Buying a domain name?

[NordicCrankShaft]

I want to buy a domain name and all the other guff that goes with it like email.

It's going to be for my business start up and I'm wondering where or what is the best place to buy through, Go Daddy keeps popping up?

[bitchstewie]

NordicCrankShaft said:

I want to buy a domain name and all the other guff that goes with it like email.

It's going to be for my business start up and I'm wondering where or what is the best place to buy through, Go Daddy keeps popping up?

If you want a fairly simple life I'd go with Office 365 or Google Apps as both should be integrated enough that you won't need to worry too much about the details of how to set things up.

[GetCarter]

Bought mine with Easily 20 years ago. Been good.... so far!

[snuffy]

GetCarter said:

Bought mine with Easily 20 years ago. Been good.... so far!

I bought mine with Easily a few years ago and they were very poor. Emails were a constant issue. All mine are now with 123-reg. I have had an issue recently but they did sort it out in the end.

[snuffy]

bhstewie said:

NordicCrankShaft said:

I want to buy a domain name and all the other guff that goes with it like email.

It's going to be for my business start up and I'm wondering where or what is the best place to buy through, Go Daddy keeps popping up?

If you want a fairly simple life I'd go with Office 365 or Google Apps as both should be integrated enough that you won't need to worry too much about the details of how to set things up.

The question is about buying a domain name. What's that got to do with Office 365 and.or Google Apps ? Am I missing something ?

[GetCarter]

snuffy said:

bhstewie said:

NordicCrankShaft said:

I want to buy a domain name and all the other guff that goes with it like email.

It's going to be for my business start up and I'm wondering where or what is the best place to buy through, Go Daddy keeps popping up?

If you want a fairly simple life I'd go with Office 365 or Google Apps as both should be integrated enough that you won't need to worry too much about the details of how to set things up.

The question is about buying a domain name. What's that got to do with Office 365 and.or Google Apps ? Am I missing something ?

Quite.

[bitchstewie]

snuffy said:

The question is about buying a domain name. What's that got to do with Office 365 and.or Google Apps ? Am I missing something ?

"and all the other guff that goes with it like email"

If you want a one stop shop that's designed for business Office 365 and Google Apps are exactly that.

[InitialDave]

Have a look at Tsohost.

[LordGrover]

IONOS (1&1) have been very good.

[anonymous-user]

snuffy said:

GetCarter said:

Bought mine with Easily 20 years ago. Been good.... so far!

I bought mine with Easily a few years ago and they were very poor. Emails were a constant issue. All mine are now with 123-reg. I have had an issue recently but they did sort it out in the end.

I used 123 and they were fine.just watch out for the auto renew of random stuff that gets hidden in the depths of the admin centre.

To be fair they refunded me, but it shouldn't have been that hard to turn off something I'd never asked for in the first place

[GetCarter]

snuffy said:

GetCarter said:

Bought mine with Easily 20 years ago. Been good.... so far!

I bought mine with Easily a few years ago and they were very poor. Emails were a constant issue. All mine are now with 123-reg. I have had an issue recently but they did sort it out in the end.

Well I did say 'so far'.

Thing is, your site is fab, and my site is fab ... but my site is +/- 20 gb in size, so others are not so suitable.

[snuffy]

keirik said:

I used 123 and they were fine.just watch out for the auto renew of random stuff that gets hidden in the depths of the admin centre.

To be fair they refunded me, but it shouldn't have been that hard to turn off something I'd never asked for in the first place

Yes, that is true. They now auto renew any associated ste domains that no one wants (so if you own mydomain.co.uk they will try and auto renew mydomain.uk for example).

You can turn that off as you say, but it is hidden away (again, as you say.

[snuffy]

bhstewie said:

snuffy said:

The question is about buying a domain name. What's that got to do with Office 365 and.or Google Apps ? Am I missing something ?

"and all the other guff that goes with it like email"

If you want a one stop shop that's designed for business Office 365 and Google Apps are exactly that.

I don't understand. How is it a "one stop shop" ? Google Apps or Office 365 are not providing you with a domain name.

[CaptainPeanut]

I've found IONOS and One.com to be good.

Just be careful of introductory offers, have been caught out before with paying a low initial price and then finding that the yearly renewal is much higher.

[DocJock]

Never had a minutes problem with FastHosts.co.uk

[Mr Pointy]

snuffy said:

bhstewie said:

snuffy said:

The question is about buying a domain name. What's that got to do with Office 365 and.or Google Apps ? Am I missing something ?

"and all the other guff that goes with it like email"

If you want a one stop shop that's designed for business Office 365 and Google Apps are exactly that.

I don't understand. How is it a "one stop shop" ? Google Apps or Office 365 are not providing you with a domain name.

It's pretty clear the OP doesn't understand that domain purchase & email provision are two separate issues & it's not always a good idea to use your domain registrar for email. It was being pointed out to him that for a small business 365 of Google Apps are an excellent solution whereas the domain registrar is not particularly important - although Google will sell you a domain of course.

[bitchstewie]

snuffy said:

bhstewie said:

snuffy said:

The question is about buying a domain name. What's that got to do with Office 365 and.or Google Apps ? Am I missing something ?

"and all the other guff that goes with it like email"

If you want a one stop shop that's designed for business Office 365 and Google Apps are exactly that.

I don't understand. How is it a "one stop shop" ? Google Apps or Office 365 are not providing you with a domain name.

Both sell domain names.

The OP wants business email.

I’m trying to avoid him coming back in a weeks time having purchased a domain name and having no clue how to do anything with it.

It’s a cheap way to make life easy if you’re intending focussing on business and not IT stuff.

[InitialDave]

You can buy your domain registration service, site hosting, and email hosting, all from one place, often with some basic Web design package also.

That is how most people understood the OP's request for recommendations, and have replied as such.

[GetCarter]

Probably why Easily is called Easily.

[snuffy]

bhstewie said:

Both sell domain names.

Well I never knew that. In which case you are correct in that that would then be an option then.