Domain Registration and Website Hosting Providers
Some companies like Google, GoDaddy, WordPress, Typepad, and Blogger offer completely free websites. The catch is that they do not allow you to use your own custom domain name. Instead, you must use a branded domain with their name in it such as www.godaddy.yourname.com or www.yourname.wordpress.com.
If you want a custom domain website (www.yourdomain.com) or a self-hosted WordPress blog (www.yourdomain.com) for your business, you must purchase or register your own domain name and you must purchase website hosting with a hosting provider.
Your domain name is your place online. You can have as many different domain names as you want. In fact, I own more than 150 different domain names.
Yes, I admit that I am a domain name junkie!
Click here to learn more about picking a good domain name.
QUICK TIP: I highly recommend that if you get a great idea for a service, product, or program, that you register the domain for one year. If in one year you haven’t used the domain, you can then decide whether or not you want to keep it.
Once you have a domain name, you need a hosting account for with it. A hosting account is basically the space reserved just for you on one of the hosting provider’s Internet servers. This space is where all of the files associated with your website are stored online.
Here are some popular domain and hosting providers:
- www.dreamhost.com – I use them!
- www.godaddy.com – I use them!
- www.bluehost.com
- www.hostgator.com
- 1&1 Internet Web Hosting
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