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Website newbie - any advice on hosting etc please


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Please can anyone offer some advice....


I want to start a blog using Wordpress. I've decided on a domain name and it is available.


Should I buy the domain name first - then look around for someone to host?

Or do it all in one with someone like GoDaddy?

How do I get email to match my new domain name?


I'd really appreciate a few pointers in the right direction :-)

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Thx for advice - I just wasn't sure whether there were any benefits or negatives to buy domain name from GoDaddy as well as/at the same time as hosting from them.


As oppose to keeping the two separate i.e buying domain name say from 123Reg & then getting hosting say from GoDaddy.

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Not for any reason other than simplicity - you'd only need one log in, and one billing provider for example.


However, I think you might just be missing the important things you should be considering with suppliers:


I train guys in web creation, and here's a few notes from my slides on this subject, but all of these notes throw up issues that are more important than whether you use the same company or not:


On domain name selection:


Additional names

Common misspellings

Common variations

International

Competing domains

Promotional domains


On selection of your registrar:


Cost

- Base price of TLD

- Registrar mark-up

- Transfer cost

Management

- Domain management services

- Additional functions ? auto renewal, freebies

- Agree registration details


On selecting your host:


Services

- In-house

- Turnkey solutions

- Software requirements

- Email

Reliability

- Up time and access

- Bandwidth

Support

- Practicality

- Operating System

- Control Panels

- Services

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