A Quicker Domain Question

Robert Paulson · #1 11-10-2007, 08:09 PM

Hey all. Didn't want to hijack the previous thread on my first post on this board, but I have a question regarding a comment that was made about there being advantages of having the domain registration and hosting at seperate companies.

Is that a general consensus, or are there any difficulties that could come up as a result of that? I understand the delicate nature of the question, too, so be as unbiased as gatorly possible.

I'm about to start a forum using vBulletin, and I'm trying to do as much research as possible because I'm a total noob with this stuff, and I'd like to make as few mistakes as possible.

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GvilleRick · #2 11-10-2007, 09:47 PM

I don't think it really matters a lot one way or the other. If you are happy with the current registrar I would just leave the registration with them and change the nameservers.

One problem I have seen is buying the hosting and then requesting the transfer of the domain name before changing the nameservers with the current registrar. When you request the transfer you may not be able to change anything until the transfer has completed (which can take several days to a week.)

Robert Paulson · #3 11-10-2007, 09:58 PM

Domain isn't registered yet.

GvilleRick · #4 11-10-2007, 10:03 PM

Personally I don't see a huge advantage or disadvantage either way. I have most of my domains registered with GoDaddy and it works fine. I have one registered through my previous hosting company but it is actually registered through Wild West Domains (which is owned by GoDaddy.) HG registration is actually through Enom, I believe.

Robert Paulson · #5 11-10-2007, 10:14 PM

Got it. Thank you!

gwyneth · #6 11-11-2007, 12:00 AM

Robert,

When you get full access to the support forums, a search will show that several threads have discussed reasons to keep registration and hosting separate.

It's mostly just hedging your bets--if something happened to one firm, the other would presumably not be affected.

If you had them both at the same place and, for example, a natural disaster hit, you might have trouble resetting the nameservers of the domain to your contingency hosting firm.

If they were at different companies, it wouldn't be a problem--just change the nameservers to the new company and you'd be set.

Some of the forum members have been known to express this in stronger, more absolutely phrased advice.

slapshotw · #7 11-11-2007, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwyneth

Some of the forum members have been known to express this in stronger, more absolutely phrased advice.

I'm one of those people. Never, ever have your domain and hosting account with the same company. There's nothing that makes it technically better or faster, and there's enough domain registrars out there (at least a million, at last count) that it's easy to find someone just as good and/or cheap.

Robert Paulson · #8 11-11-2007, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slapshotw

I'm one of those people. Never, ever have your domain and hosting account with the same company. There's nothing that makes it technically better or faster, and there's enough domain registrars out there (at least a million, at last count) that it's easy to find someone just as good and/or cheap.

Now you tell me!

I went ahead and registered the domain when I signed up for the Baby package.

All of this, and I mean ALL OF THIS is new to me. I will undoubtedly make mistake after mistake. It doesn't sound like this one's fatal, so I'll chalk it up as a lesson learned.

I appreciate everyone's input so far, and can guarantee that I'll be asking so many questions over the next few weeks that one of you will bill me for a consultation fee.

Where the hell is the laughingator smiley?