Does Web Hosting Pad offer free lifetime domain registration?

Posted by kent on December 23rd, 2009

The following post in our Reader Question series is an actual user submitted question.

Q: I purchased Webhostingpad.com's (WHP)3yr hosting plan for a godaddy registered domain and a few months later I asked WHP about domain registration if they continue to host the domain.

On 4 Dec 2009 Webhostingpad.com emailed me:

"We provide free domain registration/transfer for one year. You have to renew the domain from second year by paying $14.95/year."

The review here states they offer free lifetime registration renewals. Please check on this, thanks.

A: I was very surprised to read this. I did some follow-up, and you're right, the free domain registration for Web Hosting Pad is for one year only. We're very sorry the information in our review and compare chart proved to be incorrect. While we do our best to provide up-to-date, accurate information on the products we review, we can't completely guarantee against discrepancies from either data entry errors or changes in service.

I found the same error on some other web hosting review sites. That may indicate that the offer has changed, or that it wasn't terribly clear on Web Hosting Pad's site. Still, the three-year plan ($1.99 per month, or $71.64 for the year) is a pretty good deal, and the free domain privacy is a big savings (you can pay up to $10 annually for that with other hosts).

We've updated our information, and while we know this is disappointing, we hope you will continue to visit NextAdvisor.com.