Instructions
Step 1
you buy one of their other products such as website hosting or shopping cart technology.
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Register your domain withYahoo for a sliding scale fee. Rates can be lower if you buy packages. If you get a full website with Yahoo, the domain registration is free.
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Register your domain with
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Sign up for free email and URL forwarding when you register your domain with Namecheap. Namecheap also offers domain reactivation, transfer and renewal, and website hosting.
tep 4
Start to create a Web presence by registering your domain with Hostway. You get a site-building tool, control panel, parking page and domain forwarding. Hostway also offers Web hosting, ecommerce solutions and Web design.
Step 5
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You can also register with 1&1. The registration includes marketing and site building tools, domain forwarding and DNS tools. The site offers five free domains if you sign up for a Web hosting package.
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Use Netfirms' registration service. The service includes domain management through a control panel and domain privacy. Complete Web hosting packages are also available.
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Use Netfirms' registration service. The service includes domain management through a control panel and domain privacy. Complete Web hosting packages are also available.
By Meg Jernigan, eHow Contributing Writer
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