Your website domain is your home on the internet. It is what comes after the www and before the .com. It is the essence of your brand, it represents your why and you reason for being in business. It is critical to your success and is infinitely scalable..
Brand is everything and your audience knows it. Choosing the right website domain congruent to your business is key. Consider your niche, your mission, and what your customers care about most. Target keywords that resonate with your audience to spark an unbreakable emotional connection.
Go to Google Domains to secure your domain. Search for your domain in the search bar to see available domains and their extensions. The standard .com, .net, or .org domains are most popular. Choose any domain name and extension that suits your brand and audience.
Go to Bluehost to host your website. A web host stores your website safely in the cloud. Your domain points to your web host to retrieve your site for your audience. When someone navigates to your site through your domain they will see your website from your web host.
Go to the Domains section of your Bluehost account to assign your domain to your web host. Search for your domain to see the IP Address you will insert in Google Domains. The IP Address proves you own your domain to assign it to your web host.
Go to Google Domains and select your domain’s DNS settings. Add an A record with the IP Address from Bluehost. Go back to Bluehost to save and complete your domain assignment to your hosting account.
Chat into support to request your assigned domain become the primary domain. Only Bluehost chat support can do this for you. Once you make your assigned domain your primary domain, you can assign your primary domain to a website.
Add a new site in your Bluehost portal and select your primary domain to be the domain. Bluehost makes a website for you accessible by your domain. Review the website, create some posts, and start creating your site content.
Publish your site in the Bluehost settings to go live. Your site is accessible to anyone and search engines will log and display your site to the right people.