carboncat — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:33:21 +0000

Godaddy are fine for registering domains. For hosting, you should go somewhere else.

knorr — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:19:46 +0000

Overall Godaddy is a reputable company and I hope you'll be glad with their services.

Dragon of Ice — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:06:45 +0000

Thanks guys. Ya'll helped clear things up very well.

The host has FAQ information regarding pointing nameservers, which I did (and it works), so I'll leave it at that. As far as godaddy, I don't foresee any special circumstances from this domain (shouldn't move or anything), so I'm going to cross my fingers and hope godaddy doesn't make any complications throughout the domain's life time.

Thanks again.

greg — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:28:37 +0000

No you dont have to transfer unless the hosting company you use doesnt have options for external nameservers, which I have never heard of so its nota problem (if they dont have that option, btw, go with someone else)

Be careful with godaddy
For most domain names its fine, but there are many reports of godaddy taking domain names off people

That aside, keep godaddy as the registrar and point the NS to your hosting site
You can transfer, and keep the 5 years unless otherwise specified, but really there is no need.

Personally I have always used 123reg.co.uk, and have about 35 domains with them
They have an excellent control panel and various tools and options to manage your account and domain

I have 2 with godaddy, but I wont use them anymore, after readingtoo many bad things about them.

Megan — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:17:57 +0000

Ask the hosting company about the first two questions. There could be some misunderstanding there ... otherwise they need to get their money back.

Your questions 3 & 4 are correct. You normally want to keep your domain registered at a third company and point the name servers to your hosting account. It sounds like this company is just trying to force you to keep your domain with them. Transferring is usually kind of expensive too - often both hosting companies will charge you for the service (or am I wrong about that? I've only transferred a domain once so I forget...)

nice&easy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:26:40 +0000

Quote: It's generally better to keep a domain registered with a reputable third party (ie godaddy), and just point it at your servers

You've answered your question.