Hosting strategy

[bizwiz]

Can anyone share strategies that will benefit us? For example, registering your domain name from another company aside from your hosting company will make sure your domain name will not be held hostage.

[brooks]

What do you mean by "held hostage"? If your name is written in the administrative contacts, how could it be possible? Besides, youê host is reselling from a bigger domain registrar like Enom, so isn't there always a chance to contact the upstream provider and settle down this situation.
Just make sure that your host if he is reselling, is an ICANN-accredited registrar.

[Captain Tycoon]

What do you mean by "held hostage"? If your name is written in the administrative contacts, how could it be possible? Besides, youê host is reselling from a bigger domain registrar like Enom, so isn't there always a chance to contact the upstream provider and settle down this situation.
Just make sure that your host if he is reselling, is an ICANN-accredited registrar.

By held hostage, i think he means that some hosts wouldn't allow you to transfer your domain to other domain providers.

[name123]

I prefer to keep my domain registrations separate from my host.
I use godaddy to register domains because it's very easy to transfer/update domains at godaddy and their prices are good as well.

So, my host doesn't control any of my domain registrations.

[mountlaurel]

ahhh... ust transfer the registration.. and can i ask how is the transfer?

[james0131]

keep domain registrations separate from host will be good idea