To be clear, I'm talking about just changing your domain registration. You will still have to pay hostinger for hosting (or move to a different host). I recently moved a couple of my sites from hostinger to namecheap because they had a cheap hosting deal at the beginning of the year. But I always use Cloudflare for domain registrations.
i actually have $10 balance on my namecheap account and i can't pull it out. Can i use it instead? But i think there is no free SSL certificate on namecheap
It's possible to move your hosting to namecheap. But it's not a trivial process if you have not done it before. I used the WordPress plugin, Updraft, to back up from hostinger then restore to namecheap - other migration tools are available.
Also, Cloudflare is best known for providing its DNS services. So you can host anywhere then let Cloudflare handle the DNS. Which includes free SSL. Plus quite a lot more free and paid services.
If I was doing this, the first thing I would do is prepare a spreadsheet with current costs of required hosting features. Then compare hostinger costs to the equivalent costs from Cloudflare and namecheap. Because you need to ensure that all the essential services that you need can be transferred. As well as confirming that you will save money.
I don't want to migrate to Namecheap, I just want to transfer the domain if it does make sense. Sorry, I think there's a lot of technical terms that i haven't understand yet.
Oh, I see. So you would just use Namecheap as the domain registrar. That should work to use your $10 credit. The process looks easy at https://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer/
Usually, these transfers are very quick. Depending on how quickly hostinger supplies the authorisation code. Most hosts have a fast automated system. But personally, I have never transferred away from hostinger. Though they have been very responsive for other things that I've used them for.
Do you think namecheap will provide a free ssl certificate? the reason why i stopped using it before is because i paid a $10 domain and didn't know that it has no free ssl certificate.
my plan is to use namecheap for now just to spend the balance then transfer again soon if it will expires overtime.
As far as I know, namecheap charge extra for SSL. But you should ask their customer service if they have a free option. Personally, I push all my traffic through Cloudflare, wherever it's hosted. Because that gives me faster response times, free SSL, protection from bot attacks, and other useful services - all in their free plan.
I've done that for many years - even before they introduced their cheap domain registration. I know this sounds like a sales push. But I have no connection to Cloudflare other than being a very satisfied customer.
Yes, you still manage the server through hostinger exactly as you do now. It's only the domain name registration that changes.
oh that's cool, I will study and learn about this. Will search on how to transfer domain lol
To be clear, I'm talking about just changing your domain registration. You will still have to pay hostinger for hosting (or move to a different host). I recently moved a couple of my sites from hostinger to namecheap because they had a cheap hosting deal at the beginning of the year. But I always use Cloudflare for domain registrations.
i actually have $10 balance on my namecheap account and i can't pull it out. Can i use it instead? But i think there is no free SSL certificate on namecheap
It's possible to move your hosting to namecheap. But it's not a trivial process if you have not done it before. I used the WordPress plugin, Updraft, to back up from hostinger then restore to namecheap - other migration tools are available.
Also, Cloudflare is best known for providing its DNS services. So you can host anywhere then let Cloudflare handle the DNS. Which includes free SSL. Plus quite a lot more free and paid services.
If I was doing this, the first thing I would do is prepare a spreadsheet with current costs of required hosting features. Then compare hostinger costs to the equivalent costs from Cloudflare and namecheap. Because you need to ensure that all the essential services that you need can be transferred. As well as confirming that you will save money.
I don't want to migrate to Namecheap, I just want to transfer the domain if it does make sense. Sorry, I think there's a lot of technical terms that i haven't understand yet.
Oh, I see. So you would just use Namecheap as the domain registrar. That should work to use your $10 credit. The process looks easy at https://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer/
Usually, these transfers are very quick. Depending on how quickly hostinger supplies the authorisation code. Most hosts have a fast automated system. But personally, I have never transferred away from hostinger. Though they have been very responsive for other things that I've used them for.
Do you think namecheap will provide a free ssl certificate? the reason why i stopped using it before is because i paid a $10 domain and didn't know that it has no free ssl certificate.
my plan is to use namecheap for now just to spend the balance then transfer again soon if it will expires overtime.
As far as I know, namecheap charge extra for SSL. But you should ask their customer service if they have a free option. Personally, I push all my traffic through Cloudflare, wherever it's hosted. Because that gives me faster response times, free SSL, protection from bot attacks, and other useful services - all in their free plan.
I've done that for many years - even before they introduced their cheap domain registration. I know this sounds like a sales push. But I have no connection to Cloudflare other than being a very satisfied customer.