Pricing on domain names

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DJInBoise

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Is it common for hosting companies to offer free domain names? Should I offer free domain names with hosting? Right now I have domain names priced at $9.95 for the most common.
 
Is it common for hosting companies to offer free domain names?
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It is common enough from what I see, but more for yearly+ billing.

Should I offer free domain names with hosting?
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Why should you? Are you competing with the hosts that do? Are your customers requesting this?

I guess it can't hurt to test it. Offer it as some sort of special, see how sales go.
 
Thanks for the feedback. That's what I've done with offering a free domain name by paying for a year or more of hosting.
 
Agreed...free with yearly is the majority of what is out there. It is a nice addition for a new client to see this and it brings 'comfort' to the table.
 
Most that I tend to see almost always have the yearly tied into the domain name and I have never really heard of this being a bad idea (unless I guess you priced things wrong and have no clients). :D
 
I guess it is a good idea to give the domains Free on the yearly billing plan, This will give a illusion to the customers of getting something beneficial and will be attracted towards you. This doesn't mean that you should increase the prices on the packages
 
I hope you might be absorbing the cost of the domain name somewhere but you should clarify what will happen to the domain name if a client discontinue to host with you?
 
If I were offered a free domain with a years hosting, I wouldn't take either deal. I prefer a monthly contract that is simple to get out of and that I can take my domain name with me, without fear of an unscrupulous holding my domain name to ransom.
 
I've always preferred paying monthly myself for hosting. However getting a free domain name and overall lower per month price, might entice me to pay for a year or two in advance.
 
I'm with a host that gives three free domain names for yearly hosting, and they are free for life but only if you decide to stick with their hosting.
 
Few hosting companies offering free domain name usually keep the ownership with them, so read their TOS carefully before you sign up.
 
It's OK by me because I'm with that host for many years now and I'm very satisfied with all of their services. I always read TOS before signing up to anything.
 
Kinda weird when I first read this thread I thought you ment give away free domains, But I reread it and understand it, I think its common to offer domains with yearlly paid domains. Other than that you can be like justhost and those other host that are big and kinda not that good and offer a domain with monthly billed orders.
 
The larger hosts tend to offer a "free" domain for annual plans as others have stated, I don't think I've ever seen one offered for a monthly plan and with good reason as it wouldn't make much sense unless you make a large profit off the monthly fee which is not likely. As for whether you should do it or not, you could give it a try for annual plans if you offer any or give a couple out for customers who sign up during the holidays as a form of promotion.
 
Usually, you need to join their yearly plan (web hosting ), then you will able to get one free domain
 
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