Leaving domain @ old hosting company, moving hosting to new company?

Ronnie55

Ronnie55

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I've read a couple of somewhat compelling reasons to keep hosting and domain registration seperate.. so I've been considering doing it. I planned on changing hosts anyway. I want to use hostgator cause Ipage is garbage. This is for shared hosting.

So right now my domain and hosting is with ipage. Can I let my hosting expire with Ipage and still have them be my domain registrar for the time being? And then just get a new hosting account with hostgator?

Or would I be better off just transfering the domain to hostgator to keep it simple?

For future domains/projects, I could always register with godaddy or namecheap or a site like that and then host it on hostgator.

I'm curious what you guys think would be the best thing to do.
 


As long as the old host is not unscrupulous it doesn't really matter. If you are paying them for renewal they would normally care less about your hosting move out. Just the normal course of business for a web host to game some and lose others...
 
buy the domain from godaddy or namecheap, never buy hosting from godaddy, I have heard terrible stories about them. Buy the hosting from hostgator I started there with my first sites.
 
My host is with bulletproofvps and I am very satisfied with them, no complaints, 100% uptime and great support.
 
First of all, it really does not matter. You have domain with 1 company and Hosting with another. Fare business till now

About your hosting suggestion. Since you are going to but new.. i would suggest to get it from namecheap/bluehost. HostGator is garbage now days. waste like iPage.
 
Hm, kind of an old thread :) so what did you do at the end and what was your experience?

The decision to keep domains and hosting separately is a good idea. My thoughts are that domains should be kept at primarily domain registrars - e.g., Namecheap (not GD though:), and hosting - at primarily hosting companies. HostGator is not the best hosting company anymore, at least for shared hosting so I'd choose another company.
 
Right, so what does make a domain registrar a low quality service? Never realized it could be bad and good domain registrars ....
 
elemelas said:
Right, so what does make a domain registrar a low quality service? Never realized it could be bad and good domain registrars ....
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Good domain registrar allows you to transfer out at first request (provided it's more than 60 days after registration or previous transfer). They do not charge for WHOIS Privacy and DNS management, don't lock your domain without your consent and do not state URL forwarding is a feature you should order. In two words - NameCheap is a good registrar.

Bad registrar charges you for everything and doesn't let you transfer out when you request this. They allow you to transfer only when it's already too late for your goals and you have a 7-day downtime as a bonus. In two words - GoDaddy is a bad registrar.
 
Although your new hosting company offers you like a 1 click migration process, I think it would still be a wise move to back up your site from an external provider.

No matter how much you plan it, there will always be surprises and it pays to be always ready.
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It really depends on you mate, if the domain registrar is good. better to stick with just one company just to avoid confusion.

Anyway, did you already bought an a hosting package with hostgator?
 
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