What You Need to Start Your Website

There are two things you absolutely must have to build a website:

1) A domain name (yoursite.com or yoursite.net, etc.)

2) A web hosting

How to Register a Domain Name ?

Congratulations! You've made it to the 1st step of creating a website. It is highly recommended that you read this ENTIRE page as it contains important information that most sites don't tell you about domain name registrations.

Please don't rush this step! If you're trying to make money with your website, hopefully you've taken the time to read this article first.

There is very important advice there about choosing your topic and doing the proper research and planning before you begin.

NOTE: If you already know about domain names, go hand register now . If not, I highly recommend you read on to understand why the name selection is so important.

There are two basic steps to getting your site online and registering/reserving a domain name is the first.

A domain name makes up the address of your site and can end in .com, .net, .org, .info, .us, .biz, .tv and more. Throughout this site you will also see the domain name referred to as the "dot com name".

Once you have registered your name, you will select a web host (2nd step). The web host is the guts of any website because this is where you create and publish your pages, build order forms, add functionality and maintain your site.

First, let's focus on selecting the best domain name for your site...