XposurePhoto wrote:
godaddy.com...I build my own sites and other photographer's sites...so far no problems....less then $50/year

I use godaddy for domain names but not for hosting.  I don't like to keep all my "eggs in one basket" either.   That means if one company fails on one end, another will pick up the slack.  It also means that I have back ups for my back ups!  LOL

Patrick Walberg wrote:
I have a separate server for DNS and mail.

I also do backups...

You might want to check out http://www.dnspark.com/

I list them as my primary NS for one domain and combo for the other... it's handy.

Agony Bliss wrote:
Godaddy is satan. They "lost" my original domain name years ago!
I use Lionzhead.com, and they rock!

Godaddy is sweet. I emailed them at 3am this morning about a problem I was having on a new account. Had it fixed in 30mins. Real Time support

JM Dean wrote:

Godaddy is sweet. I emailed them at 3am this morning about a problem I was having on a new account. Had it fixed in 30mins. Real Time support

They weren't so good to me..
No replies to emails, and I was "disconnected" during tranfers several times with no results!
They may be better now, but they royally sucked back when I used them.

Agony Bliss wrote:

They weren't so good to me..
No replies to emails, and I was "disconnected" during tranfers several times with no results!
They may be better now, but they royally sucked back when I used them.

I just started using them about 6months ago. Think the Godaddy girl hooked me
Not sure what they were like before.

I think they have made some major upgrades since they started. Kinda a good place for the Internet challenged that don’t know how to build html or use FTP clients

Eric Zoolander wrote:
www.1and1.com

They are one of few companies that allow you to:
1. Post nudes
2. Use .PHP and/or .ASP and/or .ASP NET

(Note that no one else has mentioned Terms Of Use or scripting languages in their recommendations. Those are important factors to consider in addition to the typical "price" and "reliability/service" that people often laud).

I am with 1&1 and they are great, can't beat the pricing!

Dearest_Grudge wrote:
what web hosting company do you use? would you recommended?
I'm looking to set up a website soon and I thought I'd ask for some opinions before I started.

thanks for the help.

"GoDaddy.com for the hosting and www.opensites.com.ar for the design. You'll never look back."

Preclar Photography LLC wrote:

Why not use Paypal to take credit cards.  No monthly fee, and 2.9% +.30 a transaction.  The person doesn't even need to have a Paypal account.

Because they can drop your account or not pay you if they decide you have broken any of their TOS agreement.  You cannot sell just everything on paypal, and many photographers don't like to have their work censored. Paypal has dropped many photographer accounts that I know of.  The security is much better going through your own gateway service than it is using Paypal too! The transaction rates are better too!  It's much better to set up your own merchant account!  If it is at all possible, I will never use Paypal ever again!

Agony Bliss wrote:
Godaddy is satan. They "lost" my original domain name years ago!
I use Lionzhead.com, and they rock!

A company as large and in business for as long as Godaddy.com is not going be able to avoid having some complaints. I use them for domains and security certificates, etc. ... but not hosting. They have been pretty darn good for me, but then I only use them for certain services that I know they are good for.