How to Register Your Own Domain Name

If you have an affiliate site, you may want to seriously consider registering your very own domain name. A domain name is a name like “top-safe-list-biz.com” or “Free-People-Search4u.ws”, which you can use to market and promote your affiliate website. You do not have to be a company or organisation to register a domain name. Any individual can register a domain name.

Step By Step Instructions

Think of a few good domain names that you’d like to use. It won’t do to think of only one — it might already be taken (it probably is!).

If you already have a web host, obtain from your web host the names of their primary and secondary nameservers. Don’t worry if you don’t understand what these things mean. Just save the information somewhere. The information can usually be obtained from their FAQs or other documentation on their site, usually under a category like “domain name” or “DNS” or “domain name transfer” and the like. If you can’t find it, email them. You’ll need the information to point your domain name to your website after you buy your domain. Don’t worry if you don’t have a web host yet. Just read on.

If you do not have a web host, you can always allow the registrar to you to park your domain name at a temporary website specially set up for you. This way you can quickly secure your domain name before it’s too late and still take your time to set up the other aspects of your site. As far as I can tell, many registrars automatically park your domain by default whether you ask them to or not, so if this is your situation, you probably don’t have to do anything special to get it done. Some of those registrars also provide you with a free email address at your own domain name while it is parked at their site, like sales@example.com (where “example.com” is your domain).

List of Domain Name Registrars

There are numerous domain name registrars. Here is a list of just a few of them:

HostGator

GVO Hosting

Global Domain International