[phamilyman]

I bought the domain on squarebrothers.com but I host on hawkhost - trustworthy good guys (owners replied themselves till ~2 years back, now also quick techie response, no "pls wait 4 hours").

Using both for ~7 years and ~2-5 domains with no complaints.

[govigov]

have a look at http://www.gandi.net/ , they are OK guys. No hidden surprises.

[hserus]

Originally Posted by govigov

have a look at http://www.gandi.net/ , they are OK guys. No hidden surprises.

Gandi is french. Godaddy is american. But the nice thing about the Internet is that you can register that domain from anywhere you like, pay using a credit card. Or use tucows - that too is quite decent.

Most of the local players aren't terribly professional so I wouldn't quite recommend them. Though Directi is a sort of exception, got itself acquired recently by Endurance International Group, that's picked up several midsized webhosts recently and now got themselves a registrar.

[NPV]

A good friend recently launched his website - he bought the domain from godaddy and hosted on blue host - wasn't happy with his experience at blue host.

[honeybee]

Getting a domain name and hosting a website under that name are essentially separate activities. You could use any domain name provider to purchase and renew your domain name. For hosting the website you will need a good service provider.

Net4India is an Indian hosting provider, although I have heard positive reviews from friends about GoDaddy.

[hserus]

I have not had very good results with indian hosting providers - one of the very few that's any good is e2e networks https://www.e2enetworks.com/

US providers that are very decent - I host with softlayer (recently acquired by ibm), then bluehost is actually fairly good, but they've been spotty lately.

[RedTerrano]

In the past, I have used google several times to purchase domains. Check out https://domains.google.com/about/

[GTO]

For domain name registration, net4.in (Indian company) and pairnic.com (American) are both top class.

[bluevolt]

Can i just buy a domain name for my blog and keep it hosted on blogger only?

Will I be eligible for google adsense in that way?

[hserus]

Originally Posted by GTO

For domain name registration, net4.in (Indian company) and pairnic.com (American) are both top class.

pair is a very old company - and still run by old time *nix geek types. Strongly recommended though they aren't the cheapest in the market.

Net4 - I haven't had very good experiences but that was several years back and maybe that's just me.

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by bluevolt

Can i just buy a domain name for my blog and keep it hosted on blogger only?

Yes you most certainly can : https://support.google.com/blogger/t.../1233381?hl=en

Originally Posted by bluevolt

Will I be eligible for google adsense in that way?

Do you even require your own domain name for adsense? Given that Blogger & Adsense are both Google-owned, they should play well together.

Have you seen this : https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/50288?hl=en

[bluevolt]

Originally Posted by Rehaan

Yes you most certainly can : https://support.google.com/blogger/t.../1233381?hl=en



Do you even require your own domain name for adsense? Given that Blogger & Adsense are both Google-owned, they should play well together.

Have you seen this : https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/50288?hl=en

I did, but this shows up now. Earlier whenever I applied it was disapproved and now I can't even reapply for it.

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by bluevolt

I did, but this shows up now. Earlier whenever I applied it was disapproved and now I can't even reapply for it.

Did you read the requirements & meet all the criteria?

One example of a helpful guide
(It says your own domain name is required)

[Pandher]

These guys are really good, no un-announced downtime ever, first class support - Hostdime

[GrammarNazi]

Hi guys, I've a few web domains that I want to renew. BigRock is ~700/domain.

Looking for advice if any low cost option is available.

Thanks in advance.