Make your own website - learn to point your domain to your web hosting company

After you buy your new domain name you'll have to point it to your website host. In this short tutorial hub I'll teach you how to do that in a YouTube video below. If you have any questions or comments please let me know in the comments section!

Pointing your domain is an important step in making websites

If you're trying to make money online one of the most important things you'll have to learn is how to make your own website buy and manage your domain names. A domain name is simply a the name on which you'll create your website.

A hosting company "hosts" the files of your website on a server

After you purchase your domain name the next step you'll have to do is "point" it to your web host. A web host is a company that provides website hosting services, compared to GoDaddy.com, which is a domain name registrar. While GoDaddy also provides website hosting services it's advised to host your websites with an other website hosting provider.

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How to point your website: Follow these steps

After you buy your domain name at GoDaddy you'll have to wait a few minutes for it to appear in your domain name manager (usually around 3-5 minutes). After that you'll have to click on your domain name and "point" it to your web host (Bluehost in my case). Below "Domains" in the upper-left of your screen click on "My Domains". Scroll down and find the name of the domain you just purchased. Click on it. Now you're in your domain manager dashboard. Under "Nameservers" click on "Manage". Now you'll have to key in something like this: NS1.Bluehost.com and NS2.Bluehost.com. Your host will tell you what to key in. Then click "ok".

Your job creating a website is FAR from finished here - I'll teach more in future hubs!

At this point you're done pointing your domain to your website host. Your next step is to go to your host and set the domain name up there and install your "content manager". Personally, I am using WordPress on all my sites. In my next hub I'll teach you the next steps you need to know to get your own website up and running!

I hope this has helped. If I've left out any important steps or your have any questions please let me know in the comments section!