will sell or enable services having nothing to do with what the customer is asking for on purpose because they can and the people calling in don't know any better. That's ignoring the political side of things, their stance on SOPA for instance.
They supported SOPA and PIPA, even publicly testifying in support of the bill at a House hearing. They were outspoken proponents of the bill, that is until they felt the backlash of people fleeing their service. Then tried to save face by saying they were no longer supporting SOPA, then PIPA, then finally coming all the way full circle and saying that not only did they not support the bills, they were actually opposed to them now. (For those that may not remember, SOPA/PIPA were bills introduced to "expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to combat online copyright infringement and online trafficking in counterfeit goods." And while that sounds good on the surface, the bills were really bad bills that would have gave up a lot of the safeguards on free speech online (among other things) and would not have worked towards their intended goals in the end anyways.)What's their stance?Rebuttal? How are they good? Don't tell me low prices, they make that up by having a byzantine website that actively steers people towards spending more money, and by having customer service who will sell or enable services having nothing to do with what the customer is asking for on purpose because they can and the people calling in don't know any better. That's ignoring the political side of things, their stance on SOPA for instance.
And you believe they actually changed their mind, and didn't just do it to stop the bleeding?
Huh? I agreed with you. Same leadership in place and same shot callers, leopards can't change their spots.
Namecheap offers "Whoisguard" which is their version, for free with a domain registration for a year, and then it's like $2.88 / year after that.
Warning, it does get a bit technical at times, but it's also a great example of how hackers are going about doing things now. They aren't cracking into servers, they are calling customer service and social engineering their way in.
2) As for the domain name, it's registered for whatever time period you purchased. Just use another company when it's time to renew. Now, if you're talking about HOSTING, you just find another company, and then when you get their DNS (server) info, you apply that to your domain name.
FYI, you can transfer your domain registrar at any time, not just when it is close to expiration. The new domain registrar will just tack year(s) on to the end of your current term. So if you have a domain name with GoDaddy that is good for 2 more years, and you want to transfer it (good for you!), then just go to the new registrar you have chosen (i.e. Namecheap), transfer the domain there. You'll have to pay the transfer fee (which will add a year to your registration). So then you'd be good for 3 years.
Starting to have more issues with iPage, anyone have any ideas? Money isn't too much of an issue (I am a FFA guy, after all
) just doesn't need to be cheapest or most expensive.
Do they have a limit on number of email accounts on the 'Economy' and is there a limit to the storage for each email account?I still LOVE ICDsoft. Starts at $6/mo ($4.80/mo renewal).
Incredibe value, loaded with features, very easy to use back-end, and the best customer service I've ever experienced with any tech product.
Im a reseller, but that link isn't a reseller link because I don't want folks thinking i'm pimping for a profit. It's just that good.
I'm not aware of limits on email accounts. If they do I think it's something insane like. You are allowed to allocate your storage however you'd like, fully customizable between accounts. (ie you can give your graphics guy 10GB to handle large files, but cut Forrest in accounting down to 10MB to break his habit of clogging up the resources with pr0n GIFs
That is good. Most of the accounts I have are fine with 500mb, I paid extra on my current host for a total of 2gb because I have more than the others.
Yah! yeah the spam guard is pretty solid as well, and you can adjust how aggressively you want it to filter. I believe you can customize the filtering for each account independently as well.... again, some folks use the email account stupidly and need lots of filtering. Others are smarter and aren't going to get inundated.
I appreciate it, but honestly it would require going through me going forward so it's really not worth it for you. I manage a few accounts for close buddies but in your case I'd suggest just setting up your own account. IF you host multiple accounts then set yourself up as a reseller first. Sizeable discounts start after 2-3 hosting accounts IIRC. I host 6 and I think it's something like 40% off. :thumup:
