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Apr 14, 2024 10:54 PM
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frontpage Posted by GonSan • Apr 14, 2024
Apr 14, 2024 10:54 PM
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Never used them for hosting anything, can't imagine why a hosting company would be responsible for backups.
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Many others are about that price. I had some domain names in Google but they have sold domain name registration to Squarespace. I think Squarespace charges $12 to renew a com TLD. There are very many other possible registrars. I have some registered using Cloudflare and some registered using Hover. I have some registered with another registrar that I will not mention here.
Never used them for hosting anything, can't imagine why a hosting company would be responsible for backups.
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btw - their email services are horrible too. Just purchased it and took over 1 hour to set up. And that didn't even happen correctly, I can send emails but cannot receive them.
They will fail at the one thing they're supposed to do for you and fail to provide you any recourse or relief.
Worst name in the business. Their services are garbage even if they'd pay you to use them.
Choose any other registrar/host.
Caveat emptor.
Pretty sure your first mistake is trying to do a one stop shop.
As convenient as it sounds, you immediately get labeled a sucker.
It's like any other bundled services, whether it be telecom or insurance, where wolves in the same den have a better chance at finding sheep.
Beyond that, though: Why no on-site backups? How were you managing versioning?
btw - their email services are horrible too. Just purchased it and took over 1 hour to set up. And that didn't even happen correctly, I can send emails but cannot receive them.
That's somewhat on you for not doing research on how name registration works.
It's very much like having multiple phone books loosely connected.
Just because you're marked private in one, doesn't mean it always transcribes accurately.
Not saying it should be this way, but there's been no effort to change it in roughly 40 years.
I've been using it for years on renewals
Edit: corrected total cost
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$90 a year is ridiculously cheap. Are you trolling?
If not, the best I can suggest is figure out how much traffic you're generating and calculate whether self-hosting is viable.