You have your domain name, so now you need to set up your hosting account. Signing up for hosting is a pretty quick step.

I actually have Bluehost.com for my hosting, but many of Alex Jeffrey’s students are using HostGator.com and I’ve heard nothing but good things about it.

I actually signed up for a hosting account a year ago when I first learned what internet marketing was. I thought I could jump in and set up a website first thing so I signed up for 2 years of hosting. Big mistake.

Anyhow, I ended up frustrated because I had no clue what I was doing at the time and my hosting account sat dormant for the last year up until now. Since I  have now learned how to set up my own Wordpress blog I’m finally using what I paid for …. at least what’s left of it.

I haven’t had any problems with Bluehost so far, but I’m going to show how to sign up with HostGator since so many people have been recommending them. They offer unlimited websites and unlimited disk space so you can set up as many blogs as you wish under one plan.

How To Set Up An Account With HostGator.com

First you want to go to HostGator.com. They offer a coupon on their homepage so be sure that you write that down. Right now it looks like the coupon code is “Beach” and it gives you 20% off your initial order.  Once you have the code written down click on Sign Up Now.

Since you already have your domain name you want to select “I will use My Existing Domain and update My Nameservers only.”

Then enter your domain name in the box
below and click Next.

Now you select your plan. With HostGator.com you can either sign up for the monthly plan at $9.95 per month or you can pay up front for 6 months, 1 year, 2 years or 3 years. The biggest savings is with the 3 year plan, but if you are just starting out I recommend just going monthly to begin with. Most people generally start with monthly plans.

Don’t forget to add in your coupon code here with will give you 20% off your first month. Then click Calculate Totals.

On this next page you will see your total order and how much you will pay for your
first month. Make sure you have “I am a new customer” checked and then click on Continue.

Now is the last page of the ordering process. Fill out all of your details and payment information and click Verify My Order at the bottom.

That’s it! You now have your own hosting with HostGator.com.

Next post we’ll talk about
transferring you domain name to your new host.

If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment or
contact me directly.

Thanks again for visiting and I’ll see you at the next post!