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To create a website, you only need two things: a domain name and web hosting. On average these costs
are very low. Domain name registration generally costs $10 per year and web hosting typically costs anywhere from $5 to $20 a month.
You want to have your domain name to give your site a professional feel. For example, www.GetRich.com looks
much better than Facebook.com/GetRich or GetRich.blogspot.com.
When you buy a domain name, you probably won't get your first pick. Keep searching and make sure you get a good
website name. When you're ready to buy a domain, the charge will only be $10 for dot coms at most places although some sites charge more.
You can get a dot com domain name for $8.99 and a dot net for $7.99 at this domain registrar.
When buying a web address, you may have a few questions if you haven't registered a domain before. First,
whois privacy protects your personal information (first and last name, physical address, email address, and phone number) from being available to the general public.
If privacy is a concern for you, you may want to purchase whois privacy with your name. Also, you will encounter several domain extension options
to use for your domain name such as .net, .info, .org, and .biz. For most commercial sites, you generally want to buy a .net or .com domain name.
One domain name tip from the pros is to get a website name with your website's keywords somewhere in the address. For example, this site provides
information on how to get rich so I used howtogetrich in my domain name. Because .com and .net were taken, I choose to buy the .cc extension.
After you have a domain name, the only other thing you will need is web hosting. A web host is what
puts the website on the Internet by uploading files under the domain name at your web host. To learn exactly how
to build a website with your domain name, read the web hosting page.
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