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(ENDED) Hosting: 50% off at Hostgator (Monday only)

This limited time promotion ended... For Cyber Monday only, Hostgator.com (based in Houston/Austin Texas) is offering 50% off their pre-paid hosting services (up to 3-year term). The promotion will end Monday night. We are using Hostgator for the Camera Reviews stream and the Stock Status mini-site...

PS: Hostgator should not be confused with Hostmonster/BlueHost (based in Utah and very sensitive to content that may be deemed "sexual/offensive" - think Saudi Arabia caliber of "sensitivity").

(ENDED) 50% off hosting at Hostgator (Fri only)

This 1-day special has ended! Hostgator is offering a 50% off Black Friday special on web hosting services. We are using Hostgator for the new Camera Reviews stream.

New .com domain names for 99c w/free private registration (first year only)

If you want to grab some more .com domain names, especially if you plan to use them as backups or forward them to your main websites/galleries/blogs/portfolios, there is a new promotion at 1&1 Internet that gets you the first year of a new domain registration for just 99c with free private registration. After the first year, it will automatically renew at the current price at the time of renewal. The current price right now for renewals is $10. Their domains include free private registration which protects your personal data from data harvesters, spammers and scammers.

If you haven't used 1&1 before, please note that they use an automated and unusual billing system. Domains auto-renew on their own every year. You can't manually renew them for multiple years. Because of this, this is perhaps best suited for backup domain names - since their price is typically lower than the other major registrars. On the plus side, you don't have to do anything, they renew automatically - just make sure your credit card information is current. I am using them for shortcut urls (eg noisymall.com is registered with 1&1) and backup domain names.

Webmasters: New .com domains w/free private registration for $5 (1st year)

If you are thinking of starting a new project or want to get some more "defensive" domain names, 1&1 is having a 50% discount on brand new .com registrations. The first year is $5 instead of the current price of $10. Renewals after the first year will be at the then-current price. 1&1 domains include free private registration by default, so your personal data is protected from data harvesters, spammers and scammers. If you haven't used 1&1 before, please note that they use an automated and awkward-ish billing system. If you are coming to this from other registrars like GoDaddy you may find it strange at first. This is best suited if you want to buy domains and let them auto-renew on their own every year. The renewal prices will not be a surprise since they are the current (as of the time of renewal) regular price shown on their website (currently $10 with free private registration).

$5 new .com domains for 1st year (with free private registration)

If you are looking to purchase some new .com domain names, 1&1 is offering $5 specials for new .com domains. The $5 price includes the domain name registration fee along with free privacy registration - for the first year. 1&1 will also pay the ICANN fees for the first year. The $5 price is only for the first year. This special is only good for new domains, not for renewals.

After the first year, renewals are at the regular prices as of the time of renewal, which are $9 per year now, and will increase to $10 per year on July 1st, 2011 (according to the renewal email I got in mid-May 2011). Free private registration is included for free with renewals as well.

A potentially good use of this promotion is to stock up on alternate and backup domain names for your website, blog, gallery, portfolio, and photography musings. Or if you came up with any good domain names for future use or development.

If you haven't used 1&1 before, please note they have a rather unusual and awkward billing system that some people may find irritating.

15% off Zenfolio for new subscriptions (coupon ends March-31)

Zenfolio.com has a new coupon good until March 31, 2011 that gets 15% off new subscriptions. To get the discount, enter coupon code ZenLight15. The coupon is good for new subscriptions only!

Free one-year of hosting (w/two-year contract) at 1&1 (ends August 31) [updated]

If you are interested in hosting your website or blog with 1&1, their promotion that gets you the first year of Web Hosting for FREE with a two-year minimum contract ends on July 31st August 31st (promotion extended by one month). The free first year promotion only applies to their "1&1 Home" plan only, not every plan they offer.

10% off coupon for Zenfolio

We have a new 10% off coupon for Zenfolio.com - enter discount code Zen-10 to get a 10% off discount. This coupon expires on July 18, 2010. As of the time of writing, they have three plans with annual membership prices of $25, $50 and $100.

14-day free trial at Zenfolio

If you are the typical photographer, you probably have multiple galleries at multiple free and for-pay image-hosting services, and if you are the type who likes to try out new hosting services, and if you haven't used or tried Zenfolio yet, they do have a 14-day free trial so you can check out what they have to offer.

Please note that other than the free-trial, they don't have a free hosting option like flickr, so don't transfer your whole collection there unless you have decided to go with them.