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Thread ID: 106793 2010-01-23 06:27:00 What is the cheapest place to register a .co.nz domain? Timbo (11006) Press F1
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851156 2010-01-23 06:27:00 Also whats a good value web hosting company with cpanel? Best I know is cirtexhosting.com, but they get down time issues.

I'm thinking of opening a online shop with oscommerce. Will I get any issues installing it automaically with cpanel/ fantasico? Or is it better to learn to install it manually?
Timbo (11006)
851157 2010-01-23 10:09:00 I use OpenHost. They have been reliable and responsive to my emailed support questions.

Just a suggestion but also consider ZenCart. It is basically a fork of the original OSCommerce development. I tinkered with both years ago and decided that I preferred ZenCart.
HAL9000 (12736)
851158 2010-01-23 11:17:00 Also whats a good value web hosting company with cpanel? Best I know is cirtexhosting.com, but they get down time issues.

I'm thinking of opening a online shop with oscommerce. Will I get any issues installing it automaically with cpanel/ fantasico? Or is it better to learn to install it manually?


I use Superhost and have been for about 5 years without any problems and find their support really good, and they are based in NZ. They do use cpanel. I personally wouldn't use fantastico to install OS commerce, because the versions in Fantastico I have found are older than going to the actual website and downloading it. OS commerce is pretty easy to install, it is just uploading the files, and setting up a database in cpanel, really easy, and heaps of youtube tutorials on the web to show you. Personally I find zen cart is better than oscommerce.
robbyp (2751)
851159 2010-01-23 13:02:00 The cheapest place I have found to register a .nz domain name is: http://www.domains4less.co.nz/ stu161204 (123)
851160 2010-01-23 20:32:00 I'm a fan of www.freeparking.co.nz - perhaps not the cheapest, but I find the easiest to use, with good support and tools. Chris09 (15218)
851161 2010-01-23 21:22:00 The cheapest place I have found to register a .nz domain name is: http://www.domains4less.co.nz/
And do take advantage of the Tuesday's discount!
Renmoo (66)
851162 2010-01-26 04:10:00 Just a suggestion but also consider ZenCart. It is basically a fork of the original OSCommerce development. I tinkered with both years ago and decided that I preferred ZenCart.

I seen zen cart before, but it looks horrible, All the shops I shop at are in Oscommerce, I just love its functionallity.

Is there anyway to make zen cart use Oscommerce default skin? I'm keen for zen cart, but I have to fix its appearance first. Oscommerce seems to be still sucessful dispite not being updated for 3 years.:S
Timbo (11006)
851163 2010-01-26 05:21:00 I seen zen cart before, but it looks horrible, All the shops I shop at are in Oscommerce, I just love its functionallity.

Is there anyway to make zen cart use Oscommerce default skin? I'm keen for zen cart, but I have to fix its appearance first. Oscommerce seems to be still sucessful dispite not being updated for 3 years.:S

The visual look is just a skin. You can customise or design skins for both. Zen cart was built from OS Commerce, so it is newer and more upto date.
robbyp (2751)
851164 2010-01-26 05:22:00 I'm a fan of www.freeparking.co.nz - perhaps not the cheapest, but I find the easiest to use, with good support and tools.

Very small amount of hosting diskspace for the amount you pay.
robbyp (2751)
851165 2010-01-26 08:38:00 Very small amount of hosting diskspace for the amount you pay.

Isn't he talking about the topic of registering a domain? That's all I use them for, otherwise for all else I use www.siteground.com - they are awesome. The best.
Chris09 (15218)
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