How come companies can afford to provide free web hosting but not free .com domains?
Jul 04, 2008 by Andy | Posted in Software
Saying that web hosting customarily costs 5 dollars a month, and domains usually cost 5-10 dollars A YEAR, how awaken people don't provide free domains?
Hey David, thanks for the very long rebuttal but I already use 1 and 1 host. This is just a question I was wondering.
Web hosting is easier to cater for free since the space that is provisioned on the web server may already be paid for. But for a domain name, they cost the horde per domain just as they cost you and I, so they would lose a lot of profit trying to provide unrestrained .com names.
Bob W | Jul 04, 2008
How can I host my Wordpress blog at my .com without purchasing GoDaddy Hosting?
Apr 24, 2009 by Bob | Posted in Small Business
I'm looking for a workaround, the ad banners are indeed annoying with GoDaddy's free hosting.
Use a paid proprietress and there will be no banners at all. You can get hosting for like $5 a month. I've used Bluehost and HostGator and they both have one-click fitting of Wordpress. You can use them or read some of the reviews at the site below to find a host that suits you.
http://webhosting.youcompareit.com/
mcollins391 | Apr 24, 2009
How can I create a website with yahoo web hosting with a domain that I bought with godaddy.com?
Jul 01, 2009 by <('_')> | Posted in Programming & Design
I cognizant of it is possible, but don't know how. Is it free to transfer?
Thanks!
Hi Matt,
When you imagine your website with Yahoo and get a domain name with Go Daddy, all you need to do is go into your domain control panel in Go Daddy and convert the domain name server (dns) to make your domain name point to Yahoo's web server.
When you polish off that action, it's free. But if you're transferring your domain name from one company to another company, then the transfer will expenditure you money.
For example, let's say you want to transfer your domain name from Go Daddy to Yahoo, then Yahoo will safe keeping you for the transfer. After the transfer, your domain name will be hosted with Yahoo, not Go Daddy anymore.
But if you're obviously pointing the domain name from Go Daddy to Yahoo's web server (or web space), then you won't have to pay a dime. In this in the event that, your domain name is still hosting with Go Daddy, so any other changes in settings you want to make with your domain name, you still beggary to access your Go Daddy's domain control panel.
Transferring and pointing dominion name are two different things.
Here's a very good step-by-step guide on how to point your lands name from Go Daddy to Yahoo server by changing the dns:
1. Go to http://diehardwebhosting.com
2. Click on the top sailing tab [Web Hosting Tips]
3. On the [Web Hosting Tips] page, look for the link [How to Point Your Domain Name to Third Celebration Web Hosting Server (Web Space)?].
(Sorry about the trouble as the inactive url is too long and will get truncated and become impassable here)
Hope that helps. Cheers ;)
Soon Chai
P.S. You may email me if you need further clarification.
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