Creating a website for your business can be easily done with just a few clicks of a mouse. When you use the Elementor Page Builder plugin, you can create a stunning high quality professional-looking website without ever having to pay a website developer one single penny. You can get the Elementor Page Builder plugin right here.
As I have stated on previous tutorials, you can get your first month with Hostgator for a penny, just click on the banner below. This is the best deal on the Internet planet. I also recommend going with the baby plan because you can create multiple websites and it does not cost that much more. You can find that blog post here. You will also find on this page how to register your domain name if you have not done so already.
When registering your domain name, I highly suggest you register at a domain registrar such as Name Cheap or GoDaddy.
DO NOT register your domain name with Hostgator or any web hosting company for that matter. Here’s why,
When you set up hosting for a website, you can also register your domain through your host (most of the time). For a lot of people, keeping all your website information in the same place sounds like a good idea.
You only have to keep up with one set of login information,, passwords, and you know that your host’s technical support staff will make sure everything is configured correctly.
However, you also have the option to register your domain elsewhere and simply point it to your host. This is what I strongly recommend for a number of reasons.
Keep your domain in one place. If you no longer want to host your website with Hostgator, and decide to move your site, you’ll also probably want to transfer your domain if it’s registered with Hostgator or whichever web hosting company you chose.
Domain transfers can be annoying, time-consuming, and confusing. But if you’ve registered the domain elsewhere, you don’t have to do anything except update your DNS settings to point to the new host.
Register all your domains together. You might be thinking, But I only have one website! That may be true, but for many online marketers, we own multiple websites because often times we are involved in different niches.
For example, I own 5 domains right now. If I need to manage them, like when I transferred all my files to my new servers, I can just go to my registrar and mass update the DNS settings.
Added security. A few years ago, a fellow marketer’s website got hacked. Not only did the hackers destroy his site, but they also transferred his domain away from his web host and took it over.
It took months of agony and frustration for him to prove ownership and get everything back. When your domains are separate, even if someone gets access to your files, your domains are safe (assuming you aren’t using the same login and password).
So in the video where Tyler is registering his new domain name with Hostagtor, don’t do that. Click on the tab where it says I already own this domain because you already purchased it from Namecheap. Just signup for the web hosting and skip all of the upsells if you don’t want any of them.
As you can see creating a website for your business does not have to be a daunting task. It can be an adventurous and fun learning experience.