I went with the (5 GB / 250 GB BW/month) economy plan for 2yrs @ 97.10.
Godaddy seems to be very flexible. We can upgrade to the next plan (250 GB /
1000 GB BW/month) if needed later.
That seems like a good deal to me.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winterlight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [H] URL Registration
Just register the domain for the time you want to keep it, and then use
the free services... from what you write I don't think you are going to
need anything else. You will be able to create a premium email address
that you can pop if you want, or use their email web interface. You will
get a 5GB site with a small banner add at the top. You will be able to
create web pages or use ftp to upload and download. Of course, you will
have to activate this after you have the domain name. It is a confusing
site so call them 24/7 if you get lost.
They nailed me about storing zip file backups on the site, so if you do
that name them something else like mpg.
Pay 3 bucks a month for hosting 5GB if you need lots of email addresses or
you don't like the add. Godaddy is in your face trying to sell you stuff,
but just ignore it and get what you need now You can always go back and
get more without losing any savings. And there are constant deals and
savings.
At 12:48 PM 1/24/2008, you wrote:
Godaddy seems to be offering the privacy option. What is gTLD? They also
advise against using throwaway web emails.
however, I don't see who this privacy thing buys my anything real. my
addresses ae already on the web and will be on this site.
I'm wondering if I should buy the hosting feature, though. How much
space, windows/linux, data transfer....don't really know about all that.
The site is a one-off kind of thing...and well disappear after two years.
Not selling anything...mainly for information...don't want to over spend
for it, though.
I strongly recommend using your registrar's WHOIS privacy unless the
domain
is actually owned by a commercial entity. Unfortunately, the operator of
the
.org gTLD does not allow it. You would have to use some other gTLD (like
.com or .net) to enable that feature. You can certainly use a throwaway
web
address to combat e-mail SPAM...
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware-
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:19 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] URL Registration
> At 12:04 PM 1/24/2008, you wrote:
>>Is it worthwhile to not have contact info published in connection
with the
>>domain name registration? Whois claimes this eliminates spam....
>
> not unless you want to hide for some reason. You will get spam but
only at
> the contact address... so use a throwaway web address for that
No, not trying to hide. My e-mail will be on the website anyway. I
just
don't want any *extra* spam because of this. My emails are already on
the
web anyhow.
Thanks.