How To Set Up A Website - Beginners Guide

Step 1 - Domain Names
Summary of what happens with the whole domain thing

Finding and buying a cheap domain name is very easy! Simply go to the free domain name checker that 1&1 have kindly provided us below, this is an excellent free tool for checking out all those domain names that have been buzzing about in your head.

You'll probably find a lot of your choices are already taken, don't panic, just keep keying in ideas, eventually you'll find one that is available. Once you have chosen a domain, 1&1 will then take you through a couple of easy steps to buy it, this will only take a couple of minutes start to finish. They don't charge a fee to open up an account, they just bill you for the actual domain you're buying. Unfortunately Spearhead don't have the facilities to sell domains but 1&1 are the UK & USA market leader, handling millions of names ever year, so you are in safe hands.

I have bought more than a 100 domain names from a good variety of companies now. I can honestly say that so far 1and1.co.uk come out as best of the bunch for price, reliability and usability. Every month 1&1 have a new special offer up for grabs for either domain names or web hosting, which are rarely beaten by any of the other main providers. Sometimes they even throw in a free domain if you sign up a hosting package with them aswell. It has been a trouble free experience since I started using 1&1 over a year ago, they are by far the most efficient domain name provider that I have come across to date. More than I can say for some of the other dodgy registrars that I've dealt with in the past. On the subject of getting the best price, I still think that it's probably a good idea to double check domain names with other UK companies each time you want to buy another, just for peace of mind. The next step is to simply pay a one off fee for the time period you would like the domain name for, sort of like renting the name. The typical cost of owning a domain name for a 2 year period is around £5.50 for a .co.uk or £12.00 for a .com. I usually take my time to check domain names rather than rushing in on the first idea that pops in to my head as I know I am likely to own it for many years to come.This is the first stage in learning how to set up a website, the next step is to choose a suitable web hosting package.

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