buying a domain name ?

Egon · 05-18-2008, 11:45 PM

Well, you can buy one, but it depends where you buy it from. I've seen them go from 4 bucks a month to 60. If you want a free website you can just use HostSnake, but you won't get a www.yourwebsite.com url with them.

4NGU$ · 05-19-2008, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cohen

You have to buy the domain name / URL no matter what happens!

ok but who am i buying it off i really dont understand

how can to different domain selling sites offer me the same domain name who are they buying off and why cant i go strait to the source and cut out the middle man ????

man this confuses me

Vizy · 05-19-2008, 12:51 AM

godaddy.com?

4NGU$ · 05-19-2008, 01:12 AM

yeah i know there are places i can go to get the domain name but i was wondering if it is possible to just register it to my own server ? with out paying one of those sites ?

Kesava · 05-19-2008, 03:15 AM

yeah i know what you mean, i once asked this question. someone explained it to me and it made sense. but i dont remember now haha

cohen · 05-19-2008, 03:16 AM

freewebs?

**epidemik** · 05-19-2008, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4NGU$

yeah i know there are places i can go to get the domain name but i was wondering if it is possible to just register it to my own server ? with out paying one of those sites ?

I really wanna know this too. grr. this has always confused me.

Vizy · 05-19-2008, 08:22 AM

Sorry, idk.

Punk · 05-19-2008, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kuzba

yeah i know what you mean, i once asked this question. someone explained it to me and it made sense. but i dont remember now haha

I think it was on another forum that I told you.

Basically you can't, you have to be an ISP to be able to register domain names yourself. So whatever happens, you'll have to pay for a URL. Now as far as the hosting of your files, you either have your own server (you'll only have to direct the url to your server) or you rent one.

I'll explain more when I get back from school.

Sorry for the late reply

4NGU$ · 05-19-2008, 11:02 PM

don't worry about it any reply is better than none

i know somebody who has a sever running 24hrs a day so i will ask then if i would be able to host it on there sever when its done but if not i will just use one of these sites

anybody have and accounts of witch one would be best ?
or had any bad experiences ?

cheers guys

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cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 15 Posts: 8,361	freewebs? __________________ Cohen

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4NGU$ VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 19 Posts: 2,322	don't worry about it any reply is better than none i know somebody who has a sever running 24hrs a day so i will ask then if i would be able to host it on there sever when its done but if not i will just use one of these sites anybody have and accounts of witch one would be best ? or had any bad experiences ? cheers guys __________________ Winner Photo Tourneys: Birds, Abstract, Shadows, Christmas, Not what it seems, Infinity, Colours of the Rainbow, Energy, Photographers and Lost "I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical." - Trent Parke "Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create new realities. There is more pleasure, for me, in things as-they-are." -David Hurn

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05-18-2008, 11:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
Egon Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 820	Well, you can buy one, but it depends where you buy it from. I've seen them go from 4 bucks a month to 60. If you want a free website you can just use HostSnake, but you won't get a www.yourwebsite.com url with them.

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Vizy banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,896	godaddy.com?

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Vizy banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,896	Sorry, idk.

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