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How to Host 10 Domain Names

Globat have launched yet another deal today with their 10-for-1 Hosting special offer.

Host up to 10 domains on our Terabyte Hosting packages and only pay for 1 account. To make this
deal too good to miss we are charging only $1 Dollar per month for the first three months.

As multiple domain hosting becomes more popular, this sounds like a nice deal to take advantage of.

Andrew

Godaddy Domain Registration Reaches 10 Million

Godaddy continues to dominate the domain name market. This press release was just posted on the Godaddy site.

Domain portfolio for the company's three ICANN-accredited registrars has surpassed 10 million mark, according to statistics reported by Name Intelligence.

"Go Daddy has achieved yet another industry milestone," said Jay Westerdal, CEO, Name Intelligence. "Go Daddy attained the 9 million domain name mark in mid-July, and in a little more than 2 months since then, has grown its portfolio by an unprecedented 11% to surpass the 10 million domain mark." Added Westerdal, "Since bursting upon the domain name market in November 2000, Go Daddy has been a juggernaut, and doesn't appear to be slowing down."

Get Lucky with Globat!

Lately Globat hosting have provided some incredible deals. Just a few minutes ago they launched the "You got Lucky" deal. Like their other offers, this one runs out pretty soon so don't delay if you want a great bargain. It expires October 20.

Pay for 3 months of web hosting and we add 9 F-R-E-E months on top of it right from the start. No hassle, no gimmicks, just a great offer.

Visit the Globat site for all the details.

Andrew

Web Host's 2 millionth customer update

A couple of weeks back in this post we noted that Brinkster web hosting was about to sign up their 2 millionth customer and give the lucky person some suprise gifts. So thats exactly what they did...
Brinkster celebrated by giving Christopher Lee of Dayton, Ohio the Sony PSP. Lee commented," I would like to express what an honor and privilege it is to be your 2 millionth customer." He will also be featured on the Brinkster web site and be rewarded with two years of free Professional Package web hosting.

Congratulations to all involved!

Do you sell digital downloads?

I've been using e-junkie to sell digital downloads for about 6 months. A few days ago they announced they have relaunched and updated their services. I highly recommend them if you sell any type of digital goods with Paypal. Here's the latest press release...

Finding the Best Hosting Provider Part 2

Web Hosting Don'ts (Read the Part 1 of this article here)

Avoid these hosting mistakes at all cost or face the consequences!

Choosing a Host On Price Alone

Do not chose a web host based only on their pricing. Their are many cheap hosting providers and with most you get what you pay for. Very little. If the price you are quoted seems to good to be true, it probably is. Expect to pay at least .50 cents for every gigabyte of bandwith for average reliability and three or four times that if you want high quality hosting.

Purchasing Hosting from an Auction Site

Not that you will not find good hosting from an auction site, but the chances aren't good. Especially if the company does not even operate a web site to market their services.

Trusting Customer Testimonials

Most testimonials simply can't be trusted. If the web host lists contact information and the web site of the testimonials listed they may be trustworthy, but the majority should not be taken at face value.

Free Domain Included with Hosting

It is always better to keep your domain seperate from your hosting company. Many hosts offer free domains with their hosting plans. This practice is fine as long as the domain is registered in your name and belongs to you. If they register it to themselves and only let you "borrow" it you face the risk of them holding your domain hostage if you ever decide to move to another hosting provider.

This valuable information has been provided by Michael Shelton
Owner of Host-Resource.com

Finding the Best Hosting Provider Part 1

Looking for a new hosting provider? Here's some great advice on what to look for and what to avoid.

Web Hosting Dos

Follow these guidelines and you will have a better chance of finding a reliable hosting solution.

Research

Spend time reading what others have to say about the hosting companies you are looking at. Read reviews and investigate into the history of the company. How long have they been in business? What data centers are they located in? How many customers do they have and do they have enough employees to support them? These are all questions you should know before choosing a web host.

Contact Support

Contact your potential hosts and ask them a few simple questions about their service. The main goal is to gauge their response time and the quality of their reply.

Know Your Requirements

You may WANT gigs of space and bandwidth, but do you really NEED them. If not, do not waste money paying for bandwidth and storage space that will not be used. On the other hand, if you use a lot of resources you should purchase hosting with a little head room just in case you have spikes in traffic. This way you can avoid any overage charges.

Have a Good Backup Plan

Do not rely on your host to keep backups of your sites. Most don't and if they do they could be weeks or even months old. If you keep good backups you will suffer little downtime and data loss if you ever do have problems with your host and need to move elsewhere.

Part 2 of this article will follow in the next post...

Free Whois Protection at Registerfly

Registerfly are currently offering free Whois Protection with this coupon code: PROTECTFREE

"Register or renew any domain and receive 1 ProtectFly for free. With online fraud and spammers at an all time high, why miss out on this incredible opportunity." Visit the Registerfly site for details. We don't know how long this offer will last!

Andrew

Paypal Account Fee Calculator

Are you a web hosting provider using Paypal or other kind of Paypal seller?  We thought our readers would love this handy Paypal fee calculator from PPCalc.com to work out exactly what amounts to expect after Paypal fees and currency conversions.

This is perfect for an non-US Paypal merchant like myself who sells mostly to USA or UK based customers. I'm using this great litle calculator all the time!

Click on the logo to visit. Here's some more info from the PPCalc.com site:

"It allows anyone with a PayPal account to quickly and easily determine their PayPal fees before they accept money online. We also allow you to "reverse" calculate your fees to find out what amount a person should send you so that you actually get the amount you want after PayPal fees have been taken out, or what we like to call a Reverse PayPal Calculator."

I hope you all find this tool as useful as I do,

Andrew

30 Gigabytes of Email

And you thought Gmail was big...

A new web mail service launched today promising to bring users an email inbox of 30gb. According to the 30gigs.com website "Our main goal is to increase our space even further, to 50 gigs, or maybe 100 as time goes on."

The service is currently in beta requires an invite to gain access to the service.