The first thing you need to do is figure out what your “.com” website is going to be.
Our .com, or domain name, or even called URL, is HowtoCreateaWebsiteOnline.com and we had to pay for it. We had to buy the URL name and then buy hosting for it which we will get into later in this article.
Ok, so you need to come up with a .com name of your own that isn’t already taken.
Every single hosting company I know has some sort of feature included that let’s you type in the URL name that you want and then see if it is still available.
Unfortunately, it is already the year 2024 and millions of .com names have been taken already.
Don’t worry, their are still plenty of names to chose from if you add a little creativity.
Make sure your .com is related to what you are going to be talking about or else it won’t make much sense and the search engines might hinder your SEO ranking because of it.
If their is a domain name that you really want but it’s taken, go to that website and see if anything even exists on there. Unfortunately, their is a market for people just buying .com names and then trying to make money off them.
Like I said, if you desperately want that specific .com name you might be able to contact the person who owns it and buy it off them but expect to be a hefty price.
Once you found the “.com” name that you want and it’s available then your going to want to find a company to buy the domain name from and to host your website.
We suggest that you buy the .com name with the same company your hosting with because you will most likely get a better deal and you will have an easier time during the initial set up.
Let’s group everything we just mentioned in a set of steps to make it easier for you.