domain name and email address

[Paulsou]

can anybody tell me best company to get a domain name from? i am also looking for email to go with the domain, is it best to go same company for email and domain or different?
any recommendations?

 

[Alan]

For email, if you are a serious business rather than a hobbyist, then you really need to use a 'pro' email service such as Goggle's G Suite or Microsoft's O365 ( there are others )

Now you separate email from domain, there are tons of domain name companies are many are pretty good - a few you have to watch as they get you on high renewal fees.

Despite not great as a hosting company - GoDaddy or 123-Reg are pretty safe bets, as long as you ignore all the 'upsell' they give you.

 

[WESH.UK]

Using email with the same hosting provider is NOT a problem, and is not be a problem so long as you set things up correctly and avoid fairly basic software.

Using a UK provider for your domains, especially one that doesn't have shareholders, investors and loans to repay will give you a better and more straight forward deal that doesn't bite you in the backside on renewal either. **cough cough**

Have yet to meet anybody that has ever recommended GoDaddy at all, for anything, there are far better service providers and domain registrars here in the UK.. Some of us are even Accredited registrars too

 

[webhostuk]

For emails Gsuite is also a good option if you wish to use it. And yes having domain and hosting with same provider is not a problem unless they are able to provide you with all that you are looking for.

 

[Paulsou]

thanks for advice guys

 

[Luciano@VineTec]

Domain name - Just watch out for renewal cost after the first or second year offer.
Email - Vote for G Suite here.

 

[ARBOmega]

I agree with the others on this one.
It's not a problem keeping both together. However, it all depends on your need and expectations. If you're looking to use it for a full blown business solution, i would recommend you split the two. The previously recommended services would be fine for this.
With domain name, check in advance how much they will charge to host, buy, and renew the domain. Again depends on what you want. If you will only be hosting static pages, you can go for a simple cheap / free service. if you will have a more complicated site, you'll need to do your homework to ensure they cater for the services you will need (e.g. SSL etc.).

 

[arnydnxluk]

I would recommend Hover, a Tucows brand (meaning they have weight in the industry).

Hover specialises in domain registrations and email hosting, no web hosting etc. Good customer service and good interface.

Using a UK provider for your domains, especially one that doesn't have shareholders, investors and loans to repay will give you a better and more straight forward deal that doesn't bite you in the backside on renewal either. **cough cough**

Your company doesn't have any shareholders?

Have yet to meet anybody that has ever recommended GoDaddy at all, for anything, there are far better service providers and domain registrars here in the UK.. Some of us are even Accredited registrars too

I actually don't know of any good UK domain registrars. Most are web hosting providers offering domains as a value add, generally with poor interfaces.

 

[Seb de Lemos]

The domain industry is essentially a storefront industry. As in, the product that provider A sells is indentical to the product provider B sells - if it's the same domain. The rules are set by ICANN.

I would:
- make sure you go with someone who has direct ICANN accreditation, rather than being a reseller of Tucows/Enom/etc/etc.
- make sure their frontend has good UI and isn't buggy. Not that there's a direct correlation - but it'll give a good idea of how well their systems work in the backend / how likely they are to send through your requests to the registry correctly!
- Make sure there's no too good to be true deal. Any domain provider that sells you a domain for £1, is likely going to charge more and be making all that loss back and more on year 2 - and 3 - and 4.
- Use a decent DNS provider for your DNS. It's hard to fault Cloudflare.
- Use a decent email provider for your email. Again, hard to fault google apps at ~£5/mo

This might sound like sacrilege as I used to run a UK domain registrar, dns provider and email host, but I now use Google Domains for my registrations, Cloudflare for my DNS, and Google Apps for email!

 

[EmC007]

You can of course register a domain with one provider, setup hosting and email some where else entirely different. It will come down to your needs really. I often help people get setup and that can be in different ways.

 

[Neromare Works]

Namecheap is best, hands down.

I would not recommend GoDaddy. Sometimes you can't even change your DNS servers; their website is super buggy all the time. Doesn't accept changes.

 

[Bronco78th]

While not meaning to hijack the thread just in the same situation and am currently looking at pickaweb.co.uk to host a forum. (downside of pickaweb is that only one datacenter in the UK, so not so good if you do business overseas.)

and A2hosting.co.uk For my main 2 websites.

Any feedback on any of these?

OP: - + 1 for Gsuite for the emails.

 

[EmC007]

Pickaweb control panel was awkward.

 

[numbersrule]

I use the same company - Fasthosts Internet Limited for Domain Registration, Website Hosting and DIY Web Building and email hosting and have found their full time phone support very helpful and have had no significant issues. This included recently a domain transfer from personal ownership to company ownership which involved closing down the email and website temporarily and then re-starting all services and it all went perfectly smoothly. I did though undertake this in the Xmas interlude to minimise the risk of a slow changeover so the pressure was off.

I'm not clear what the advantage is for registration being separate from hosting. Does anyone have an example of when having the two together is likely to be an issue?

 

[Alan]

While not meaning to hijack the thread

Why not start your own thread?

 

[ServWise]

One thing to consider, Gsuite is google and your email is a lot of lovely personal data you are storing on their servers ripe for profiling. Consider your privacy and the privacy of your customers if you are using it for business (Or personal for that matter).

 

[arnydnxluk]

One thing to consider, Gsuite is google and your email is a lot of lovely personal data you are storing on their servers ripe for profiling. Consider your privacy and the privacy of your customers if you are using it for business (Or personal for that matter).

Google no longer scans email content for ad personalisation / profiling in the consumer version of Gmail and never did for G-Suite customers.

Source: https://blog.google/products/gmail/...ail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/

I'd probably be much more worried about how a small business protects my data (in terms of security, privacy and maintaining backups), as well as uptime, vs the likes of Google.

 

[ServWise]

Google no longer scans email content for ad personalisation / profiling in the consumer version of Gmail and never did for G-Suite customers.

Source: https://blog.google/products/gmail/...ail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/

I'd probably be much more worried about how a small business protects my data (in terms of security, privacy and maintaining backups), as well as uptime, vs the likes of Google.

That is good to know I was not aware, however there are other reasons not to choose google.

1. Choose a local provider rather than give your money to one of the biggest monopolies in the world who don't pay their fair amount of tax & funnel money out of your country.
2. Keep your data in the UK. (Gsuite only gives you the option of Europe)

And there are reliable independent providers out there, in over 15 years of providing hosting services we have never lost a single persons stored data so yes look for reliability but don't think gsuite is the only reliable option.

 

[aleksandrkop]

I've always used Namecheap, but lately Cloudflare is offering a better service altogether.
For eMail, don't think too much: Google hands down.

 

[jetaj52]

I recommend eNom and easyname for domain name and email hosting to Google. If you need also office 365 than use Microsoft monthly packages.

 

[TheWebDesignCompany]

"Domain name - Just watch out for renewal cost after the first or second year offer.'

This is very good advice.

Where the domain is registered really doesnt effect the email service, because once you have set up the name servers to point to the company that is processing your email account, the company that you renew the domain with are no longer affecting the emails.