I have a .uk.com domain name and the hosting is up for renewal with xcalibre.co.uk for more than £50 a year.

I'd like to see if I can get a better deal but a lot of hosts don't support this type of domain.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Kieran

The domain name and hosting it are two separate things.

There's no need for you to host your domain with the same company that you register it with... many will actually advise that you avoid this because it can cause problems if you have a dispute with your hosting provider. The extent of the possible problems will depend on the domain you've registered (e.g. .uk domains can be easily moved/reclaimed via Nominet; and it's against Nominet's terms for registrars to with-hold a domain from transfer...).

.uk.com domains are expensive - there's no avoiding that. We don't currently offer this domain type as to be honest very few want it, but we could (and for less than £50/year!) if someone asked for it.

If you're just talking about the hosting service, then there's no special requirement for hosting .uk.com domains - any hosting provider should be able to help with that.

£50/year for hosting isn't expensive... although it depends what you're getting for it in terms of features/resources/quality of course.

What do you need?

I agree. Hosting is completely different from the domain name itself and you can choose whether to register your domain through your host or via a domain registrar.

.uk.com domains seem to cost around the £50 you quoted, but hosting costs vary depending on what features and resources you are likely to need for your site

Well, you can register the domain elsewhere and host it with another hosting company. However, we can register the domain name and host the domain name for you. Please let us know more about your requirements, in order to provide you with quotes.

Originally Posted by hosting advisor

However, we can register the domain name and host the domain name for you.

Since the TS already has a .uk.com domain registering a domain of this type is hardly the issue... can you transfer it?

Yes, we can transfer .uk.com domain name.

You should understand that when you have exisitng domain name you may host it with any company as to host your domain name you should only change DNS setting for your domain name on domain name registration control panel provided to you by your domain registrar. Could you tell how much bandwidth and disk space you have now and pay 50 GBP for? As for recommendation, if you would like to get them on reliable hositng I may frankly recommend Eskhosting that was and still is a perfect web hosting provider for my web site and should work for you as well

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