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Nameservers necessary?
| Posted by laydee, 05-16-2006, 06:34 AM |
| Are nameservers necessary when buying resellers?
I'm not really hosting people just yet - I host just one friend but I would like to do some simple paid hosting in the future (no major hosting company though) :/
Do you actually need them? :/
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| Posted by RobHosting, 05-16-2006, 07:02 AM |
| Hi. I think if you want to become a hosting company, your own Nameservers is a plus for your company.
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| Posted by hostingoption, 05-16-2006, 07:39 AM |
| hi there,
if you are finding the hosting plan for your friend, then you no need for Name Server, if you are planning to start a hosting company then you need the name server for hide your provider name from you end users
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| Posted by Tina J, 05-16-2006, 08:05 AM |
| You can't hide who your provider is - not even with private nameservers.
--Tina
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| Posted by douglashanna, 05-16-2006, 08:06 AM |
| You still don't need private name servers if you're catering primarily to existing clients (i. e. if you're a web designer, or IT guy) and not the mass market. They're pretty easy to setup if you do it early (as in before you get a lot of customers), so I'd do it now. If you don't like them, you can always get rid of them.
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| Posted by laydee, 05-16-2006, 11:10 AM |
| Alright, thanks everyone
Yeah I think I don't need them - not planning to start a major company but I would like to cater for those who want to start a simple blog site (newbies basically) lol!
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| Posted by BeYourOwnWebHost, 05-17-2006, 04:32 AM |
| Having your own nameservers is a good idea most especially when switching hosts all you have to do is change your name server's IP addresses to the new nameserver IP addresses your new host will give you, instead of having to change the dns of all the domains you're hosting.
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| Posted by ScottJ, 05-17-2006, 10:07 AM |
| If your host has an anonymous setup you can come pretty close. It wont stop the people that really know what there doing, but it will help for the general client base.
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| Posted by edu4vision, 05-17-2006, 11:30 AM |
| yes, it add to your professionalism.
even if I do it just for fun, I will chose anonymous setup.
But I will never use my host "brand" as the nameserver. It just don't sound rite. Especially, especially if my "host" can offer higher "perceived" value for my customer.
They will feel like cheated. (it's more dangerous if our customers are our friend)
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| Posted by kmaw, 05-17-2006, 04:47 PM |
| I think they're a nifty, professional looking feature. I use each sites own... ns1.domain.com instead of the same for all.
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| Posted by ohiocommonsense, 05-19-2006, 12:05 AM |
| I liked custom DNS when I used to shuffle clients around alot.
It was easy to MOVE multiple accounts, just transfer all data to new server BEFORE the expiration date of contract on the old server, change the IP of the DNS at GoDaddy or Enom, and as soon as the new IP propagated everything rolled over like a dream. The customer had no clue and nothing resulted in downtime.
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| Posted by ohiocommonsense, 05-19-2006, 12:07 AM |
| Also for EGO. It appeals to the vanity to create a custom nameserver.
And it is so easy!
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| Posted by laydee, 05-19-2006, 02:59 AM |
| What if I were to change my domain name? Like let my current one expire so does this mean I have to pay for the hosting company to change my nameservers? :/
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| Posted by ohiocommonsense, 05-19-2006, 02:35 PM |
| Well if you keep the domain you have the custom DNS it does not matter, just repoint the DNS IP at your registrar.
WHY would you PAY for custom DNS, pray tell?
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| Posted by deadhell, 05-21-2006, 03:37 PM |
| yer, its best to have name servers for your own company dood. Depending how your setting this up, it should be quite simple.
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| Posted by ohiocommonsense, 05-21-2006, 03:57 PM |
| I do not know who all makes these flash tutorials, but Vito at demodemo.com does
CREATING CUSTOM DNS 10 REGISTRARS
http://demodemo.com/tutorials_dnsns.html
CHANGING DNS
http://demodemo.com/tutorials_dns.html
Again I do NOT advocate going over here, and running up his bandwidth, just to figure out HOW to do what you want/need to do.
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