Hi all

Not sure if anyone else has seen this but thought i'd share it, Ziphosting are currently having a sale and offering all .com.au domains at below cost prices of $7.96/yr. It's only running for 4 days. Here's the link http://ow.ly/5qOHm

thanks for the heads up

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That's a great price!

Any phone support these days with ZipHosting? Or is it still submit a ticket and wait?

I used to be a big supporter of Hostess / ZipHosting, and still have a lot of domains there, but phone support is important (if and when you ever need it).

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No phone support - it's all ticket support but that's what makes it so cheap!

Cheap is not always best! To me, service is the key thing.

In a few days time, the domains will be back to $21.95, and it will still be ticket support.

I've had a couple of bad experiences with ticket support, and I know a few friends who have
as well. Sometimes you just need to talk to a human to save tons of time.

I'm not bagging ZipHosting - they have consistently had cheap prices and a good stable platform
backed by NetRegistry. But these days, when you can get the same or better for less elsewhere,
it does test loyalty.

Just my opinion.

P.S. When are you going to do a quick intro?

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Personally (this is my opinion) I find that eTickets are better. Reasons being:

1. It saves me time
2. It saves them time (making it cheaper).

I find it's a lot easier to write it all down and get everything across that way, then explain it all over the phone.

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Ticketed support doesn't always suit everyone. However I find that those who are more experienced in domain management and hosting tend to suffice with ticketed support and would rather receive lower prices as a result. In terms of Ziphosting - they still offer great value domains even when a sale isn't running and this for me is the fundamental fact. The sale is actually making the domain on offer come up as below cost!

Indeed as mentioned Zip does offer a cloud-clustered load balanced hosting infrastructure - which has been deemed reliable across the board.

I use tickets first and foremost - but occasionally the written message is misinterpreted - and so you go back and forth a few times (and that wastes time).

So wouldn't it be better if you had both options? That is my point here. With ZipHosting, you are locked into only ticket support.

I can get both for less.

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I get what you mean. So you would say that eTicket is your first port of call but having the phone option is good?

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I prefer ticketing system if it's answered promptly. I can see what neddy means about being misunderstood.. i've had that problem at other hosts.

Overall I find the NR console to be pretty good.

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