Click Here To Register your Domain With Godaddy

We’ve already mentioned that you have to be careful when registering a domain name. Why? Well… many visitors get their first impression about the website based on your domain name. This is why you want to make sure your domain name:

a) Is relevant to the content of your website,
b) Is simple & easy to remember (preferably a catchy phrase),
c) Is short and descriptive
d) Has the right extension (.com, .org, or .net)

Your domain name also plays a big role in the search engines. For example, when someone uses Google to search for ‘dog training tips’, a website whose domain contains these exact words has a much bigger chance of appearing in the search results for that particular term. Also, users are more likely to click through to a website that has its URL relevant to the phrase they were searching for.

Hope this makes sense, now let’s get rolling!

1) The first thing you will need to do is to decide who to use as your domain registrar. Personally I use and recommend Godaddy.com the worlds #1 domain registrar. So to get started, click on this link: http://www.godaddy.com

You should land at a page offering you to search for available domains and purchase them. That’s exactly what we’re here to do.

The domain name search box should look something like this:

2) Type in the desired URL and hit GO to check if it is available! You will most likely end up with plenty of different URLs available for purchase, as shown below:

This is good, however, we are only interested in the ones with .com, .org or .net extensions, as these have been proven to rank best in the search engines.

3) If your domain is available, check the small box next to it, and click continue to registration. You will be asked if you wish to purchase additional extensions for your domain, just click – No, Thanks! (unless you feel an irresistible urge to do so…)

4) You will then be taken through a registration process that is quite simple to follow. You’ll be offered few different payment methods, as well as an option to choose how long you wish to purchase the domain for. We recommend you select 1 year registration length, as it can be easily renewed at any time in the future.

Important: You will also be offered to choose between multiple privacy protection services, as well as web hosting services – we suggest you decline all of these for now, especially the web hosting option!

Godaddy is a powerful domain register, and although they do offer web hosting, I prefer to use a separate company for hosting. (explained in the next step).

Once you’re done purchasing, you will be sent a receipt with all the important information in it. It is a good idea to save this receipt, you might need it later.

Your domain will be ready for use within 24 hours, usually much sooner.

5) You are now a proud owner of your brand new domain! Congratulations!