Hosting with DH and Domain elsewhere

Hosting with DH and Domain elsewhere

Posted by: thirup
Posted on: 2009-07-09 18:14:00

Hi,

I have registered a domain with GoDaddy which is due to expire on 2011. Now, can I host my website here and 'connect it' with that domain?

If I transfer the domain , with a $9.9 transfer fee, will I get the validity up to 2011?

I have few domains (just domain names) with GD and I want to transfer them and host sites, if that will make things easier.

Thanks for your help,
Thiru

Re: Hosting with DH and Domain elsewhere

Posted by: sdayman
Posted on: 2009-07-09 18:27:00

You can host it here, but need to set your GoDaddy registration to use the DreamHost Name Servers:
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/DNS

If you transfer your registration for the $9.95, they should tack a year on the end so it'll expire in 2012. You don't *need* to transfer them if you just set GD to use the DH name servers, but transferring *does* let you use anonymous WHOIS information (i.e. privacy guard) for free.

-Scott

Tags: godaddydhgddomain namesthanks for your helptransfer fee