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How Do I Register a Domain Name

Domains at Retail — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:47:09 +0000

Today’s post comes in the form of a tutorial explaining How do I Register a Domain Name?

In my daily talks with clients who are beginning their venture of getting a web site put up online for their business, they all want to know how to register their own domain name. They want it before anyone else takes it.

Let’s see the process I show my clients to take when registering a domain name through Domains at Retail.

Open the Domains at Retail web site by going to http://www.domainsatretail.com. From the menu hover over “Domain Names“, and then click “Register Domains“. Alternately, you can directly go to the Domain Name Registration page.

Once on this screen, you will see the “Register a Domain Name” heading. Just below you have the form to type in the domain name you want.

Think of a name you want for the domain. For some help, read our other post about Selecting the Perfect Domain Name. Now type this into the input box. We have chosen to use “domainsatretailexample.com” to illustrate the process.

Click “Search“
You will now be taken to one of two screens: “DOMAINSATRETAILEXAMPLE.COM is available” or “DOMAINSATRETAILEXAMPLE.COM is already taken“. In our case we are taken to the first option, as no one has registered this domain at the time we are creating this tutorial. To see an example of a domain name that is already taken, try and put in a popular domain name like Google.com.

Since our DOMAINSATRETAILEXAMPLE.COM is selected, we scroll down and click “Continue”.

You will be notified of a great savings to register multiple TLD extensions (.org, .biz, .info) of the Domain Name. Registering multiple TLD extensions ensures no one later registers them in an attempt to lure visitors that are looking for your web site.

Click “Add these to my order“, as we dont want cybersquatters later gaining from our hard earned efforts.

If you want to only register the single domain name, you can click the link where it says “No Thanks. Continue to checkout…“. Reminder: You will not be offered the same great package again if you say no.

You are then taken to a screen to provide your Domain Registration Information. Three options are given (note our customer #’s have been blacked out):
- Make this purchase under my current Domains at Retail account #XXXXXXX
- Login to an existing account (this will also populate your registration information)
- I would like to create a new Domains at Retail account.
As a first time customer, we will select the third option. You must complete the required Domain Registration Information, including First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Company Name and Address Information.

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Click “Continue“.
Here we now have our new account

Click “Continue“
You are now taken to the “Registration and Checkout Options” page. Note, by default domain names are set for registering for 2 years. We recommend 2 years or more for registrations, as to search engine spiders it gives the perception your site will be around for longer, thus giving a better ranking.

We are only looking to register the domain names we have selected, so we leave “Select Type of Registration” to Standard, and “Select Checkout Preference” to “No thanks. I’m ready to checkout.”
Click “Continue“.
Now you get to “Review your Shopping Cart“

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Step 1 Shows you the details of your order.
Step 2 lets you select how you would like to pay.
Step 3 is important. You should read the Domain Registration Agreement and Universal Terms of Service. If you agree to them, then and only then, select the checkboxes.

Click “Checkout Now“
You are now taken to the Log In or Create Account page. Here I log in to my account, but for new customers you would create your account and password here.
Billing Information page - complete your billing information including your credit card info, or your method of payment for your domain name purchase.

Click “Checkout Now“
We then ask you for a Captcha code to verify you are human. After you verify the captcha code, you are taken to the final screen and your domain name is registered.

Congratulations, you have now purchased your domain name and are one step closer to branding your identity on the internet!

What’s next? Purchase domain name hosting to host your web site files. Alternately, you can purchase Web Site Tonight which provides hosting and an online WYSIWYG editor to build your web site, with free templates.

Wish you all the luck in developing your online presence, and hope you enjoyed our tutorial on “How Do I register a domain name.”

Shared Web Hosting Plans Offer Increased Space & Bandwidth

Domains at Retail — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:59:53 +0000

Shared Hosting plans are now more powerful than ever!

This week we upgraded Economy, Deluxe and Premium shared hosting plans disk space and bandwidth so you can enjoy greater benefits all at the same low cost shared hosting prices!

Plan:	Plan Features:
Economy Plan	~~5 GB~~ 10 GB disk space ~~250 GB~~ 300 GB bandwidth
Deluxe Plan	~~100 GB~~ 150 GB disk space ~~1,000 GB~~ 1,500 GB bandwidth
Premium Plan	~~200 GB~~ 300 GB disk space ~~2,000 GB~~ 3,000 GB bandwidth

Shared Hosting plans are now more powerful than ever!

Standard SSL Certificates now 47% off

Domains at Retail — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:53:18 +0000

Standard SSL Certificates now 47% off

Our Standard SSL Certificates are now on Sale for 47% off! Enjoy incredible savings today on securing your web site and letting your customers know your site is Secure!

Our Standard SSL Certificate provides affordable, reliable site security!

What does it offer?

Domain-Only Validation
Issued within minutes
Up to 256-bit encryption
Warranty
99% browser recognition
Validation
Site Seal

What does the Standard SSL Web Certificate Site Seal look like?

Visit our SSL Certificates main page or more importantly the Standard SSL Certificate page to view more information about our certificates for purchase.

Standard SSL Certificates now 47% off

Dynamic Web Site Complete with Internet Store

Domains at Retail — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:44:23 +0000

Create a dynamic Web site that features a complete Internet store for a start up fee of $14.98
for the first month!

You can now associate WebSite Tonight® with your Quick Shopping Cart® site to create a unified shopping experience for your customers.

To use this feature, be sure that Quick Shopping Cart and WebSite Tonight® are listed in the same account. Next, simply log in to your WebSite Tonight® account and:

From the Add-Ons menu select Quick Shopping Cart.
In the Choose Quick Shopping Cart Account list, select the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to associate with your WebSite Tonight® account.
In the Navigation button title to display on home page of Web site field, enter the text you want to display on the navigation button that points to your Quick Shopping Cart site. ‘Online Store’ displays as the default. If you want to change the text, you can highlight and delete the existing text, then add your own.
Click OK.

So what are you waiting for, get your store online and start selling your products now! All for less than $15!

You can register a domain name for only $1.99 with the purchase of either product.

Visit the corresponding pages for each product:

How to Start a Blog

Domains at Retail — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:23:56 +0000

Happy New Year to everyone from Domains at Retail, and onto our first blog post of the year “How to Start a Blog“.

Whether its your New Years resolution to hit the Internet with your own flavor of your ideas and discussions, or you have always wanted to start up a professional or personal blog, we will give you to the answer to the questions “How Do I Start a Blog“?

Two Blogging Options exist:

1. Use our Professional Blogging and Podcasting tool “Quick Blogcast”

2. Install a Third Party blogging tool on one of our Shared Hosting plans.

Lets explore your Blogging options:

1. Everything is taken care of and bundled in one ready to go package with Quick Blogcast.

First What is Quick Blogcast?

Quick Blogcast is a remarkable tool that will have you creating the perfect blog and podcast site in no time at all. You will also be amazed at how quick and easy it is to build a blogcast site of your own. With Quick Blogcast you can:

Create a professional blog
Easily record and upload podcasts to share with visitors to your site.
Allow visitors to subscribe to your blog entries and podcasts.
Include RSS feeds, Twitter links, Flickr, and many other services
Customize your site to suit your taste

Alrite your convinced, Quick Blogcast is the way to go for you. How to start the blog?

First you must go to our Quick Blogcast page, and purchase either the Basic, Economy, Deluxe or Premium Plan.

Take a look at the features you need, and then select the plan. Bloggers only need the Basic plan for first time blogger, but if you plan to add a podcast or any type of sound, you want to go at least to the Deluxe plan made for podcasters. Still not sure which plan is right? At the bottom of our Quick Blogcast page, you will find a “Help Me Choose” tab. Click on the tab to read more about our plans, and which is right for you.

Ok, so you purchased Quick Blogcast. Now what?

We have set up a convenient article for you telling you How to set up your Quick Blogcast Account. Follow the steps, and your blog will be up and running in no time.

Done that? Congratulations, you have just overcome a huge fear of “How to Start a Blog“. You have one now! What’s next though? I have my blog setup, but its empty. You will be sure to want to read these articles:

If you already have a domain you registered somewhere else, you can use our Quick Blogcast Product with that domain name. You will need to the change the A Name record for your domain name and you will be set up. Learn more on What is the Quick Blogcast IP address (A record)

Congratulations your blog is up and running customized to your liking and already an entry in it.

2. Wordpress is an amazing Blogging platform for users running Linux Hosting with a mySQL database.

You can use Wordpress instead of Quick BlogCast, but it requires a little more knowledge of setting up a database and uploading files to your FTP in most cases. With our Value added applications already attached to your shared hosting, you can install Wordpress on your shared hosting account by following a few easy to follow steps, just like Quick Blogcast.

First you need to Navigate to your Free Shared Hosting Add Ons. When you are at the screen for the Value Added Applications, you can search for Wordpress among the list. If you have a Linux shared hosting plan, you will have the php and mySQL requirements for the Wordpress blogging platform. Simply click the red “Install Now” button, and follow the prompts and you will have a truly amazing piece of software, namely Wordpress, installed on your hosting without the cost of paying a designer to install it.

To learn more about Wordpress and its own install process, visit the WordPress website.

There you have it! We hope you enjoyed the first article of 2008, and make the right product choice for your own blogging needs when you ask yourself “How to Start a Blog“.

Domains at Retail Boosts Dedicated Server Security

Domains at Retail — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:02:21 +0000

If you were not aware previously, we are please to bring to your attention that our Dedicated Server Hosting and Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting products include the protection system “TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems”.

At Domains at Retail, our Dedicated Servers have another layer of security to the Web hosting package with TippingPoint™ Intrusion Prevention Systems blocking server attacks.

We have put TippingPoint systems in place to protect all dedicated and virtual dedicated hosting servers at no additional cost. An intrusion prevention system is an in-line device that scans traffic and, based on rules, determines whether data packets are legitimate or malicious.

In addition to this valuable security feature, each dedicated and virtual dedicated hosting plan includes free rapid setup, 24/7 customer support, physical security and network monitoring.

TippingPoint systems deliver powerful network protection, functioning transparently at gigabit speeds to guard against cyber attacks. TippingPoint’s Digital Vaccine® service updates filters regularly to maintain defense against the latest vulnerabilities, viruses and rogue applications.

Here are some documents related to TippingPoint:

For more information about our Dedicated Servers hosting plans, visit http://www.domainsatretail.com/dedicatedserverhosting.html.

For more information about our Virtual Dedicated Servers hosting plans, visit http://www.domainsatretail.com/virtualdedicatedserver.html.

Dedicated & Virtual Dedicated Server Products Updated!

Domains at Retail — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:28:03 +0000

Dedicated Servers:

Upgraded Linux operating systems

CentOS 5
Red Hat Fedora Core 7
Red Hat Enterprise 5

All Linux operating systems now available with Core 2 Duo 2.66 processor
A NEW! 4GB RAM option now available with Core 2 Duo processors

Virtual Dedicated Servers:

Upgraded Linux operating systems

CentOS 5
Red Hat Fedora Core 7

How to Set up Hosting with an SSL Certificate

Domains at Retail — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:58:59 +0000

Today we will discuss the topic of “How to Set up Hosting with an SSL Certificate” for a web site.

First, you need to be familiar with SSL Certificates. Read up in our SSL Certificates Help section, to see why SSL Certificates are so powerful in protecting your customers Data. Here are some useful links:

Now you have read about SSL Certificates, and want to learn how to set up an SSL Certificate.

Firstly, what is an SSL Certificate?

An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a Web site and encrypts information that is sent to the server using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. SSL certificates—built around stringent, industry-leading authentication measures—allow Web site owners to secure all online transactions with up to 256-bit encryption. An SSL certificate on a Web site ensures that sensitive data is safe from prying eyes.

What are the types of SSL Certificates?

So how do I set up a SSL Certificate for my Web Site?

Quite easily with Domains at Retail’s SSL Certificates. An easy to follow video has been put together illustrating from start to finish of “How to Set up Hosting with an SSL Certificate”.

Video of How to Set up Hosting with an SSL Certificate

Note: To play Actioncasts you must download and install Macromedia Flash Player from Macromedia.

Now that you are back from seeing the Instructional video, you want to set up the SSL Certificate on your own site. First you will need to purchase the correct SSL Certificate, a Domain Name and Web Hosting that you are setting up the SSL Certificate on, and you are off to the races. Follow our set up guides linked to above, and if any questions arise our 24×7 support will be there to help you.

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial on “How to Set up Hosting with an SSL Certificate“. Cheers.

How to Create A Forum

Domains at Retail — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:20:49 +0000

Today we will discuss the topic of “How to create a Forum” for a web site.

First, you need to be familiar with our tool of choice: Web Site Tonight.

Read up, see why Web Site Tonight is so powerful. How about some useful links. Here they are:

Now you have read about Web Site Tonight, how easy it is to set up, and want to learn how does Web Site Tonight help with my quest on How to Create a Forum.

Firstly, what is a forum?

A forum is an online meeting place for open discussion of various topics. Forums are often referred to as a bulletin board or discussion area. With WebSite Tonight, you can add a forum to your Web site.

So how do I create my forum?

Quite easily with Web Site Tonight. An easy to follow video has been put together illustrating from start to finish of “How to Create a Forum“.

Video of How To Create a Forum

Note: To play Actioncasts you must download and install Macromedia Flash Player from Macromedia.

Now that you are back from seeing the Instructional video, you want to create your own Forum. First you will need Web Site Tonight and a Domain Name and you are off to the races. Follow our set up guides linked to above, and if any questions arise our 24×7 support will be there to help you.

What else can you do with your Forum after it is set up?

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial on “How to Create a Forum“. Cheers.

Cheap Domain Names: a real Bargain?

Domains at Retail — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:53:36 +0000

Are cheap domain names really a Bargain?

Coming to the Domains at Retail web site, your are in the right place to register your own domain name and learn about domain name pricing.

Many registrars exist, but you will be suprised at the difference in prices you will see for the same thing, a domain name! Why do some place charge up to $30 for a domain name for one year, when others charge almost 1/3 of the price.

You will be delighted with the value you get and cost savings you receive when purchasing from Domains at Retail.

Go ahead, take a look. Look at the prices and see how we compare. Open the link below:

Compare Domain Name Prices

Done looking? See how different domain name prices can be.

But how does Domains at Retail offer the domain names at such low prices? Does our low prices mean you get no support?

Of course not! We provide 24/7 support to help you with any problems you may encounter.

Need advice on upgrading or what to do next?

Call our support line and they will provide you with everything you need.

Need help configuring your DNS settings?

Our support is there.

We just don’t believe in charging You astronomical prices in this day and age where the ability to register a domain name is much easier than it was decades ago.

Same great support, low cost domain prices!

Now go ahead, do some domain name searches on our Domain Name Registration page, and get the domain name you want instantly!