For your online presence, you first need a domain name and then a hosting service to host the domain. For example, our domain name is bloggerkhan.com and we can host it with any hosting company. You buy and register your domain name through a domain registrar.  In most cases however; people buy the domain name through a web hosting company. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, most hosting companies as an incentive,  give you one domain name free if you host with them. When your first year of hosting / domain registration is over, it's time to renew your domain. That is when you need to shop around and see who provides the cheapest domain name registration. If you just have one domain name, the price difference of $10 to $15 is not that much to make you worry about it but if you have quite a few domain names, it quickly adds up. Why spend more for the same service when you can get it cheaper.

When you start looking for the cheapest domain name registration service, you end up at very similar looking sites offering very competitive rates. Most of them are resellers for GoDaddy and offer heavily discounted registration and renewals but just for the first year. If you sign up with them, after one year, you will again have to search for the cheapest domain name registration service because what they don't tell you is their 2nd year and beyond registration / renewal charges which are significantly higher.

We had to make quite a few calls to the various companies listed below to figure out the true cost of domain renewal after the first year. Instead of listing all of GoDaddy's resellers, we just listed GoDaddy. This listing will save you time. You can select the one you like the best and you will know beforehand what your second year and beyond charges are going to be. You can still take advantage of first year / renewal promotions they are offering but you will know ahead of time what to expect after the first year. This way, you won't have to do the same exercise every year.

Domain Registrars	Second year and beyond. Per year domain registration / renewal charges
	.com	.net	.org
Moniker	$8.99	$7.59	$8.02
Netfirms	$11.99	$11.99	$11.99
HostWay	$9.95	$9.95	$9.95
GoDaddy	$11.44	$12.99	$14.99
NameCheap	$9.98	$9.98	$9.69
1&1	$7.99	$7.99	$7.99
	$16.45	$16.45	$16.45
Verio	$9.95	$9.95	$9.95
Register Wizards	$15.00	$15.00	$15.00
Yahoo! Web Hosting	$34.95	$34.95	$34.95
Network Solutions	$34.99	$34.99	$34.99

As most people use .com, .net or .org domains, we have restricted ourselves to these three. There are others also like .info, .biz, .tv etc. but they are not as widely used.

If you know of any other domain registrar that offers an even better price for 2nd year and beyond renewals, feel free to add their name in the comments below.

Review & Comparison of Web Hosting Companies

A good starter package is from GoDaddy. You pay as you go, three months at a time. However, 1&1 Hosting is running a special for this month only that offers ..

 Limited Time Offer! 1&1 Hosting. Your First YEAR Free for Home Hosting Package!

Now that is an incredible deal from a reputable web hosting company. One year of Free web hosting and then $6.99 / month. If you are looking for a new web host or planning to set up new websites / blogs, this just may be the right opportunity for you. Better hurry as this offers expires in just a few days.

Notes: comparison of web hosting companies:

1. IXWebhosting provides dedicated IP addresses. That is important to some people. They provide 2 dedicated IPs for the Expert, 3 for Business Plus and 15 for Unlimited Pro plan.
2. Why is money back guarantee important? Because if for whatever reason you are not satisfied, you can recover your investment and start afresh with a new hosting company. For example, if you sign up and after setting up your website, you find your website is running very slow. That means that the host is serving too many websites on too little resources. Time to get your money back and move on. Most provide money back within the first 30 days.
3. Set up is Free on all the above plans.
4. They all offer email services so we have not included that in the comparison table.
5. They all provide web site statistics, 24/7 telephone, chat and email support.
6. They all provide some kind of site building software for those that are not too technical.
7. Disclaimer: Our company is affiliated with all the above hosting companies and no matter which of the above links you use to sign up, our company will be paid a commission. The reason we did this comparison of web hosting companies was to make it easier for you to compare the various plans from various hosting companies. We hope we have been of help.
8. We intend to keep this comparison updated at least once a month as more and more people are setting up web sites and it is always helpful to compare the latest web hosting deals.

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