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    Setting up a website...

    Hey guys, I'm thinking of setting up a website to try my hand at some business (It'll be nothing to do with neo though). What I'm asking is, say I registered a site at (you need an account to see links), I'm paying around $180 for 3 years of my domain. Is that all the costs I have to pay for setting up a site? Or is the $180 purely registering a domain and I'll still need to pay for a server? Thanks for clearing things up!

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    You can get the domain for like $5 a year.

    Hosting you can get for around $5-10 a month depending on your requirements.

    Then if you want e-mail addresses for your domain that's extra.

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    @(you need an account to see links), UGH blue host

    It includes the hosting but you have to deal with their freaking cPanel. Good luck -_-



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    Quote Originally Posted by esperanto View Post
    @(you need an account to see links), UGH blue host

    It includes the hosting but you have to deal with their freaking cPanel. Good luck -_-
    What's up with cPanel?

    Hostgator is also similar, I've used them in the past.

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    I pay $10 for domains (generally .com, though I own a more expensive .nu)
    and $36.21 /yr for hosting

    That's $46.21/yr, 138.63 for 3 years. This does not include any coupon codes for hosting or domains though.

    ---------- Post added at 11:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:42 PM ----------

    You can use

    (you need an account to see links)
    (you need an account to see links)
    for domains


    I use (you need an account to see links) for hosting, i found some 50% off forever coupon code that's why.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nayfeee View Post
    What's up with cPanel?

    Hostgator is also similar, I've used them in the past.
    It makes me cry xD
    It's just annoying as hell. I use hosting24.com and the interface is divine



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    Thanks for your input @esperato @(you need an account to see links) @(you need an account to see links).

    What do you think is the most user friendly host? Oh and if I decide to use (you need an account to see links) for hosting, the server will be in canada right? My target audience is actually all the way in asia, does it affect anything? Sorry I'm a little noob

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    From what I think, it won't affect anything.
    You don't have to use levelhosting, you could do a bit of research and compare prices, plans, and see if they have coupons. (If you use levelhosting I suggest you google levelhosting 50% off forever coupon or something)

    What do you mean by user friendly? Most hosts I've used use cPanel, if thats what you mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shawn View Post
    From what I think, it won't affect anything.
    You don't have to use levelhosting, you could do a bit of research and compare prices, plans, and see if they have coupons. (If you use levelhosting I suggest you google levelhosting 50% off forever coupon or something)

    What do you mean by user friendly? Most hosts I've used use cPanel, if thats what you mean?
    Ok I guess I'll go figure out how to use cPanel. Thanks for the tips, levelhosting is currently having 50% off storewide for web hostings!

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    cPanel is actually pretty easy to use. You shouldn't need it for much. Use FTP for your file editing and use the cPanel mysql for databases.

    You won't need it for much of anything else.
    I use fatcow.com they use a custom panel.

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