Domain name and redirecting!!

[SabrinaO]

I have a wix website (free) and I want to buy a domain name to have it redirect to my website. A domain name is around 11 bucks on godaddy and dynadot. Is this all i have to spend? Will godaddy redirect for free? Will wix allow it? TIA!

 

[PhotoWrangler]

Just curious - why don't you buy a real site? That way you wouldn't have to worry about redirecting, and un-re-redirecting in the future? Take it from me, its easier just to pay for it now and save yourself the time and energy later.

 

[SarasotaTim]

Yes, GoDaddy has pretty good domain forwarding controls. But I agree with Chris....

I'm a professional web developer, I've been using CrystalTech for years, great company, I have all of my web clients on their servers....low-cost, as well.

http://www.crystaltech.com

 

[Robin Usagani]

Wix probably won't allow it with the free one. You still have to set something on the wix end to make sure you really own the domain I highly doubt they will let you do that with the free one.

 

[SabrinaO]

Anyone recommend any cheap sites?
I would like to eventually buy a site, but i just put in a ton of work into this site. don't want it to be all for nothing. But i guess i can keep this site up in the meantime and work on my hosted site. But still... i need to buy a domain name because im want to get some business cards printed asap!

 

[SabrinaO]

:x

 

[SarasotaTim]

See my post above Sabrina

Anyone recommend any cheap sites?
I would like to eventually buy a site, but i just put in a ton of work into this site. don't want it to be all for nothing. But i guess i can keep this site up in the meantime and work on my hosted site. But still... i need to buy a domain name because im want to get some business cards printed asap!

 

[SabrinaO]

Yes, GoDaddy has pretty good domain forwarding controls. But I agree with Chris....

I'm a professional web developer, I've been using CrystalTech for years, great company, I have all of my web clients on their servers....low-cost, as well.

Newtek Web Hosting | Dedicated Hosting, Shared Web Hosting and VPS

That site confuses me. Where are the prices? And do i have to input my own html... or do they have templates?

 

[SabrinaO]

See my post above Sabrina

Anyone recommend any cheap sites?
I would like to eventually buy a site, but i just put in a ton of work into this site. don't want it to be all for nothing. But i guess i can keep this site up in the meantime and work on my hosted site. But still... i need to buy a domain name because im want to get some business cards printed asap!

I just saw it..

 

[PhotoWrangler]

CMD (www.creativemotiondesign.com) has their classic designs at $48 currently, and their hosting is only $100 a year - which breaks down to only about $8 a month. You have unlimited email addresses @yourdomain.com, a built in proofing cart, built in blog and everything else you need for a successful business. Sure its a little more than $10 now, but the savings in the long run is much more, and you have a 'professional' look.

There are other affordable sites as well. www.Portfoliositez.com offers nice templates and their setup fee is only $25 I think, and their premium account is only $16 a month - with a monthly pay option, so you dont have to outlay a lump sum now.

Both of these companies offer 'dashboards' to customize your site. You just click and choose what you want your site to look like, and the dashboard creates the code for you on the back end.

 

[SarasotaTim]

Nah, I don't think they have templates....sorry didn't think about that, I assume everyone can create websites lol
GoDaddy would probably work well for you then, they have hosting as well, and if I'm not mistaken, they have templated sites too...

Yes, GoDaddy has pretty good domain forwarding controls. But I agree with Chris....

I'm a professional web developer, I've been using CrystalTech for years, great company, I have all of my web clients on their servers....low-cost, as well.

Newtek Web Hosting | Dedicated Hosting, Shared Web Hosting and VPS

That site confuses me. Where are the prices? And do i have to input my own html... or do they have templates?

 

[Robin Usagani]

just use zenfolio like I did . Look at my signature. Ill be happy to help.

 

[ngaerlan]

I too have a wix site and I purchased a domain and a premium plan from wix, It was very easy to link my domain name to my wix site, instructions are easy to follow and the information you are looking for is in wix.com FAQ page, with that being said I just looked into www.Portfoliositez.com and I think I will like their templates better and might switch over soon. In the meantime I will keep what I have and see what happens !


Nino Gaerlan

Nino G. Photogoraphy

www.ninogphotography.com

 

[Village Idiot]

In the mean time, you can always do an HTML re-direct. It'll literally send the person to your Wix page URL if they type in the url of the domain you have setup. It's one line of code put into the index.html file. It won't look the most profession, but it's something to start with.

 

[o hey tyler]

GoDaddy hosting sucks. So if you need a web host at some point, I'd suggest Webfaction or Dreamhost, something that gives you terminal access that you could put Python and possibly Django on if you wanted to go the content manager route. Although, I looked at the dreamhost page (Web Hosting by DreamHost Web Hosting: Web Sites, Domain Registration, WordPress, Ruby on Rails, all on Debian Linux!) and "Mike S." who has been in Customer Service since 2006 looks like he's 12.