Buying website address

hoggle_2

Apologies if this thread is in the wrong place!!

I am thinking of buying a domain name from godaddy . com who are charging £9.61 for 3 domain names. I have searched in their t&c but can't find out how long I own the domain name for and if the charges increase after the 1st year etc etc.

If anyone can give me some advice on how long I would own and if the charges will go right up I would be most grateful!!!! (I am a little confused by it all!)

Coopdivi

You'd be better off asking this question on the Techie Forum. To save you typing it out again just copy and paste your thread over there.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29

bobhawke

It cost me £12.90 to register a co.uk domain name with them for 2 years. That included 1 email address with 1 gb of space.

PasturesNew

Generally speaking, if somebody asked me if they should buy from GoDaddy I'd say "yeah, do it". It's a solid firm, good prices ... and the time you waste pontificating over whether any other company might be better or not, isn't worth the few pence you may/may not save for all that worry/decision-making etc.

Personally, I use 1and1.co.uk to register my domains, but I use other companies for hosting. I use 1and1 because I can log in in about 10 seconds flat and buy another domain name in 20 seconds... job done, then I pop in about 3 hours later and point it at my hosting. But that's just me

All you need is a good name and you'll be fine.... GoDaddy is a good name.

OK, there's more to it than that, but your question seemed to be based on them/not and price.

As for how long you own the domain for - it depends what the domain is (.com? .co.uk?). Also, check if they're auto-renewing or not. If you plan to ditch it after a year or two it can be annoying if it auto-renews. On the other hand, it can be annoying if you forget/don't get round to it ... and it disappears and it's a week before you realise.