Domain Name Renewals

Submitted: Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 21:53

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Member - John (Vic)

Some of my registered domain names are coming up for there two year renewal shortly.
I have to date used Melb IT for my registrations but recently came across this site Whats in a name which provided a good comparison between cost being charged by various domain resellers.

Rather than spending $140.00 for a two year renewal I can get it done for as little as $27.95 by these guys Intaserve

Anyone have any experience with Intaserve that can pass comment, good, bad or indifferent.
Any reason why one would be better based on price than another?

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Reply By: geocacher (djcache) - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 21:58

Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 21:58

Hi John,

I use www.smartyhost.com.au for my few.

Found them to be very good over the past few years.

Dave

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Follow Up By: Scubaroo - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 22:58

Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 22:58

I had a bloody awful experience with SmartyHost and a botched migration last year. Google turns up a few articles on it. Won't say more other than do your research.

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Reply By: Member - Olcoolone (S.A) - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 22:08

Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 22:08

We have been using MD Web Hosting for our domain name rego's and email hosting.

They are based in Melbourne and can't fault there service, they've been around for years.

http://www.mdwebhosting.com.au/

We have a couple of domains with Melbourne IT and yes they are expensive for what they offer and hard to deal with.

Regards Richard

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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 23:16

Sunday, Jan 06, 2008 at 23:16

exactly as Scubaroo said happened with him, same happened with MD with a few - bloke at my olds works home business site, nothing but trouble..

as Scubaroo said i wont say more - google and searching whirlpool etc will tell another side.

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Reply By: Zebra400 - Monday, Jan 07, 2008 at 04:44

Monday, Jan 07, 2008 at 04:44

Hey Big John

Good to see you are still around. Sold that Troopy yet, or is it still collecting dust???

John, with regards to a domain name,depends what want. For $27.95 I assume you mean a '.com.au' address. For our website, I use a '.com' address. Current cost is $10.90 per year.

Also, do you use webhosting? Intraserve looks quite expensive. As you know our website (especially as it has some pics of you & your Troopy on it), we have no problems with it and have been using Webcity for the past 12 months. Cost is way below Intraserve.