How To Point Your Domain Name To Your Web Hosting Company
86Making a Website Step 2: Pointing Your Domain Name URL To Your Website Host
Make your own website - learn to point your domain to your web hosting company
After you buy your new domain name you'll have to point it to your website host. In this short tutorial hub I'll teach you how to do that in a YouTube video below. If you have any questions or comments please let me know in the comments section!
Pointing your domain is an important step in making websites
If you're trying to make money online one of the most important things you'll have to learn is how to make your own website buy and manage your domain names. A domain name is simply a the name on which you'll create your website.
A hosting company "hosts" the files of your website on a server
After you purchase your domain name the next step you'll have to do is "point" it to your web host. A web host is a company that provides website hosting services, compared to GoDaddy.com, which is a domain name registrar. While GoDaddy also provides website hosting services it's advised to host your websites with an other website hosting provider.
I use BlueHost.com for web hosting services - so far they've done a good job
There are many companies claiming to be the best web hosting companies! Personally, I use BlueHost.com as a discount web hosting company. They offer many web hosting packages and deals. I pay $6.95 per month and can host an unlimited number of websites. Overall I have been very pleased with their web hosting services and have found that my sites load fast enough. When I fist started making money online I was a total rookie and their tech support staff were very patient with me and did a wonderful job helping me to get up and running. For more information about managed web hosting there are many forums that you can search on Google.
Note: If you sign up for a web hosting account through my BlueHost affiliate link above I'll be more than happy to try to help you and answer any of your questions! Thanks!
How to point your website: Follow these steps
After you buy your domain name at GoDaddy you'll have to wait a few minutes for it to appear in your domain name manager (usually around 3-5 minutes). After that you'll have to click on your domain name and "point" it to your web host (Bluehost in my case). Below "Domains" in the upper-left of your screen click on "My Domains". Scroll down and find the name of the domain you just purchased. Click on it. Now you're in your domain manager dashboard. Under "Nameservers" click on "Manage". Now you'll have to key in something like this: NS1.Bluehost.com and NS2.Bluehost.com. Your host will tell you what to key in. Then click "ok".
Your job creating a website is FAR from finished here - I'll teach more in future hubs!
At this point you're done pointing your domain to your website host. Your next step is to go to your host and set the domain name up there and install your "content manager". Personally, I am using WordPress on all my sites. In my next hub I'll teach you the next steps you need to know to get your own website up and running!
I hope this has helped. If I've left out any important steps or your have any questions please let me know in the comments section!
YouTube Video Tutorial: How to Point Your Domain Name to Your Hosting Company
After you buy your domain name you'll have to point it to your website hosting company - learn to do this here!
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Hi Alekhouse - Same here - I like the creative part and to a certain extent enjoying the "game" of website promotion (I wrote a lot about that here on HP). But when it comes down to the tech details (HTML etc) - YUCK! Thanks for the comment :-) david
Great source of information. Thanks.
Thanks SandySpider! david :-)
Excellent source of info. Very useful! Thanks!
Great info! This is a real help for us "newbees" I am going to keep watching your posts. You give valuable content.
HI Jenny30, Thanks so much for your kind comment! david
Hi SelfimprovingNan! Thanks so much! I'm glad to help! :-)
This hub is great resource for those who dont know how to point to another hosting. And the video gives your hub above and beyond clarity.
I'm finding your hubs a great source of helpful info. I created a new landing page last night and spent most of today figuring out how to do what this hub explains. I finally figured it out and then found your hub on the same issue I had been having. Thanks again Dave.
hi tastyads & Linda,
Thanks guys for your kind comments. Mr Ads - Put up an avatar and let us see who you are!!! thanks for the nice comment about the video. Linda - I'm glad it helped. Now on to the next step in my next hub!
thanks again!
david
Much of this is still Greek to me but your info hubs are so clear. I do like your how to videos as they give plain and simple instructions.
Hi Ethel! Thanks for your nice comment! As I always say - just learn a tiny bit everyday then after a few months all those tiny bits will grow into valuable knowledge! david
Hey Dawei you mentioned about GoDaddy in your hub and you host your sites with BlueHost. I am also hosting my sites with them now. A few of them in fact. And I am glad that I will now get rid of dreamhost. I have hosted just one domain with GoDaddy. Wanted to ask if I can get more than one domains from them at the price they offer i.e. 6.99 ... I don't think they will let you have more than one at this low price.
ultimate hubber - i'm 99% sure u can host unlimited sites for $6.95 at bluehost. Says right on their website. and, their cust. service is good. thanks.
I wasn't asking about hosting. I didn't make myself clear. I was asking if one can register more than 1 domains with GoDaddy for 6.99. But thanx anyways, I got my answer.
Very good information. Just what I need! - Carol
G'day David great Hub on hosting and it is just what I'm looking for so I will bookmark for future reference.
Thanks a lot and definitely 'thumbs up' from me :-)
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I couldn't have asked for it to be any clearer. Thanks!
thanks man!! its really helps a lot especially information about domain and hosting cause everyone needing this great Information
Thanks for sharing this useful information as this is not known by newbie and many of them are unaware of it
Thanks for this very helpful hub
Thankyou for an interesting and helpful hub.
Being able to point your domain to your host could save a lot of time if you can do it your self. Nice one.
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I'm finding your hubs a great source of helpful info. I created a new landing page last night and spent most of today figuring out how to do what this hub explains. I finally figured it out and then found your hub on the same issue I had been having. Thanks
As you said Bluehost allows unlimited domains/websites. So for all your Domain Name Servers, if you point to same NS1.bluehost.com, then how Bluehost server can figure out which Domain Name needs to point to which Hosted Site? Just Curious...
THANKS!
What a great video! Very helpful. Thanks!
thanks so much
help me big time!!!
Thank you - really helpful. My host company gave me no instructions and this made it really easy for a novice
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How does the domain get associated with your Bluehost hosting account? What prevents any Bluehost user from claiming the domain? The Nameservers seem generic to Bluehost and not specific to your account.
@Michael, In Bluehost, you need to add entry under Add-on domains. Put in your domain name and map it to a directory in the web host.
alekhouse Level 4 Commenter 2 years ago
Very good info. Just constructed my own website a couple of months ago, so that I can be my own webmaster. Really like doing this kind of thing; but enjoy the creative part more than the tech. part.