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7 years 11 months ago
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Brian Bendigo club 9608
I became president of Bendigo club in July. We have a FreeToastHost website and I notice we make several payments a year to a company called "Crazy Domains" apparently for a name "bendigotoastmasters.org.au"
When I access this name via google it brings up the Bendigo FTH site. I'm confused; last time I was involved as administrator with a FTH site as a member of club 4185 I do not recall making payments for a domain name.
Is this now necessary or has it always been so and my memory is failing?
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Roughly 800 clubs worldwide choose to pay a domain name registrar a fee for a custom domain name of their choosing.

FTH's implementation supports the use of a custom domain name if a club wishes to use one, but it is not required. Website aliases are a free alternative provided by FTH that most clubs use instead.

Please read the following to understand the difference:

support.toastmastersclubs.org/doc/item/a...whats-the-difference
support.toastmastersclubs.org/doc/item/d...tical-considerations
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this is the person at your club who is paying for the domain
Domain Name: BENDIGOTOASTMASTERS.ORG.AU
Registry Domain ID: D407400000000992245-AU
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.auda.org.au
Registrar URL:
Last Modified:
Registrar Name: Web Address Registration Pty Ltd
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Reseller Name:
Status: serverRenewProhibited afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverRenewProhibited
Registrant Contact ID: R-006181481-SN
Registrant Contact Name: Simon Duthie
Registrant Contact Email: duthiesimon@hotmail.com
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Silver and Wiser Online Toastmasters Club #777940

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7 years 11 months ago
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9608 Brian,
Thanks Steve and Brian for your prompt reply. The information provided was very useful and leads me to one hopefully final question:

When I open the admin console the Alias box contains "bendigotoastmastersclub" and the domain box is empty.

So if I understand correctly we are not actually using the domain name we are paying for and if we cease payments our FTH site will continue without change?
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Correct. You can always access you club website using the number.
9608.toastmastersclubs.org
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