Y800 for a domain name for a year?!

[B Gallagher]

[FG Lurker]

For a .com/.net/.org? Sure.

For a .jp? Not likely.

[B Gallagher]

For a .com/.net/.org? Sure.

For a .jp? Not likely.

It was a .com one.
I have to say I'm surprised at that. I've never heard of domains+hosting (200MB) being so cheap. At that cost I thought it was for a month, rather than a year, but no, seems I was wrong! Nice... I might have to get one myself then.. hehehe.

Thanks FG Lurker!

[FG Lurker]

As far as hosting goes though...you get what you pay for. There really are no free lunches.

I use and recommend Pair Networks. Not cheap, but damn good. http://www.pair.com.

[IkemenTommy]

Im using 1&1 for free and I signed up when they had the three year for free deal. It's about to expire soon though..

[cynix]

What's the cheapest place to get a .jp domain name? value-domain.com?

[hyogojoe]

Price isn't everything. I use Ichibanweb Domains because they have 24-hour phone support in English. Domain--I'll gladly pay the difference to not spend hours struggling with Japanese support. There's rarely more than a few minutes wait on hold, too.

http://www.ichibanweb.com

Another thing I like about Ichiban is that they rent mailboxes without web site hosting. I used to use pair.com and hated having to pay for a web site I wasn't using.

At Ichiban, a .com domain is $7.85 and includes a mailbox (including POP and SMTP service) so, you can have your own domain and email for under 1,000 yen/year.

hyogojoe

[gomichild]

A .jp address ranges from 7,000 to 9,000 yen a year.

You can now register them through http://www.godaddy.com (who have a pretty darn good service), or deal with a local domain name provider.

As far as hosting goes - I wouldn't go with a local provider. All the plans I've seen are complete ripoffs. I use http://www.icdsoft.com, they have been very reliable over the 3 years I've used them and have helpful and prompt support usually.

[IkemenTommy]

There really is no advantage in choosing the local server hosts except maybe in some instances you'll get late hour support. A lot of times, these places are inefficient and won't get the job done right away and it's no different than choosing a server that resides far away in some Carribean island since most communication is done through email. The bottom line is that getting any service in Japan costs an arm and a leg and Japan is one of the last few places that doesn't quite understand the simple concept of outsourcing and competitive pricing.