Cheapest domain registration and web hosting

fagun

I’ve been looking at domain registration and web hosting, so did a search through the threads posted so far (thanks to all the people who’ve posted this info).

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35 has some additional discussion on this, but I haven’t trawled through it yet.

This is a summary of the cheapest based on what was posted and what I gleaned from websites. All of these seem to have relatively good feedback, though I don’t know as I haven’t used any of them so far.

I think it would be good to have this as a sticky – Board guides do you agree?


Domain registration

www.1and1.co.uk £1.99+VAT/year but you have to register for 2 years (.co.uk; .org.uk; .me.uk); £8.89+VAT first year (.com .net .org .info .name .eu); no pricing information for afterwards but I assume the same as before. Also you can get £2 cashback through Quidco

www.123-reg.co.uk £2.59+ VAT/per year but you have to register for 2 years (.co.uk; .org.uk; .me.uk); £8.99+VAT first year (.com .net .org .biz .info .name); £14.95+VAT first year (.eu); £2.89+VAT / year thereafter

www.ukreg.co.uk £2.95+VAT/per year but you have to register for 2 years (.co.uk; .org.uk; .me.uk); £8.89+VAT first year (.com .net .org .biz .info .eu); £8.99+VAT first year (.name); no pricing information for afterwards but I assume the same as before

www.ipower.com $2.95 first year; $8.25 thereafter (.com .net .org .biz .info .us)

www.netfirms.com $4.95 first year; $9.95 thereafter (.com .net .org .biz .info)


Web hosting (cheapest package)

www.jamroll.net £free (small advertising on web pages)

www.dkhosting.co.uk £1 / month – not sure if VAT is on top
www.betterwebspace.com £1 / month (paid annually in advance) – not sure if VAT is on top

www.123-reg.co.uk £1.59+VAT / month + £9.99+VAT set-up fee

www.1and1.co.uk £1.99+VAT / month

www.dataflame.co.uk £2.49 / month (if paid annually in advance) – not sure if VAT is on top

www.fasthosts.co.uk £3.99+VAT / month

www.ipower.com $3.95 per month (with 1 free domain name)

www.netfirms.com $9.95 per month (with 2 free domain names)

http://officelive.microsoft.com/officelivebasic.aspx $free (with 1 free domain name – small advertising on web pages and you have to use Microsoft’s product) – there will be a monthly subscription at the end of the beta testing.

pgb2006

I have heard very bad things about this company - when I have asked friends about this subject, they have said stay away from 1&1.

matty_c608

1and1 - hmm..

They say it's £1.99 per 2 years, but it's actually more. Go to Checkout and see!

fagun

matty_c608 wrote:

1and1 - hmm..

They say it's £1.99 per 2 years, but it's actually more. Go to Checkout and see!

Sorry that's my fault - they say per year, but UK domains have to be registered for 2 years.

wackojackouk

Hi m8

1and1 are good - I used them to register my domain name but the hosting isn't always cheap.

I am currently using a UK company called Penguin who I find to be very good and they give you a 1gb transfer limit per month which is more than enough for most people.

It only costs £10 per year too

Their site is - [SIZE=-1]www.penguin-uk.com

HTH

WJUK
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newmoney_3

I am using 123-reg. Had no problems with them for the first year until I had to renew my hosting charge. They did not remind me by email when it was due to be renewed (unless my wife deleted it which is possible) so I was only advised after it had expired. This have to upload the whole site again onto their service which is a little irritating. To b honest 123-reg have been good and I am very satisfied with their hosting so far.

lynneinjapan

Prices for .uk domains need to have VAT added and, as mentioned by fagun above, are always renewed for two years at at a time.

I took one out with 1&1 a couple of years ago, only to find that I was tied into their hosting package - there was no way to change the DNS pointers to use another host. (Their hosting isn't expensive but I already had hosting set up elsewhere so didn't need it.) Had to pay £5 to transfer the domain to 123-reg, whom I've been using for about 5 years now with no problems. Not sure if the situation is still the same - sounds like things have changed according to wackojackouk's experience - but if you don't want to be tied in to their hosting package, do check that you have full DNS control before you sign up!

For best prices, buy your .uk domain names from a UK supplier and your .com or .net ones from a US supplier. Not sure who's the most competitive on .eu names, but the cheapest I've found is https://www.fxdomains.com at .eu $14.75pa (also competitive for .com domains at $7.85pa).

And https://www.ipower.com now has a standard fee of $6.50 pa for .com and .net domain names - still very competitive.

SandLake

Have a look at Heart Internet

Lord_Chris

it depends on what you need your webspace for... but i use streamline.net

comes with free .co.uk address, im on their unlimited account which provides unlimited web space and bandwidth, aswell as 5 mysql databases - that works out at £33 per year if you buy 2 years, or £45 a year otherwise.

their cheaper packages arent very competitive with other companies, but if you need unlimited bandwidth or web space, this was the best i could find.

Streamlines customer service is also excellent, since i'd never used database driven websites without direct access to the server before, i needed a bit of help, and they responded really quickly to all my questions

HTH

spurs1234

https://www.godaddy.com arnt bad either , ive been using them for years with no problems...

Info_Provider

Microsoft has the best deal going at the moment. Their Office Live Basics gives free domain name, web hosting, email, calendar, IM, etc. They say its "free during and after beta" www.officelive.co.uk