I have only bought domains thru hosting companies.

I am thinking of buying some of those registryfly and the like .info domains
(yeah i know I am really bleeding edge )
and having them direct to myaccount.hostingcompany.com/whatever/.

Is this a tricky dance move?

Do the registars have a nice gui form where I plug in my host url and click "make it so" and I am down with it?

Many thanks

I never buy my domain name where I host my site... if they screw up, I just get an other hosting and switch the DNS and bingo, back in business. Some offer to supply the domain name when taking a one year package... well I just spit on their free domain and get it myself...

Where I get my domain names, I can forward using a URL or I can set the DNS to send the trafic on the proper server... if they don't give you that... time to move buddy...

"forward using a URL or I can set the DNS"

Yes yes talk that talk Joc. I need the knowledge of this. I am going just have to struggle thru one huh?

Well have a look at the registrar if you can set the DNS (if you can't, switch for a real one) and if you can then your hosting usually give you 2 of them... for example ns1bob.net and ns2bob.net (some also supply 2 IP also) that you just have to go set in the domain DNS settings of the registrar so traffic is sent there...

For example, I have the list of all the domains I bought with my registrar (canadian) and I just have to click the domain I want to maintain. I have all the options to park, forward... but I only use the DNS settings in there (well the auto-renew also). If I get pissed at an host (like I'm starting to now), I get a new host for the site, change the DNS for the ones I got from the new host and Voilà... it only has to propagate and the new hosting is active... leave the old one there until you see no more activity in the logs.

Did I talk enough or I have to keep going... ?