Web hosting and domain names.
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osarabaThe other thing I've been doing is trying to figure out if I should transfer my webhosting and domain name away from Yahoo!Geocities. It's sort of expensive, but at the time it was the perfect solution for me because I didn't have to move any of my site since it was already on the free Yahoo! site. But at $11.95/month, I'm looking for a bit more than just 50mb of storage and 20gb of data transfer!
I came across a place on Lycos, called aplus.net, which offers 200mb of storge and unlimited data transfer for $9.95/month, the soloXR plan. With the Yahoo! plan, they automatically re-registered my domain name (koyasunomiko.com) when it expires, but with aplus.net, it would be an additional fee of $7.95/year, which isn't bad at all.
I think the only reason I'm hesitating is because I've never transferred my domain before, and I'm sort of nervous that something is going to happen to it. Also, I'm sort of confused as to their policy about the domain transfer; my domain was just re-registered as of December 17th, so what happens to the remainder of my registered time through Yahoo!? It's supposed to expire on December 17, 2003, but if I transfer it to aplus.net, will I still retain that time? Will I have to buy an additional year through aplus.net, so that it would potentially expire in 2004? Or would I have to pay that $7.95 for it to expire one year from when I actually transferred the domain?
If anyone has any suggestions, or comments like, "Sara, you're being silly, just transfer your webhosting and domain -- it'll be a lot cheaper for more space, and you'll be a lot happier," I would gladly welcome them!
I came across a place on Lycos, called aplus.net, which offers 200mb of storge and unlimited data transfer for $9.95/month, the soloXR plan. With the Yahoo! plan, they automatically re-registered my domain name (koyasunomiko.com) when it expires, but with aplus.net, it would be an additional fee of $7.95/year, which isn't bad at all.
I think the only reason I'm hesitating is because I've never transferred my domain before, and I'm sort of nervous that something is going to happen to it. Also, I'm sort of confused as to their policy about the domain transfer; my domain was just re-registered as of December 17th, so what happens to the remainder of my registered time through Yahoo!? It's supposed to expire on December 17, 2003, but if I transfer it to aplus.net, will I still retain that time? Will I have to buy an additional year through aplus.net, so that it would potentially expire in 2004? Or would I have to pay that $7.95 for it to expire one year from when I actually transferred the domain?
If anyone has any suggestions, or comments like, "Sara, you're being silly, just transfer your webhosting and domain -- it'll be a lot cheaper for more space, and you'll be a lot happier," I would gladly welcome them!
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Re: you're baka
Date: 2002-12-22 10:51 pm (UTC)LoL
Date: 2002-12-23 03:54 pm (UTC)Soooooooo~ Angelica has an LJ, too! *adds to Friends list* ^^
Sorry I don't know much about web hosting. I think it'll be okay if you transfer, though. But maybe wait til the term with Y! GeoCities is over with? (Of course, register a lil earlier than that with A Plus.) But I'm kinda guessing. Don't they have info on this on their site?
Re: LoL
Date: 2002-12-23 07:53 pm (UTC)I think it'll be okay if I transfer, too, but I have to go back up my website files first before I transfer anything. LOL. ^_~