On Wed, January 19, 2005 9:14 pm, Andrew Errington said: > Hi, > > I am looking to buy a domain name for a New Zealand company (I am in > Christchurch BTW). I've never done this before, but I think I know what I > am supposed to do: > > 1) Pick a domain name and check it is not currently used, e.g. foo.co.nz > 2) Pay someone once a year to register and maintain the name > 3) Pay them some more money, or pay someone else to have a web site > (www.foo.co.nz) and email facilities ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), which will then link > to ISP-provided facilities, or be provided directly. > > Is that it? Does anyone have any gotchas I should know? The company > owner > is not computer savvy, but I can probably get them to mark their diary > once > a year to renew. Do I need to be the 'Technical contact' in the whois > record? > > I have found a couple of reasonably priced suppliers, Domainz, Webbase, > Register Direct to name a few. Obviously I can compare the cost of > registration, mail and hosting as like-for-like across suppliers, but I > can > not tell much about quality of service or customer satisfaction (and what > else should I be looking for?). If anyone has a favourite hosting company > please let me know. Anything that is for public consumption, please post > here. Private opinions, please post off-list directly to me.
I have found found freeparking.co.nz to be good for DN registration, and webfarm.co.nz seem reasonable for hosting. > > Thanks in advance, > > Andy >
