UK2NET Reviews

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Advantages: Cheap, easy to use, free on-line shop

Disadvantages: Can't manage your own MX records without paying extra

Verdict: I have four domain names with uk2.net. They're features may not be as good as some other domain name hosts, but they are cheap. For my needs I can not fault them. I get a full .co.uk name and I even get the facilities to set up an on-line shop with shopping cart...for no extra cost! People can view my site then go to my shop and order CDs with the order being emailed to me and an invoice emailed to them. Facilities to use credit cards in your own shop are to be introduced soon. UK2.net also sell web servers so you can run your own Redhat Linux server for an incredibly low price (though I can't remember exactly how much off hand!). You can run these servers for almost anything, WWW, FTP, SMTP, POP3....in fact any server you can set up on a Linux machine! On the downside is the customer support. There is no phone support and a lot of questions to go through before you get an on-line form to fill in with your problem. Once you do email the support team you usually get a response the same day, albeit a short reply usually. The on-screen instructions to buy, set-up, and maintain your domain are VERY simple though and there are very few areas you could get stuck with. Even setting up your own shop is amazingly easy! I like UK2.net a lot. I will buy more domain names through them. If you need all the trimmings such as being able to manage your own MX records then you could probably find a better host, but for most sites uk2.net is a good, cheap solution to owning your own domain name.