Bluehost and Go.Daddy question

Leslie · Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 2 Location: California

I'm new to the biz and from all the reading I've done (Sah and forum), it looks like the best way to start out would be getting a domain name from Go.Daddy and then signing up with Bluehost and then using Fantastico and Wordpress to design and set up my website. Does this sound like a plan? Has anyone done it this way or have any other options to suggest? I have my niche and once I settle on my domain name, I want to get started. Thanks.

Jim Hutchinson · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject:

Hi Leslie

That sounds like a good plan. I went that route, but with different vendors.

For domain registrations, I went with DirectNIC because I like their easy navigation system and no ads.

For web hosting I went with Host Gator because a real person to answers the phone, even on a major holiday. All of my dedicated servers are with Host Gator now.

The choice of web hosts is yours. It depends on who you are comfortable with and if they provide the services you are looking for.

BradleyD.Haslam · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

I'm leary of godaddy.
Heard a few horror stories.

But having your registar and host
seperated is the way to go for sure.
I'd look at www.namecheap.com for a registar.
That's who I use.

Blue host is a great host.
You shouldn't have any problems there.

My 2 cents.
Brad.

rileyvanhorn · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Paragould, Arkansas

Leslie,

My experience with godaddy has been a pretty good one. I went with the premium hosting package for 3 years, and got ALMOST everything I needed for about $460. I wasn't impressed with their website builders.

It's nice to have everything in one place, hosting, domain registration,etc. Since I have a remotely located associate that helps me with the more detailed programming, it's easy for him to only have one account and password to keep up with.

The menus are a little confusing until you get used to them, and their email response is not great, but anytime I've called, I've gotten connected to someone who knows what they are talking about and they are (last time I called, anyway) native English speakers who are easy to communicate with.

Hendry Lee · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:26 am Post subject:

I heard bad experience with GoDaddy, too.

If you must choose between those two BlueHost is the way to go.

Hostgator is my favorite though, it is more or less the same size as BlueHost but I've hosted several blogs there without a lot of problems, even for a moderately high traffic blog.

Rosalind Gardner

Hi Leslie,

Another benefit to signing up with Bluehost is that they include the domain registration fees in their longer term packages. So, when you sign up for a year-long or 2-year hosting contract, you'll save money on both the hosting and the domain registration... and I'm all for saving money. Smile

Cheers,