Network Solutions may easily the best hosting company around because they are extremely reliable (99.9% Unix uptime), are a trusted name, and have award-winning customer support. In addition, their hosting prices are very low and they have a number of packages to suit your needs as well as your budget. If you’ve decided to start a website and have it hosted on Network Solutions, here is a step-by-step guide showing you just how easy it is to start your website in 7 easy steps.
Step 1: Get Online
Go To networksolutions.com and click on ‘Get Website Hosting’. Easy enough, right? The ‘Get Website Hosting’ link will be right in the middle of the page.
Step 2: Select A Package
You will be given the option of three different service packages and pricing plans. Small is the cheapest, at about $6.64/month, and it comes with 300 gigs of storage space and 3,000 gigs of bandwidth. The Large package costs around $8.86/month and gives you 500 gigs of storage and 5,000 gigs of bandwidth. If you need a lot of storage or bandwidth, you can choose the Unlimited package for $19.42 and get unlimited storage and bandwidth. (*prices shown are as of the writing of this post)
Step 3: Pick Your Domain
After you select your hosting package, you will be brought to a page which has a tool to help you search for your domain name. You should put some thought into what you want to use as a domain name (having a good domain is important.) Once you’ve decided on your domain, type it into the white box and you will be informed of whether it is free or taken. Once you’ve found a free domain you can add that domain to your order and move on to the next step.
Step 4: Protect Your Domain
Next you will be given the option to register additional domain extensions with your domain name at a discounted rate, protecting your domain name and/or brand name. For example if your domain is letspartybuds.com you will be able to register letspartybuds.net and letspartybuds.org for around 40% off of the normal price.
Step 5: Select A Platform For Your Hosting
Network Solutions offers you the choice of Unix of Windows as a platform. Note: Just because you use Windows on your computer does NOT mean you need to choose Windows as a hosting platform. I recommend Unix, it tends to be more reliable and you will get access to 1-click WordPress blog installation.
Step 6: Choose Your Service Terms
Here’s where you get to really customize your hosting package. You will be given an opportunity to adjust the service term for your domain name and hosting package. The longer term you select, the more you save, so if you think your site is going to be around for a few years, I recommend you select a longer service term.
Step 7: Check Out and You’re Done!
You can pay with a credit card on the Network Solutions site or through PayPal, and you are finished.
If you’ve made it this far, then congratulations! They also offer e-commerce solutions, additional web design, and more to complete your online presence. You are all set with your domain and hosting package from Network Solutions.
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