Alright, about 3 days ago i ordered 2 .com domains from 1&1. It said it would take 12-24 hours for the domain to become active.. fair enough, it's only $0.99 each. 3 days later, domains still have the "Domain has been requested" message. And when i look on who.is, the domain IS registered to me... wtf 1&1 -_-
Use a service primarily dedicated to domains (Moniker, Dynadot), not as a subsidiary (1and1, GoDaddy).
You have to make sure the domain will be yours, which can be way harder than it sounds. I completely disregard any site's special that offers a free or nearly free domain if you buy other services from them - because there's probably a catch and I don't want to waste time trying to find out what it is.
Some of the best advise that I've learned about buying domains is to buy from a company that is established in doing so, and buy hosting somewhere else.
I have used 1 and 1 as well with no issue.
You get what you pay for.
I have multiple domains from them. and never had problems until these 2. It's been 4 days and still nothing.
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(2011-10-28, 11:07 AM)Booher Wrote: [ -> ]I have multiple domains from them. and never had problems until these 2. It's been 4 days and still nothing.
AceFuse said the same go change the DNS and maybe it will fix it. I just continued to use it as I normally would and it fixed it. Sometimes the problem can be that it's having trouble processing your PayPal.
Can't change the DNS. Cant do anything with it.
Tried to use 1&1 once or twice...they sucked both times.
Domains- Namecheap / Godaddy
Hosting- Hostgator / Bluehost