You have already purchased domain name for your blog. Now let us buy a web hosting for our blog. We can buy best hosting from Hostgator which is a web hosting company.
Why Hostgator best one?
1. Hostgator currently hosts over 2,200,000 domains.
2. Best 24 hour Support for sales & technical.
3. 99.99% site uptime guarantee.
4. One click blogging software (wordpress) installation. So after purchasing hosting, you can setup your blog in 5 minutes.
5. Easy payment option – Paypal. No need of credit card.
6. First month hosting is just for $0.01. After that every month it is going to be cost just $9.95. You can earn more than that through your blog.
So let us start to buy web hosting now.
1. Go to Hostgator. Click ‘Web Hosting’ in top navigation bar.
2. In next page, click the “Order Now” button in “baby” plan in bottom of page.
3. In next page, select the option ‘I will use My Existing Domain and update My Nameservers only’. Fill your already purchased domain name in the box provided. Click “Next”
4. In next page, type ‘hostgator’ in coupon box. Click “Calculate totals”.
5. In next page, total due will be shown as “$0.01”. Click ‘continue’ button.
6. In next page, fill your name, address, email, username & password to login hostgator. Then Select payment option as ‘paypal’. Agree to terms & conditions. Click “Verify my order” button.
7. In next page, Check whether all details are correct or not. And then click “Process my order”
You will receive emails from hostgator in few minutes.
1. Your first email has link to billing section. Click that link & login using email address & password which you used in sign up form. Below is the screenshot of the email.
2. Click total due link and finish the payment process using paypal login.
3. After completing payment, you will receive two emails from hostgator. One from billing which shows invoice details. Another one contains important login information & your unique Nameservers details. Screenshot here:
In next post we can see how to edit above Nameservers details in your domain setup. In next two posts, your blog will be ready. So follow the steps soon.
