Numerous providers are now offering free domain names to customers who purchase web hosting plans, while Go Daddy is offering names for $1.99 with every non-domain product (including email and SSL certificates in addition to hosting) and 1&1 is offering private domain registrations at no cost.

Several large providers have also dramatically increased their allowances for disk space and data transfer in recent weeks, prompting a critical press release from a competitor alleging that the mega-specs are confusing to customers.