Domain Name Pricing

You will be able to easily upgrade the domain management account that you have with GiantHosts to one of our cloud hosting packages. In this way, you will be able to effortlessly manage both your domains and websites from one single location. To activate all the hosting options in your Control Panel, simply go to the Upgrade Plan section located on the left and specify the package that you want to move to.

The moment we activate the package of your preference, you will get a variety of tools, among them a drag–and–drop File Manager, a hotlink protection tool, a domain forwarding tool, a comprehensive web traffic statistics tool, a 1–click Web Applications Installer with which you can easily launch online blogs, social networks, image galleries, etc.

The Domain Manager is a crucial part of our web hosting Control Panel and includes all the features that you need to manage your domain names. It boasts an easy–to–use interface via which you can modify DNS resource records, change WHOIS details, lock your domain name or set up sub–domains with one single click.

Using the Domain Manager you could also buy additional services like WHOIS protection and digital certificates.

The simplest method to protect your Internet shop is to order an SSL certificate for your domain. The SSL certificate will attach ’https://’ to your domain name and will inform your potential clients that your web store is dependable enough to order from. From the Domain Manager section of your Control Panel, you’ll be able to quickly enable a normal or a wildcard SSL certificate for your website.

You just have to press the Order SSL Certificate button, select the type of SSL certificate that you want and then enter the necessary details. We will then get back to you with your SSL certificate’s details in a few minutes.

The Domain Manager gives you the chance to address a specific audience based upon its location. With our GeoIP redirection tool, you will be able to quickly direct the visitors coming from a particular geographic region to a particular section of your website that targets their needs. For example, if you want to build a French version of your web site, you can create a sub–domain fr.your–website.com and use the tool to send the people from France and from the French–speaking countries to this sub–domain.

The GeoIP redirection tool has a user–friendly interface via which you’ll be able to set up a redirection with a simple mouse click. There’s absolutely no need to fill any code in the .htaccess file.

If you’re developing a brand on the web, you can’t count on one domain name. In order to develop a successful identity as well as to prevent any identity theft, you need to register several different domains at the same time – my–brand.com, my–brand.net, etc. In the web hosting Control Panel you’ll find an elegant solution to that problem – GiantHosts’s bulk domain name registration tool.

You can register many domains all at once and submit different WHOIS info for each one of them.

You can park a registered domain name by pointing it to one of our two domain name parking templates – For Sale or Under Construction. The domain parking process is very easy and will take effect instantly. You’ll be able to park as many domain names as you need. And if you want to to un–park the domain – you can accomplish this task with a click of the mouse.

Furthermore, you can modify our two domain name parking themes using custom text and images to make them more personalized.

The Domain Manager features an inbuilt Custom DNS Records section from where you can easily configure all kinds of DNS settings for your domain. With one mouse click, you can set A, AAAA, MX, NS, CNAME, SRV and TXT resource records and edit them whenever you want! Just specify the new value for the DNS resource record that you want to add and then press the action button!

From the Domain Manager tool, you can also register name servers for your domain and revert a DNS entry to its previous value with merely one mouse click!

With the Wildcard DNS feature, you’ll be able to make all your active sub–domains point to the main page of your site. For instance, if a person types smth.domain.com or any.domain.com, they will be redirected to http://domain.com/.

You might need the Wildcard DNS option for a multi–site application like WordPress or Joomla^™ Multi–Site.

To add a wildcard domain, visit the Domain Manager section of your Control Panel and then push the Add Host button on the right. At the bottom of the list of options, you will see the Wildcard Domain tick box.

When registering a domain name, you must supply accurate WHOIS information and to keep it up to date at all times. If you need to update your e–mail or postal address, or if you plan to transfer the domain name to someone else, you can do that through the Domain Manager interface.

Just hit the Edit WHOIS button beside the domain in question and then change the respective registrant, technical and admin info. After you hit the Update button, the changes will be instantaneously reflected online.