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tranfree issue 50 - 13 August 2002
Followup and Feedback on Domains from
tranfree 49
By Alex Eames
One of the ezines I subscribe to contained an interesting article
about different domain registrars. This was great timing because
I was looking around the web to find this info for you.
Having stressed the importance of not changing your email address
in the last tranfree (49) I wanted to give you some links for
companies where you can register your domain and get email
forwarding services.
Well, let me tell you that since the domain name industry was
deregulated a couple of years ago there are hundreds of companies
offering domains. But many of them do not offer anything more
than the registration process itself. Even as I write, I just
received a spam from a domain registration company. The deal
they offer is not as good as some of the ones below.
So here are three that I have found and had a good look at...
- namestick.com $39/year including web forwarding and mail forwarding
- directnic.com $15/year including web forwarding and mail forwarding
- namecheap.com $8.88/year including web forwarding and mail forwarding
...and my thoughts on these are that namestick is slightly on the
expensive side. They are targeting affiliate marketers and offer
some useful services for this. But as a translator, you
don't need them. So, no need to pay extra for this.
They also impose a 200 Megabyte annual transfer limit on data. If
you're a busy translator, you will probably receive more than 200
Mb of file attachments in a year. (Even more when you factor in
S P A M).
Directnic looks, to me, to be the one to go for if you just want
a domain for email. Why? Because it's $15/year and they appear to
place no restrictions on the amount of emails you can forward to
your dial-up service provider.
Why not namecheap? Because, in my opinion, they are not going to
make enough profit to have a sustainable business. I reckon they
may not be around this time next year.
Pay a fair price and get a fair service. Whenever I buy the
cheapest of anything I am nearly always disappointed. Your domain
is the channel through which your business info flows. If the
registrar goes bust, it may be weeks or months before you can
restore your data flow. It'd be a pity to lose a piece of your
business for $7 wouldn't it? But if you're a risk-taker and the
$7 means somthing to you. Go for it, and let us know how you get
on.
In addition to my own research, we also got two replies from
tranfree readers Terra York and Ben Muis...
"Hi Alex,
Regarding your question about domains. I have a Yahoo
address which I was reluctant to change for the reasons
you cited in your article. Recently, Yahoo began offering
domain names (reasonably priced too!) and so I purchased
www.terratrans.com. The benefit to me is that mail sent
to that domain or to my yahoo address comes to the same
mailbox. I can slowly notify people of me new address and
yet I won't miss any mail sent to my old address.
The drawbacks are that it is a bit difficult to set up
websites on Yahoo (design wise) and that I have to use
the Yahoo email program (not Outlook).
Hope that helps,
Terra York"
"In reply to your question in issue 49, I have used
uk2.net for a number of years now. They offer low cost
domain registration and a good forwarding service.
They perform very well. The only negative experience I
have had with them is that they charge approximately
£19,- to move your domain away from their servers if you
ever wish to do so.
Beyond that, very good.
Regards,
Ben Muis (Dutch>English / English>Dutch)"
One last thing. If you're looking for a fully comprehensive...
- domain registration
- email forwarding
- web hosting
- web site building
- search engine submission
...package, you might want to take a look at...
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Alex Eames is the founder of translatortips.com,
editor of tranfree and author of the eBook...
How to Earn $80,000+ Per Year as a Freelance Translator
http://www.translatortips.net/ht50.html
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