Step By Step Guide to Registering a Domain

Apr 17
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2012

John Klein

John Klein

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When you're ready to create your own domain there a few different ways that you can start the process. You can either register the domain through and online domain host or contact your local Internet provider to see if they offer domain hosting services to their customers.

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From there you will want to start comparing prices and packages. 

First determine how much web space you're going to need for your domain. You need to figure out how many web pages you're going to need,Step By Step Guide to Registering a Domain Articles if you need to have email addresses associated with the account and how many, if you need templates and more. Once you know everything you need you can start searching for packages. 

Look for companies that offer an affordable package for everything that you need. Reading customer reviews of domain hosts is a great way to determine which company is going to be the best service for the money, and you also want to look for domain hosts that are easy to use. Some companies may even offer web management services so you don't have to worry about creating the site and managing it later on down the road. 

Start the sign up process by creating a domain name for your site. You can do this by creating something that is short and catch and that will positively represent your business. If you want to save money you can chose a .net or .org instead of .com, but be sure that you pick something that's easy to remember for your site followers. 

Continue through the process by selecting your package and features. It's wise to only pay for a year at a time in case you decide at a later point that you need to change companies or that you no longer want to have the domain. A confirmation will be sent to your email address and you'll be ready to start creating your site by choosing templates and more. 

Registering a new domain isn't very difficult to do and you can quickly do it in just a few short minutes of time. There are many domain names that are still available on the market and you may even be able to buy a domain name from someone who has the one that you want but doesn't use it anymore. Pick something short and catchy that is easy to remember so people can come back to your site whenever they want.

 

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