Host Department Offers Free Domain Names

The free domain name scheme is a part of the company's Special Web Hosting Promo, which also includes a 3 month free offer. When a customer signs up for a Host Department's annual plan, he will receive a 12 months subscription for the price of 11, with the additional free months in credits form for resource purchases. If a customer signs up for a semi-annual plan, he will receive 6 months for the price of 5.

Opera Makes Ad-Free Browsing Offer

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox told TechNewsWorld that the company had a fairly good response to its anniversary promotion. "The response to Opera'sfree offer was probably a catalyst in this position," he said. "It may have confirmed a strategy that the Opera folks were already thinking about."