Thanks Geoff for sharing that information. It's hard to refute the lessons of experience.
Cheers, On 2010-11-28, at 11:34, Geoff and Kaye wrote: > > > On 27/11/2010, at 11:15 AM, cm wrote: > >> I am looking register a domain name and have the associated web site hosted. >> The site will be interactive and require an application server such as >> GlassFish to run JSF, or similar. Mac or Linux box would be preferred. >> >> Do you still think it a good idea to register with >> http://www.netregistry.com.au ? Or are there arguments to register a cheap >> .com domain name with http://www.namecheap.com ? I don't know if he is still >> active in the group, but Phillip McGree was recommending >> http://www.bottle.com.au Does anyone else have an opinion on them? >> >> Any advice or anecdotes about experiences would be greatly appreciated. > > > We register quite a few domains on behalf of clients, and over the years have > used a dozen or so registrars. With quite few we have had minor problems, but > almost never significant enough to result in the domain not being set up > correctly. Our current favoured registrar is Webcity - they are cheaper than > most, they use Enetica (a long-established company) to do the actual > registration, and their domain management interface is OK. Netregistry is a > very well-established company but they can be VERY expensive, particularly > for any related services. > > Hosting is a much more complex decision, and depends greatly on what you plan > to do. Some of the USA based hosting companies give you enormous amounts of > resources (lots of storage space, multiple sites, many email addresses, > endless sub-domains, lots of applications, etc.) for a similar price to many > local companies which offer very limited features (for example one web site, > few email addresses and subdomains charged extra, etc.). However if you do > not want multiple sites and the other stuff, a local company might be > suitable. > > It seems to me that your first task is to ensure that GlassFish or whatever > you need is available from any prospective hosting service - I am not > familiar with it but many hosting services may not support it. Lots of > hosting services offer a choice of Unix or Windows, Mac is much less common. > > Regards > > Geoff > > ---------------------- > Geoff and Kaye > k...@kgweb.org.au > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
