ProZ.com is also an authorized domain reseller for OpenSRS/Tucows, one of the most reliable and open domain registrars on the Internet. This allows members to have complete control over their own domain names using a web-based domain management interface at ProZ.com.

If you are a platinum member interested in signing up for the new hosting system, see the hosting info page to get started. More information can be found in the Getting Started Guide and the hosting forum.

Hosting service is provided only to full platinum members; it is not for sale to non-platinum members. The main focus of all web sites hosted by ProZ.com must be language-related. ProZ.com is not attempting to run a profitable hosting business in the low-margin web hosting industry. ProZ.com has identified that having a professional web site, reliable email service, an FTP server, and other hosting features are important components of a successful language business, and we have found that many of our members are under served in this area. ProZ.com hosting is intended to serve this need for our platinum members.

The standard hosting package is available for free to all full platinum members. An advanced hosting upgrade is available with additional features for a small fee.

Domain registration and management is not free, however. To own your own domain name, you must pay an annual domain registration fee to a domain registrar. That fee can be paid through ProZ.com, or to a third-party registrar or domain reseller.

As an alternative to owning your own domain name, it is possible to host your web site using a subdomain of proz.com (yourname.my.proz.com). This service is free to full platinum members.

See the hosting info page for more feature and pricing information.

Hosting and domain registration are two distinct services. You register your domain name with a domain registrar, giving you unique ownership of that name. You tell your domain registrar where to find the nameservers authoritative for your domain. Your hosting service provides nameservers for your domain, and handles your web site, email, etc. Often, domain registration service is provided through your hosting provider, but not always. One of the advantages to owning a domain name is that you are not tied to any one hosting provider.

ProZ.com provides domain registration services for some top-level domains (currently .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .co.uk, and .org.uk). We can also provide hosting services for domains that use a different domain registrar.

You are the owner of any domain you register at or transfer to ProZ.com. Your contact information will be shown as the owner, admin, and billing contact in your domain's whois record. By default, ProZ.com will be listed as the technical contact and registration service provider in your domain's whois record.

Plat-Facts:

• Platinum members are 4 times more likely to meet a client than a non-paying member.
  
• Platinum members meet on average 1 new client every 3 months.
  
• Nearly half of all Platinum members received a positive return on their investment within 3 months.

Related links:

Hosting FAQ link: http://www.proz.com/faq/hosting

Hosting info page: http://www.proz.com/?sp=host/info

Hosting Forum: http://www.proz.com/forum/79

Hosting terms and services: http://www.proz.com/?sp=host/tos

Getting started: http://www.proz.com/?sp=host/getting_started