Using GoDaddy to Register

Domain Name Registrars

A domain name registrar is a company that has the power to sell internet domain names. They are given that power by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). If you haven't figured it out already, you will have to deal with a domain name registrar when registering a domain name. "Back in the day", there used to be a couple of them that were popular, but currently it's all about Go Daddy. They’re the cheapest, have great support, and they offer a relatively easy interface to deal with everything, (especially when you have multiple domains). So for this article's example, that's who we'll use! ...Shouldn't we get something for the free plug?

Gettin' Goin' With Go Daddy!

When you go to godaddy.com, you'll notice a search box somewhere on the screen where you can enter your desired domain name and a drop down box next to it where you can select different endings called a TLD name. (TLD stands for top-level domain). New ones are always cropping up but of course the most popular are .com, and .org. So again, type in your desired name and click "Go" or "Search" to make sure it's available.

If it's available click "Continue" to go on with the process. You may have to hunt around for it a bit through different offers Go Daddy will provide. If your domain name is not available, type in a new domain name or choose one of the suggested names the site provides.

After this, it's pretty straight forward but you will most likely have to hit "Continue" or something resembling it again and again because more offers will come up about whether or not you would like your registration private, or register more domain names, or add this service or thaat service...And if you want to, go ahead, especially if you're going to have Go Daddy host your site too. But if you're going to have your site hosted elsewhere, maybe best not to take Go Daddy up on any of its offers except maybe private registration.

Congrats!

And after a few screens, you'll be all done, with a grand spankin' new domain name! At this point, Go Daddy should send you an e-mail with your customer information so that you can log into their site and make changes to your domain if you need to, (which you will). The first change you will most likely have to make is pointing your domain to the ervers that will host your website. Check with your hosting company on how to do that, any reputable one will have detailed instructions to help you out.

And that's it! You have your finished Registering a Domain Name
and now you have ultimate power in the universe!...Or at least over your site.

If you now need help on picking a company to host your website,
check out our Choosing a Web Host article!

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