All webhosting and domain related queries here.

[Vyom]

am new to this ... wanna make a website ... confused abt reading all post here ... cant 1 company sell domain & host it to, y so diff ???

One company do sell domain as well as hosting, and usually those have great deals. But as a user it's us who wants great deal in pricing, features and flexibility.

You may want to buy a domain from somewhere who provides you best price for it, and you may want to buy a hosting from somewhere that suits your requirements. For eg, if you only want one domain to be hosted and nothing else, then usually its best to buy the package deal (domain + host) from a single entity, while if you want a good VPS (which can host multiple domains) you may want to buy the host from somewhere which provides you best deal and features.

Also, the speed by which your site opens is directly dependent on where your website is host (your website files are located), so suppose if I host my site on a server in US, the ping rates would be damn high, since US would be very far from us. So I would of course want to choose a host which provides me best pings.

 

[TechnoBOY]

Does ant one use .tk and hourB hosting?

 

[Shah]

Does ant one use .tk and hourB hosting?

AFAIK, .tk domain is free for the first year only. After that you are going to pay for it. So, better get yourself a paid TLD domain. At least, it will look professional.

 

[tanmaymohan]

Does ant one use .tk and hourB hosting?

. Tk ones are fine for usual home user or normal stuff. Sadly they are blocked by Facebook because of abuse and spam coming from these domains. Get a paid domain and hosting and you are good to go

 

[NileshMore27]

Re: Which one is a better host ?

Hi you can incredihost.in .they provide very cheap and reliable hosting services.

 

[ddessai101]

Hi,
Myself and 2 of my friends are in a process of starting a small E-commerce website with payment gateway just like flipkart or snapdeal. Where customers add the items to cart and pay via Debit/Credit card or netbanking and we ship it after receiving payment, our customer base is focused on one State and currently not focused on nation wide coverage (don't want to reveal my plan as it is market research phase ). Don't want Cash on Delivery and Paypal option.

My question is, which service providers have a payment gateway and DIY website builder as we are not familiar with programming or website desining. This is our first time. We want something like wordpress.com where there is templates which are easy to use. As among 3 of us, one will be in-charge of customer support, other order processing and me adding products and administrator of site.

My research on web shows CCavenue as common payment gateway which has 3% + Rs. 3 per transaction fees (differs for different cards) and Rs. 1200/- as setup fees for the website and it is tie-up with godaddy.in for domain name hosting and registration.

If there are any other webhosting with payment gateway please let me know.

 

[lywyre]

Hi,

I purchased a domain name and a basic hosting package from bigrock.in last week.
I need BigRock users' advice on what should I do next (update dns namespace?) and how to relate my domain name and my hosting plan.

 

[Shah]

Hi,

I purchased a domain name and a basic hosting package from bigrock.in last week.
I need BigRock users' advice on what should I do next (update dns namespace?) and how to relate my domain name and my hosting plan.

Domains purchased on BigRock by default point to BigRock name servers. So, you don't need to change them as your hosting provider is also BigRock. Just add the domain from your hosting control panel. As simple as that.

 

[IH-Jake]

Hi,

I purchased a domain name and a basic hosting package from bigrock.in last week.
I need BigRock users' advice on what should I do next (update dns namespace?) and how to relate my domain name and my hosting plan.

As an addition to what shah said here, you always have the option to contact your hosting provider for help as they are responsible for assisting you to move on. If your website is ready you can upload it to your hosting space using the file manager or any third party software like filezilla.

 

[lywyre]

Domains purchased on BigRock by default point to BigRock name servers. So, you don't need to change them as your hosting provider is also BigRock. Just add the domain from your hosting control panel. As simple as that.

Thank you. Thus is going to stay idlefor a week or so more. Can find someone after that only.

 

[Chetan1991]

Looking for a reliable hosting service plan with lots of addon domains, DBs, plenty space and bandwidth, and decent pricing. Any suggestions?

 

[thetechfreak]

Looking for a reliable hosting service plan with lots of addon domains, DBs, plenty space and bandwidth, and decent pricing. Any suggestions?

Going for a VPS or just shared hosting itself ? Budget?

 

[braindead]

recommended hosting anyone?
Low on budget so preferably shared.

 

[Shah]

recommended hosting anyone?
Low on budget so preferably shared.

OutpowerHosting, Recently got an hosting package from them and I can vouch for them.

 

[Chetan1991]

Going for a VPS or just shared hosting itself ? Budget?

Never used VPS before. Want 10 or more addon domains and dbs. Budget is 3k per year at most.

 

[braindead]

OutpowerHosting, Recently got an hosting package from them and I can vouch for them.

After I paid for the hosting, now they want my government issued id. WTF? Is this normal?

 

[Ricky]

After I paid for the hosting, now they want my government issued id. WTF? Is this normal?

Yes, it is normal for any good hosting company as they want to make sure their network is clean with legit customers.

 

[Shah]

After I paid for the hosting, now they want my government issued id. WTF? Is this normal?

I don't remember anything about such Govt. issued id. I was not asked to submit such things though.

 

[Vyom]

I too was asked for a copy of such ID for my new connection of Pacenet/Ani or Excitel. Each time. I usually give a copy of Voter ICard with "Only for purpose of verification for <ISPName>" written over it.

 

[Ricky]

I don't remember anything about such Govt. issued id. I was not asked to submit such things though.

Well, if you are not going to use it for any unfair purpose then why so hesitant about sending ID, futher do as [MENTION=77264]Vyom[/MENTION] said which makes very much sense.