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I just told you, google domains. You can just use and alias it to your existing Gmail account. Idk why everyone doesn't do it. I just use the email I've had since 12 but everyone else sees instead of
Buy a domain, this isn't hard, https://domains.google/ and then put up a BS but valid looking website using whatever floats your boat, Google has cheap services if I remember right, but there are plenty of options youtube tutorials can guide you through.
Make your art gig into a "real" business, once it's all in order, that business will look good on a resume to most, some will see through it, especially if you don't take care to make it look like a viable place to commission art; done right, it'll work.
Whatever you choose to do, good luck!
You will probably need at least two things:
1) Your own domain. There are various ways to go about this and I won't attempt to explain them all.
I would suggest maybe starting here https://domains.google/#/. I haven't used this service personally but have heard pretty good things.
2) You will need a web server of some sort. Digital Ocean, Linode, etc. I have used a Digital Ocean VPS in the past and they have a "one-click" install feature for django apps. This web server will have an IP address assigned that can be used to access your website publicly. Your VPS can be further configured to work with a domain that you own.
Neither one of these tasks is easily explainable via text. I would consider looking over a tutorial of some sort, I have used this site (Belongs to /u/sentdex) in the past which includes a guide on deploying your finished django app to a Digital Ocean VPS.
There are bound to be other methods but this is where I have had the most success.
this is a known practice, godaddy is notorious for doing this for many years, same for other big corporate known registrars.
if your going to search for a name do it on official ICANN, https://whois.icann.org/en or https://domains.google
> * If you don't have a website with some of your work, or at least a personalized email address, you should very much consider it. It comes off as professional and a lot of employers will, subconsciously or not, prefer that to no website or a gmail. (less effective)
I will add that this is super easy to do, and cheap even if you're a college student. You can buy a custom domain for as low as $10/year, maybe even $FREE/year if you use something like Namecheap for Education.
From there, you can have emails to [email protected] or even *@tomhanks.org forwarded to your personal gmail at [email protected]. And then set up your gmail account to optionally send emails as [email protected].
Most domain name registrars should provide an email forwarding service for free, although some are easier to work with than others like https://domains.google/.
Check out this guide for more details - https://jasonjensen.co/email/use-gmail-with-own-domain-free/
Cheap and easy way to add some polish to your professional profile. Also makes it easier to communicate your email over conversation or phone. The only hard part about this is choosing the domain. I would sleep on anything you aren't 100% sure of because you can't take it back once you've put it out there.
The issue here is that the site moved their domain registration from GoDaddy to the domain-name registration service that Google offers - and Google declined that business on simple commercial grounds (we don't have to do business with you, we don't want to, so we're not going to).
I'm not seeing anything indicating that Google has blacklisted their site from Google search results - which would indeed be an Actual Concern (no matter what I think of that site's content, I do believe that becoming effectively un-findable simply due to being Really Unpopular Assholes is a Bad Thing).
Domain name: NameCheap - Low Cost AND reputable | Google Domains as an alternative.
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Hosting: Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Simple Storage Solutions (S3) allows for storage of raw files, data, code and can be setup to act as server hosting. At 3 cents per GB you are highly unlikely to bust any budget unless you get an exceptionally large number of views/downloads and you have complete control over it. This option can go as far as you're willing to take it if you want to set stuff up from bare bones.. and you don't have to worry about hardware.
Just get a domain dude. Google themselves even sell them (https://domains.google)
You can get a cheap domain for around $10 a year, plus you get your own custom email address included with your GSuite subscription.
They do quite literally sell TLD's. This isn't them giving Amazon special treatment, anyone can go and buy a TLD from ICANN. They aren't very popular though, Google's been running the google TLD for years and barely anyone notices.
For example https://domains.google
ok first thing first, hosting it on your PC without a datacenter is totally bad idea, also you will require business internet service to get static ip, which will cost you more then paying for a VPS lol
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Google Domains comes with free WhoIsGuard, Namecheap it costs a couple dollars extra a year. Not sure if Google Domains does discounts or sales but Namecheap does.
Google Domains is also a good option if you live in USA, Canada, UK (and I believe a few other countries) where it's available, particularly if you're already using Google's ecosystem as it's really easy to forward your domain email to your personal Gmail account, etc.
I use Google Domains for all my domains. It's simple and it works. Digital Ocean is great for hosting.
If you switch your domain to a new host there shouldn't be any downtime. Switching your hosting will be more involved and it depends on the complexity of your website.
They didn't. It was registered by someone with Google as the registrar.
https://who.is/whois/franken2020.com
See https://domains.google, Google Business, etc.
edit. You seem to be involved with domains and websites so you would know this? Strange post.
OK, simple enough. First step is to get a domain for each blog. The easiest way to do this on blogger is to go through Google Domains here. A domain from Google starts at $12 a year and is based on the extension you use (ie, .com, .net, etc). Once you have a domain, the steps to configure it are located here. It can take a couple of days for a new domain to reliably resolve to your website (sometimes up to 72 hours). But that's really all, just do this for each blog that you want to add a custom domain to. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
This may not solve your immediate problem, but ever since I've been using Google Sites I buy/manage all my domains on Google Domains.
I've had similar issues with connecting my domains through other providers. I just transferred all the domains I owned to Google Domains - now everything is more straightforward.
If you decide to transfer them over - you can just follow these steps to connect your site.
The key step is to "Verify ownership of your domain" through the Google Search Console.
I hope that helps!
It's best to transfer the domain to another registrar.
Tip: never purchase a domain directly from Shopify. Instead, purchase your domains from Google Domains ($12/y) or Namecheap ($12.98/y). They are cheaper (since domains from Shopify cost $14/y) and include built-in privacy protection, as well as many other features.
There is no way to do this for free without already having servers and knowledge of web hosting.
The simplest way to do this is via a web hosting service like squarespace or dynadot for example, where you can pay a small yearly fee to keep the web address. Google even has a website that'll allow you to compare different services for any given potential domain name:
https://domains.google/intl/en-GB/
If you actually want to build a website on that domain (as opposed to saving it for later, or having it redirect to somewhere else such as your youtube channel for example) thats a bit more complicated and expensive. But squarespace can guide you through that as well.
This comment is not sponsored by squarespace. But I do use it for this purpose and rate it 8/10
For domain registration, I highly recommend Google Domains (domains.google) as they have the most transparent and honest pricing (i.e. no upsells for privacy, no exorbitant renewal rates, etc.) and a great dashboard for management.
For email, I would suggest looking into GSuite (although if you're happy with webmail, most hosts offer a simple solution). One benefit to GSuite for you in particular would be the cloud storage you get with Drive.
Prior to moving my hosting over to AWS and Netlify and was on Dreamhost for years, and of the 2-3 issues I've ever had they were always resolved within 48 hours. Great support, and you get a lot of bang for your buck with their plans.
For your photos, however, I would suggest looking into something like Amazon S3 for distribution of photos. The specifics of how you set that up will depend on what features you'd actually need however.
>harus beli domain dulu?
Tergantung kebutuhannya. Kalau ini untuk blog non-komersial, domain bawaan Wordpress atau Blogspot nggak ngefek. Kalau komersial ya berarti mau nggak mau beli domain. Psst, Google Domain ngasih privacy protection gratis, di provider lain biasanya berbayar atau bahkan nggak ada sama sekali.
>design websitenya pake HTML yang bagaikan bahasa alien buat gw (nyewa web designer neh)?
Kalau budgetnya ada, walau pakai squarespace/wordpress kek, idealnya tetap pakai jasa web designer. User kan tahunya desain enak dilihat & dipakai, nggak peduli belakang kayak apa. Web designer & UX designer penting untuk ngasih "kewarasan" ke kita waktu utak-atik tools "eh pak ini nggak enak dilihat, pak ini nanti user nggak sadar harus klik itu dulu"
>tapi butuh kartu kredit
Pakai kartu debit yang bisa online transaction. Bisa bikin x-card (Jenius) atau spesifik akunnya hanya untuk transaksi tersebut kalau takut kena tagihan gila-gilaan di akhir bulan.
if it expired technically you have no control over it, you can buy it back, or if someone else buys it will change the info.
next time when you buy domain, use something like
they have privacy for free.
Get a cheap VPS from Vultr (I recommend Vultr; you can get like 25gb + 256mb ram for <$5/mo
Buy YourNameHere.com from a DNS provider (I prefer google domains: https://domains.google/ only available in a few countries though)
Make your own website. Apache/Nginx are two popular web servers and you can configure them with PHP support easily. HOW you make the website isn't entirely important. If you wanna set up a wordpress that's fine, or if you wanna do everything from scratch, that's cool too. The content is what matters: put your github projects on it, maybe make a few blog posts to look like you're always actively learning/researching new things.
Also, I see from your resume that you're from the West Coast. Consider applying to jobs in other cities as well, like New York City or Washington, DC. Also consider that there are probably tech companies working for the state government of every capital of the United States, so think about what cities you like or are interested in. Maybe Denver, Seattle (not the capital but whatever), or even Philadelphia. (that is, of course, if you're okay with relocating)
I'm cheap but also picky when it comes to design, so we went with a free WordPress site + RSVPify (which I actually liked better than Wedding Wire's RSVP function--there's much more control!).
However, a custom domain/URL was important--we didn't want to have something long like wordpress.ournameswhicharealsolong.com on the invitations.
So we bought a custom Google domain for $12 and just forwarded traffic to the Wordpress site. Easy and cheap!
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions or need any help :)
Lol. I’m pretty sure it’s not Google but someone using a Google Domains to purchase the domain.
I think my plan is to use Google as the Domain Registrar https://domains.google and they provide free email forwarding and if you forward it to a gmail account then you can send mail from that address as an alias.
Google domains has been fantastic for me. Their interface and management is great, price is a little higher than some others at $18 AUD a year for a .net domain. However for me not having to deal with interfaces and API's from the 90's makes it worth the little extra.
As for hosting, AWS (amazon web services) offers all tiers of plans fairly cheaply, the most basic will set you back less than $5 AUD a month and give you a basic VPS capable of hosting a WordPress site along with 1TB of data that should cover most peoples needs.
https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/projects/wordpress/
https://domains.google/
As I said there is not much for them to get wrong so it doesn't really matter. I quite like google domains or porkbun but the two you mentioned would both be fine.
> Do I have to purchase one from GoDaddy, blue host, or Host Gator?
I'd recommend a more reputable domain registrar like Google Domains. Others have shady practices of increasing the price after the first year or charging for additional services that should be included out of the box (like SSL, DNS, privacy, etc).
The UK registry did not until recently allow you to make your domain WHOIS private.
However, because of GDPR, Whois for UK domains should now be hidden by default. If yours is showing, it's either because you specifically opted in to showing the real info or your registrar doesn't support telling Nominet to hide the information.
I register my domain through google, and this is my whois:
Domain name: MYDOMAIN.co.uk
Data validation: Nominet was not able to match the registrant's name and/or address against a 3rd party source on 21-Mar-2020
Registrar: Google LLC [Tag = GOOGLE] URL: https://domains.google
Relevant dates: Registered on: 03-May-2013 Expiry date: 03-May-2023 Last updated: 21-Mar-2020
Registration status: Registered until expiry date.
Name servers: ns-cloud-c1.googledomains.com ns-cloud-c2.googledomains.com ns-cloud-c3.googledomains.com ns-cloud-c4.googledomains.com
DNSSEC: Signed
Man, I dunno about "free" portfolio sites; you may have to accept them being packed with ads or something. There's a bunch of those web-in-a-box site-builder sites like Wix and so on, check their prices. You also have to purchase a URL (domain name); I've heard that if you purchase it through a sitebuilder, it can be hard to transfer it as they want to keep your business. I 100% recommend that people purchase their URL separately - google domains is a good way to go. It's not expensive, and I think Wix-style sites may be like ten bucks a month for site hosting, haven't looked in ages though. Wordpress (the site, not the freestanding site building code package) may be worth a look too.
idk if it's what you're after, but what i do for my home hosted machine is i buy a .net domain from google domains for $12/year (aka $1/month) and have google route traffic to my real ip address. port forwarding set up in router/modem/ISP. and i hand out an easy to remember wordsnotnumbers.net to would be joiners.
I mean between free and $12 a year for a domain (at google) + free cloudflare service, you should 100% choose the $12 because Cloudflare's firewall rules (so you can block specific regions of the world or require captchas for specific regions/countries) and proxy (masks your real IP) adds more layers of security for yourself.
Not only that, you get a more personalized domain and easy to remember sub domains
I can recommend NameSilo as well, I have good experience with them.
If you compare domain prices too - NameSilo is still cheaper if registering in bulk and also offers free privacy, email forwarding, domain parking, domain defender.
For hosting they have cPanel, WP support, free email - Titan and Gsuite options as well.
I don't have much experience with Google Domains.
I would not recommend it because it is a whole lot of hassle and you have to maintain your server's reputation and make sure its security is never compromised otherwise your server will get put on blacklists and people won't receive your emails. The IP address assigned to it may already be on a blacklist to begin with, so you'd need to spend some time getting it off blacklists (or ask for a different IP) and you can pretty much forget about it if you are doing it from your home. The IP address you use at home is marked as a subscriber line so other email services will know that and won't accept your emails.
Several services online offer catch-all email forwarding, so it's something you could find. Somebody else said they use Google Domains but I don't know for sure if they have catch-all email forwarding or if they just have 100 free forwarding addresses with the DNS registration. Either way, that would be the easiest way to start.
A bit off topic but I wanted to share my setup, it works great for us!
I have an old desktop that runs a couple of things on it and I tasked it with GH as well. I forward port 58888 or whichever one GH uses through my router, can't remember at the moment. I have Dynamic DNS set up on my router and it links with a domain I own on domains.google. Lastly I have a DNS redirect on google so all my players ever have to put in the app is gh."mydomain".net. Makes it super simple!
Och vill du göra det lätt för dig säljer även google domäner. Det bör vara det lättaste alternativet om du vill ha en gmail med ett eget domännamn. Vet dock inte hur deras priser/service jämför med andra tjänster.
google is clear that all TLDs are treated the same and do not impact SEO rankings. This has been their standing since the inception of new TLDs: https://domains.google/learn/how-to-choose-traditional-vs-new-domain-endings/
You have to choose a registrar to register your domain name through. It is more renting than owning. I personally use gandi.net but there are a lot of registrars. Google is probably a pretty easy to use choice. https://domains.google
>Ah. I see what you're saying. I already do that for one address. Should be easy enough to fix everywhere. I thought you meant a full server. Would also solve the problem, but be a mess to set up. I'm going to have some time this week in the evenings. Might be time to shore that up.
if you want an easy setup do it through domains.google , once you have your domain there is a "email" tab, then a "email forwarding" tab. You just have to put in * as a wildcard and fill in the address to send to and you're sorted. It's so so easy.
Typically, when you register a domain, you have the option to setup a business email with that provider (this is extra).
Here's names version: https://www.name.com/email
And here's Googles: https://domains.google/get-started/email/
When you're setting up the admin account in google, they'll ask for an email for login purposes. You can later setup a business email (linked to this domain) to send/receive emails to a professional looking address e.g. . But no, it's just the login you'll use for yourself.
I simple used my first name and last name and instead of using .com as my top-level domain I bought an .dev from Google domains for a tenner a year; you'll need to use a SSL certificate though, more info in this website but it looks more profesional from my point of view.
Go to domains.google, purchase a domain such as https://hihihi33.com (for things like this it's probably better to use something like a .us domain), go to the domains DNS settings and set up a redirect. Paste your discord invite URL into the redirect and (usually instantly) voila, you have a custom url for your server.
Domain gives your website a readable address compare to 155.44.23.1
Now it can be https://example.com
Find a domain provider such as https://domains.google/ or https://www.namecheap.com/
Then you would point it to a server. A server can be either hosted by you or a third party "host" which we can call a "webhost".
How to point it to your server? Your domain provider will give you the configurables to do that on their website.
> Do I rent a server?
You have the option to rent a server, get one for free, or host your own.
> How do I run my app from the server?
Depending on the environment, you can deploy it or upload your app to the server. How to do that is up to you from a old school FTP client or a repository pipeline.
I had this happen to me. Just go to https://domains.google/ and purchase the .info of the domain and pay for the gmail service. Now you have a new email address that looks like an official company email!
Apple.com is registered by CSC Corporate Domains. They then use DigiCert for their SSL certs.
Even Google, who is a registrar themselves, registers google.com from MarkMonitor Inc. They do, however, have their own cert authority, so google.com's cert is issued by Google Trust Services.
They do not come with mail servers, unless you use some sort of managed service like Godaddy which usually has markup.
None of my domains come with mail servers, MX records are used to point to existing servers, like self-hosted, gmail, yahoo, whatever.
Gmail is not a mail client, and you wouldn't point gmail at another mail service.
For a domain to resolve you would need nameservers from your host and then DNS entries for MX to point to your mail servers, like ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
I run numerous domains through Digital Ocean, Netlify, Github Pages, and Heroku, and none of my domains came with mail service unless I wanted to pay additional for mail service through a managed host.
Don't conflate domain names with hosting.
Edit: I buy my domains through https://domains.google/
Good for you man! If you don’t have a domain name and a website yet, I’d highly recommend using the “Google Domains” service. Just go with something simple, easy to spell correctly and ends in .com
Once registered you can setup email forwarding to your email account. Also most free email services allow you to respond on behalf of a secondary email address if you play around in the settings.
Lastly just use a simple web builder like Wix or Square Space when starting out and nothing more than a single page with your business name, list of services and contact information.
I get domains and hosting from separate providers. For the domains I use Google, and for hosting I use Time4VPS. From all the hosting companies I've tried, they have some of the cheapest plans out there, plus they offer additional security features, like SSL certificates (which encrypt all connections), and do backups for like an extra dollar. Overall, it's a good combo for my budget.
What TLD is it? I've moved all of mine over to Google (https://domains.google). I was able to move all but one (due to it being a .sc TLD which relates to my surname, but Google doesn't support) so barely any issues. .com and .co.uk can be moved to Google easily.
When we first created the Domain Name system, we tried to create different Top Level Domains to distinguish different types of entities.
.com was for commercial businesses.
.org was for non-profit organizations.
.net was meant for distributed network systems, such as Usenet.
.int was meant for international programs endorsed by multiple governments.
.edu was meant for educational institutions.
.gov was meant for US Government agencies.
.mil was meant for the US Department of Defense (aka, the military).
At the end of the day, Top Level domains are more or less arbitrary. Eventually, country-coded domains also got added, such as .ca, .uk, and the ones you might not think of as country coded like .fm (Federated States of Micronesia) and .tv (Tuvalu).
Each one is owned and operated by some government agency or company, and they decide who qualifies for the domains, as well as the base cost. For instance, to get a .ca domain, you need to be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, or a Canadian business, or a few other allowances. These requirements were set by the Canadian Government, although day to day management was given to a company created for the purpose called the Canadian Internet Registration Authority. That company then allows resellers like Google or GoDaddy to sell the domain names. CIRA sets the base price, and sellers get to pocket the difference, or lower it as a loss-leader.
Now you can actually buy your own top level domain. The base cost is $185,000 upfront plus $25,000 a year, AND you need to maintain the infrastructure to handle everything. This is why you can go to https://domains.google/ and see a website, since Google has just bought their own domain.
Since this eCommerce, I would go with Shopify. Probably the best upfront already built for you.
Packages are different like $30/month for the basic, which is more than enough to get started.
Google Domains is great. NameCheap.com is another common option.
Very cheap options for both sites.
Direct links here: domains.google and https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/
If you're keeping it simple, then I would look into just hard-coding it and using Netlify to host it. If you just need it to be informational and have content and links, then there's no reason why you need to consider anything more than static hosting. It sounds like you'd fall into the free usage tiers.
For pricing, they're the same price - both $12USD which looks like it comes out to just under $17CAD right now.
Personally, a few reasons. I prefer to have my registrations separated from hosting and infrastructure. Also, the the ease of getting to the Google domains dashboard is just so simple compared to AWS; I'm always logged into my GSuite business account, so if I need to get access to them I can just go directly to domains.google and be one or two clicks away from anything I need to do. It's a non-issue for you, but there's the added benefit of being able to have clients grant admin control while retaining ownership.
You end up with the same basic things, so it really comes down to the QOL features that are important to you.
Definitely never use Bluehost or any EIG-owned company in the future (that includes GoDaddy, Hostgator, among many others.)
If you're comfortable setting things up on your own, AWS or GCP are fantastic options. Digital Ocean is as well, and they're all very affordable.
You will want to first transfer your domains (if they are registered with BHost) - I would recommend transferring them to Google Domains (domains.google) or Cloudflare (cloudflare.com/products/registrar). Both are extremely transparent and do not have any hidden fees or upsells for their domain registrations.
For transferring your sites, you will want to 1) back up your MySQL database and 2) back up your actual site. In terms of getting them back up and running, it is as simple as moving your actual site files over (what you would find in your /var/www/mysite.com directory) to your new host, setting up a new MySQL database with new credentials, importing your database dump to that newly created database, and then updating the database credentials in wp-config.php.
Hope that helps, if you have questions let me know!
Not only is it more expensive (they charge $20 versus Google Domains's $12), but then you either a) have to deal with going through their dashboard to manage your DNS, which can be a pointless hassle if you ever move hosting elsewhere, or b) you end up having to go through the process of transferring your domains to a different registrar, which is a whole separate hassle.
Regarding your concerns with WP - as I said there are better options out there; I say this cautiously, but if you're willing to take the time to learn a little (maybe more than a little, but from really good documentation), I'd really suggest looking into ApostropheCMS. It's front-end WYSIWYG editable (once you have it built, which does require coding), has built in user management and permissions that are crazy easy to set up, and I've actually used it to do some portfolio-similar things fairly easily. It may be beyond the scope of "easy", but if you're willing to learn it it's an amazing platform.
For domains, I suggest using domains.google - they're the most straightforward, full-featured, and do not upsell, and do not have any hidden fees.
For the site, You're going to probably want to look into Squarespace, as much as it pains me to say that. As far as site builders go, they have the best offering.
If you DO want to build your own, you could look into ApostropheCMS, CraftCMS, or Gatsby + a headless CMS like Storyblok or Contentful
For hosting, I would suggest AWS or Netlify.
You should be able to sign up for G Suite directly instead of going through Domain.com, though I'm not sure if there's any special integration which could make it easier.
If you're looking for a domain provider, Google actually has their own registrar at domains.google, but keep in mind it's Google when you're considering support options. It looks like there's chat/phone/email contact but I haven't used it so I can't speak for its quality or reliability.
I'm personally using Namecheap for domain registration (decent option for most people) and NearlyFreeSpeech.NET for web hosting (not recommended unless you're competent with building websites).
Ok, let's back up a bit. You don't have to pay GoDaddy $8/month to have a website with your domain. That's just how much they want you to pay to use their site builder. They provide two things: hosting, and a DNS registrar. When you buy a domain name, you're using them as a registrar. So, you probably bought a domain for ~$12/year or so.
I don't personally use GoDaddy, because I did at one point and it was a miserable experience compared to alternatives. If I were to buy a domain name today, it would be from Google Domains. All they do there is sell you a domain and give you the tools to configure the DNS records. I'm not necessarily suggesting transferring registrars, since you've already bought it from GoDaddy. The transfer process itself is fairly involved. Consider them for future domains though, as it has been great for me.
But you should be able to manage your DNS from GoDaddy without using their sitebuilder or any other features or paying anything more than you paid for the domain. I don't do wordpress so I don't know how to configure it for custom DNS, but I know they support it and I'm sure Google would be helpful in searching out "custom DNS wordpress godaddy" or something to that effect.
If you host with google they offer up to 100 email forwards for free, or you could sign up with g-suite (can do this with your existing registrar) and then you get the entire google suite on your domain for ~$6/month.
They used to offer this for free for up to ~10 users - if you want your own .com email and calendar and gdrive etc then it's still pretty good value but maybe not so much for just email, just putting it out there... (I'm on the free plan for my small company .com and it's very handy)
There are limitless options on how to do this, but I'll be more prescriptive to not overwhelm you with options.
- Buy your domain from Google Domains - $12/year
- Host your site using GitHub Pages - free
Do you need a domain name? I can't quite remember how to set things up, but I know that I set things up using my own domain.
If you need a domain, google domains is a cheap option. DON'T USE GODADDY - they're nothing but trouble.
um, /r/Shalamster , just go to Google and buy the domain you want. https://domains.google/ .
Don't give the domain you want to shady salesmen on the internet, the can register your domain themselves and be big jerks about it.
If you have any other questions, ask ITT. Those who know what they're talking about, and don't rely on taking money from strangers online, should have no problem giving you input for free, non discretely.
> do I need to do anything special with taxes or anything like that?
No. Owning a domain name and having a website has nothing to do with taxes.
>I don’t really know how owning a domain works and I’m just getting confused when I try to google it haha
It's pretty easy, I get all my domains via https://domains.google/, and I use Squarespace for my website platform. There are other options out there too.
It sounds like you might not need an actual website though. That other commenter mentioned Flickr which might be ideal for your needs.
There are countless options. But I'll recommend some specifics to help avoid the decision paralysis.
- Buy a domain from Google Domains
- If it's a small personal project that you just want to share online, host it with GitHub Pages
- If it's a little more serious and you want more room to expand, host it on AWS S3
Yes you can. All those other things GoDaddy is offering is just marketing junk that you can opt-out of. I like https://domains.google/#/?features_activeEl=subdomains because its less scammy looking but you can buy a domain anywhere... just click no a lot until your cart is under $15.
> but don’t all git end in .io
Sure. The .io domain isn't a problem, the problem is that it's something like "username.github.io/projectname", unless it's an organization site, then it's just "organization.github.io". Which is obviously not what you'd want if this were a real production site. The firebase and heroku do something similar; like "something.firebaseapp.com" or something along those lines.
Of course, all of these options allow for you to bring your own Domain Name, if you own one. I buy mine from Google Domains. Each of these places will have instructions on how to configure DNS, so you can change "organization.github.io" to "mydomain.com", assuming you own "mydomain.com".
Most domains cost about $12usd/year. Not sure about .co.uk domains, as I'm in the US and have never looked into them.
Well, as the old saying goes, there's more than one way to skin a cat.
First, you need to buy a domain name. Some services that I'll describe later will let you skip this step, but if you do your site will be something like username.github.io/projectname instead of a custom domain. I prefer to use https://domains.google, but you can use any domain registrar. GoDaddy is probably one of the most well-known, though I don't like using them any more. Usually this won't cost you more than about $15USD/year.
Next, you have to deal with hosting. The "normal" way of doing this is either using shared hosting (cheap) or renting a VPS (virtual private server). The VPS is basically a walled-off server that you rent, and you are responsible for configuring it. Shared hosting usually gives you a website control panel and takes a lot of the freedom away from you, but also vastly simplifies the process.
Now days though, there are other options. If this is just a static HTML/CSS/JS site, you can host it on Github Pages (click the "Project Site" button, then "Start from Scratch" for more information).
There are other options that are similar to this, like Heroku or Firebase hosting.
If you don't want to spend money, and you just want to get the page out there quickly, GH Pages is the way to go.
A good DDNS solution and using an obscure name is not a major security issue. Any machine running on your internal network can run a DDNS update client to push the new IP to your provider.
If you want something snazzier, you can use Google Domains to register a domain and manage the dynamic DNS record for your vpn.
I recommend you move your domain name registration and DNS to a service separate from your hosting. You can use a service like Google Domains https://domains.google to handle everything related to your registration and domain in combination with using Gmail for your email. In the future if you need web hosting again you'll be able to choose a provider without your email being wrapped up in it. Great for situations where you can use AWS s3 as a host.
I do it this way. https://domains.google offers dynamic DNS so you can throw a cheap domain on there and then have your USG's send it DDNS updates. You can also do an " Override inform host with controller hostname/IP " to it on your controller.
Most website registrations are for a year. Look up the website's info at https://domains.google/ then click the whois icon next to the domain (the two people icon). There is a field there label Updated Date with a date ex. 2018-10-16T09:01:49Z. Then just set a calender reminder for one year after that and try to register it at the very next minute.
Read the rest >For example, in the .uk namespace a college or other academic institution would register under the .ac.uk ccSLD, while companies would register under .co.uk.
"Pornhub" is a second level domain under the top level domain "com". If they wanted to they could sell private subdomains like 1.pornhub.com and act like one but they do not.
They are not google, google has their own tld .google and use it to host https://domains.google/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_registration Read up on this and maybe you will understand.
ICANN made it possible for companies to own top level domains like .com or .net
Google registered a couple, including .new, .google, and .app
Every browser should support this by virtue of being a DNS thing, not a browser thing.
For instance https://app.google/ is an actual page.
I have yet to see anyone using a TLD for anything super important. For instance Sky is mostly using them for Intranet stuff I think.
Google is probably the only company I'm aware of that uses the new TLDs publically.
https://Registry.google/ and https://domains.google/ both work.
You are 100% correct - that is true. End result would be that they could send emails. I agree that if this is a serious venture that they explore the option. I personally recommend https://domains.google/ to those that ask for a simple solution.
I use GSuite for all of our Co’s. Almost all of our users are familiar with gmail, and those that aren’t can use outlook or iOS mail client.
Added benefit...natively supported by Quickbooks.
Google Domains says here
> Simple domain management tools > A full set of simple-to-use, robust domain management tools are at your disposal: > > - Set up Dynamic DNS to keep your domain pointing to the same computer even when the IP address changes > - Add and manage resource records: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, SOA, SPF, SRV, TXT > - Use Google Synthetic Records for integration with Google App Engine, subdomain forwarding, and G Suite setup > - Add and manage name servers > - Configure TTL > - Domain locking
They do web forwarding (link), so you can forward directly to a port. So you'd have to use their DDNS service to point a domain or sub-domain to your server ip, AND a web forward to point a different domain or sub-domain to that DDNS address (with port assignment).
I use afraid.org for ddns services to get a mysubdomain.mooo.com subdomain (integrates well with Ubiquiti EdgeMax routers), then the cpanel provided by one of my website's webhosts BlueHost does the web forwarding (from a main domain registered by Namespro.ca) to mysubdomain.mooo.com:PORT/. Looks like any cpanel can do the same thing. If I were to do this from scratch then I'd just let afraid.org handle it all.
How would I go about replying with the [email protected] email, since it was forwarded to my gmail? I'm using domains.google and I haven't found anything useful on it. Thanks.
Gandi.net and NameCheap are both very popular choices. Gandi does free WHOIS protection in case that matters to you.
There is also Google Domains if you don't mind using Google services.
I haven't used the Network Services client portal for domain management since 2010 so it may have improved...but likely not. Their interface was dated, poor usability, and they have some of the highest prices for what is anymore a commodity service. They actually gave GoDaddy a run for thier money in trying to tack on additional services in the checkout process when renewing domains.
Can't speak for GoDaddy, but with Gsuite (Google business), you still have to mess with MX entries in your DNS settings for your domain. Even if you bought the domain straight from https://domains.google
you need your own domain
also you need your own server, and move all posts to say wordpress for example, then you can monetize all the content becouse it belongs to you, not blogspot.com
>i'm using google domains to host my website
No, you aren't, because Google Domains is not a hosting service. It's a domain name registration service. Nowhere in their list of features is hosting included.
What you've actually paid them $12 for is just the address.
You'll need to purchase hosting separately, and then point that address (domain name) to your hosting company's server, and they will in turn send out your files (your site) to whoever comes knocking at that address.
There are tons of cheap hosting services out there...I'd recommend A Small Orange since they're cheap, friendly, and of reasonable quality. For your case, the $5 / month plan is probably going to be sufficient.
Very valid points. I personally recommended Wix because i know Wordpress generally more for blogging but I didn't know about the org/com difference.
I just want to add, though not as famous/popular, Google domains is starting to go on the up-rise. If I recall correctly it's something like 10-15 dollars a Year, which is a fantastic deal really and you can name it whatever, literally, www. whatever. whateverelse (not stopped at com/org/etc. It also allows you to transfer from other sites like Wix and SquareSpace and includes custom email domain.
Taking all in account, we know the others better, but this is Google and could be worth shot, I'm not very familiar with their inclinations but from personal experience I've never had issues so far with any Google service.
Check out https://domains.google/#/
That's a link to google's domain buying. I don't get anything from it. You can buy from any domain registrar though.
The key is to buy a domain for $12 a year, if you can. Sometimes you just need to get a little creative. For example, try adding a descriptive word before your business service. Instead of lawnmowing.com, which would be hard to get, think of bestlawnmowing.com, which would be easier.
There's still a good deal of searching to be done. Good luck.
if you buy/transfer domain to https://domains.google
they protect your privacy for free, everything will be encrypted by google, you need to provide real info to google when buying a domain though.
they are in BETA, the dashboard works really well, needs more features but its getting there.
in google i trust
/u/303onrepeat confused a couple of things. $12/yr is for Google Domains which comes with free forwarding. You can, of course, forward your mail to a gmail address and then add that domain as an "additional email address" you can send mail from within gmail, but Apps for Business is still a separate cost.