I use NameSilo as a domain registrar and Linode for hosting. I have been
happy with them for years now.
Mark
On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 1:34 AM David Schwartz <
newsletters@thetoolwiz.com>
wrote:
> I use a company local to Phoenix as my primary registrar, NameSilo.
>
> For hosting, I use Eleven2.
>
> In general, I don’t recommend using the same for both.
>
> I used NameCheap, and they’re owned by the same borg entity that owns
> HostGator and tons of other hosting providers. But I’ve used them for years
> for name registrations.
>
> The thing I like about NameSilo is they give you a domain name Privacy
> option for FREE forever. NameCheap used to be for one year, but they may
> have changed. GoDaddy charges an absurd amount for it starting from the
> get-go.
>
> “Honesty” is relative in the domain world. They all have their policies
> and they all enforce their polices. But some are far worse than others.
>
> The “other” big registrar in Phx has a very “honest” bunch of policies
> that railroad you into spending a HUGE amount if you forget to renew your
> domain on-time. NameSilo and NameCheap are far more forgiving, and give you
> 30 days to renew your domain at the regular renewal rate. They’re all quite
> “honest” about it, as long as you read their TOS and pay close attention to
> what’s there.
>
> There’s also an area that isn’t talked about much, and I don’t really even
> know what to call it. But you might think that every cPanel / WHM hosting
> provider is the same, since they run the same hosting software. I’ve found
> that’s not true. Nor is it “dishonest”, either.
>
> There are several dozen settings that can be enabled or disabled on cPanel
> / WHM installations, and there are various plugins that the host can also
> include if they want.
>
> The net effect is, there are some such providers that I’d say tend
> strongly towards the “paranoid” side of the scale, while others bend the
> other way.
>
> NameCheap is a very “paranoid” host. If you want maximum security against
> hackers and invaders, you’ll like them. They get that distinction because
> they have a habit of disabling all sorts of UI options that have even the
> slightest whiff of something a hacker could use to get into your hosting
> account.
>
> I put up with this for a few months, and then moved to Eleven2, who is far
> more relaxed about things.
>
> That said, you can always get a VPS, then install cPanel / WHM or any
> other control panel, and tweak it however you like.
>
> Personally, I have a “shared reseller” type hosting account (ie, one that
> includes WHM) at Eleven2. Shared hosting tends to overload the servers
> after a while, but they usually don’t put as many “reseller” accounts on a
> host as regular (single cPanel) accounts — maybe by a factor of 10-to-1 or
> more — so they don’t fill up as fast.
>
> But if your shared hosting account starts to slow down, and if you’ve been
> there for a while, ask to have it moved to a newer server. That’s very easy
> to do with cPanel accounts, and the places I’ve been tend to be fairly
> accommodating if only because they’d rather not lose you to another host
> just because they don’t want to spend 5 minutes moving your account.
>
> -David Schwartz
>
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2019, at 12:36 PM, Victor Odhner <vodhner@cox.net> wrote:
>
> A friend who is totally non-technical wants to move their WordPress from
> the current registry and hosting service, and is looking for is good
> providers of registry and hosting, with the most honest reputations within
> a reasonable cost.
>
> A few years ago I worked with NameCheap, and have heard fairly good
> stories.
>
> I’ve heard some registrars are in a better chance to negotiate transfer of
> a name which may be owned by the current registrar.
>
> I’m pretty sure my friend was spoon-fed the setup with a single phone
> call, and might find a change too complicated. I am personally free of [
> *largest-of-local-providers*], so my bias is towards running away from [
> *that*], but I don’t really know what choices are “out there” for
> innocent button-pressing clients.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
> Victor Odhner
>
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