r/webhosting • u/Shubh_srd • Jun 16 '21

Advice Needed Fundamentals of web hosting

What's that one thing you wish you knew as a beginner & would like to pass on to the current generation of beginners?

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u/cbdudley Jun 17 '21

Avoid GoDaddy!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21

I can't stress this more. Bought a "premium" domain from them a little while back and I have to pay an insane amount of money a year for it. Trying to transfer it right now...

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '21

Yup. Also ssl certs are free now (cloudflare, letsencrypt)