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I think the fact domain registrars almost throw hosting in for free is partly responsible for the decline.
Most small businesses I have worked with just register and host at the same place, they all offer it now... GoDaddy, Namecheap, 123-reg... Any fucker can open a reseller account and start their own hosting business. There is no barrier for entry and everyone is doing what they can to undercut everyone else.
Maybe it is just that everyone already has hosting now![]()
Maybe it is just that everyone already has hosting now![]()
I think the fact domain registrars almost throw hosting in for free is partly responsible for the decline.
Most small businesses I have worked with just register and host at the same place, they all offer it now... GoDaddy, Namecheap, 123-reg... Any fucker can open a reseller account and start their own hosting business. There is no barrier for entry and everyone is doing what they can to undercut everyone else.
Namecheap offers $9.88 per year hosting so they get people that just bought a domain. But it sucks so much to use, both them and godaddy seem to take hours to set up correctly with DNS.
I used the $9.88 hosting the other day actually doing a simple WP site for a house mate...
It was as good as any other hosting I've used. Domain was live in seconds as always with NameCheap.
I hate to say it, but did you do it wrong?
I think the fact domain registrars almost throw hosting in for free is partly responsible for the decline.
Most small businesses I have worked with just register and host at the same place, they all offer it now... GoDaddy, Namecheap, 123-reg... Any fucker can open a reseller account and start their own hosting business. There is no barrier for entry and everyone is doing what they can to undercut everyone else.