In this Namecheap tutorial video, I'm going to be going over how to buy domain and hosting
from Namecheap step by step from start to finish.
You’ll see the discounted amount for Namecheap hosting for the 1st year or you’ll get the
best discounted price with the 2 year term.
Plus you’ll get a free domain name that includes free domain privacy on annual plans.
I’ve provided the link to Namecheap in the description below so you can easily follow
along with me in this quick and easy Namecheap tutorial.
A little disclosure.
The link is an affiliate link, meaning I'll receive a commission from Namecheap at no
extra cost to you.
Let's get started with the Namecheap tutorial going over how to buy domain name and hosting
from Namecheap.
If you haven’t already feel free to click the link in the description below to be taken
to Namecheap.
You’ll be on the Namecheap shared hosting plans page.
You’ll see three different plans you can choose from.
The Stellar, Stellar Plus, and Steller Business plan.
You’ll see the billing cycle is set to yearly by default.
If you click this you can change the term to monthly, yearly, or every 2 years.
The monthly plans you won’t receive a discounted price and the free domain name and domain
privacy isn’t included.
The yearly term you’ll get a great Namecheap discount.
The 2 year term you’ll save the most money on your Namecheap hosting purchase.
If you click data center location you can choose the data center you want.
You can choose between US, UK, and EU.
The cost of the plans will vary depending on the data center you choose.
Here’s the UK pricing for the 2 year term, and EU pricing for the 2 year term.
I’m going to select the US data center.
Now let’s go over the Namecheap plans.
The Stellar plan you’ll get a free domain name and free domain privacy if going with
an annual term.
It includes 3 websites, 20 GB SSD Storage, and 30 domain-based mailboxes.
The Stellar Plus plan you’ll receive a free domain name and domain privacy if going with
an annual term.
This plan comes with unlimited websites, unmetered SSD, unlimited domain based mailboxes, and
autobackup.
The Stellar Business plan comes with a free domain name and domain privacy if going with
an annual term.
This plan comes with unlimited websites, 50 GB SSD storage, unlimited domain based mailboxes,
and autobackup and cloud storage.
Click the get started button on the plan you want to select.
I’ll choose the Stellar plan for this tutorial.
You’ll now be on the domain name connection page.
You can select new domain name or existing domain name if you already have one.
I’m going to select new domain name.
Scroll down to the find a domain name.
Enter in the domain name that you’d like to have.
Once you type it in it’ll begin checking to see if that domain is available.
If it’s available you’ll see the green check mark and your domain showing green.
You can scroll through the domain extensions if you’d like.
You’ll notice it’ll give you lots of domain extensions for free.
You won’t receive top level domain extensions like .com, .net, . org and more for free.
You’ll see on my .com domain the cost for the year.
I’ve included a domain promo code you can enter at checkout with the link in the description
to save you more money than the price you see here.
We’ll be entering that promo code in the next section.
Go ahead and click connect to hosting to proceed.
You’ll see the new domain name and the price.
You’ll see the total amount for your Namecheap purchase.
Click the add to cart button.
You’ll see the promo code section over to the right.
Enter the promo code I’ve included in the description with the link.
Click apply.
You’ll see a notification show up here at the top.
You’ll just need to create a free Namecheap account to use the promo code.
I’m going to click create a free account.
Input the information you’d like.
Click create account and continue.
Paste the promo code.
Click apply.
You’ll now see the discounted amount showing.
Click confirm order to proceed.
Next, you can change the term for your domain name if you’d like.
If you click 1 year you can select how many years you want to purchase your domain name
for.
Next to it, you can toggle on auto-renew if you’d like so that the domain auto-renews
at the end of the term.
You’ll see domain privacy being enabled.
I recommend keeping this enabled as it keeps your personal information private and secure
so that spammers and telemarketers don’t get a hold of your personal information and
start calling you and emailing you about offers or their services.
This comes free.
You can toggle auto-renew to on if you’d like.
Next, you’ll see Premium DNS.
You can choose to enable this or not.
This is an extra cost.
Premium DNS delivers 100% DNS uptime and DDoS protection with ultra-fast DNS responses worldwide.
Next, if you click 1 year you can change the term for your Namecheap hosting.
You can toggle auto-renew on or off.
If you scroll down to improve your site you’ll see some Namecheap extras.
All of these are completely optional and up to you whether you want any of them.
Let’s start with the first one the SSL.
Namecheap does come with a free let’s encrypt SSL Certificate for your site so this add-on
is if you want to purchase an SSL Certificate from them.
You’ll get the SEO boost with the free let’s encrypt SSL Certificate.
Next, is VPN.
VPN will protect your privacy and you can browse the web fast and secure.
You can unblock websites that might be blocked in your country and gain internet freedom.
The WordPress hosting is if you want to use Namecheap’s WordPress hosting for your site.
It costs more than the Namecheap shared hosting price.
You can launch and host your WordPress site in less than 30 seconds with it instead of
installing it with the one-click WordPress install.
Business Email is email ending in your domain name.
You’ll get free email accounts with the Stellar plan and unlimited with the Stellar
Plus and Stellar Business.
This isn’t necessary unless you need more than the 30 that the Stellar plan comes with.
The website builder is included free so this is automatically added.
Premium DNS will give you 100% uptime guarantee, faster DNS speeds for website speed and it
secures your domain and closes any security gaps.
You won’t have to worry about data leaks and lost connections of your site with this
add-on.
Lastly, Social Media Manager.
This will allow you to post, reply, or share on social media platforms in seconds in one
place.
Click the confirm order button when you are ready to proceed.
You’ll now want to login if you already have a Namecheap account or create an account
over to the right.
Click the create account and continue button to proceed.
Next, you want to enter your payment information in.
You can pay via card by entering your card information in.
You can select Paypal or account funds.
You can make a payment via Bitcoin with account funds.
if you click account funds.
This notice that shows up you can click add funds.
You just want to be logged in with the login details you used for creating your Namecheap
account.
You can then add funds via card, PayPal, or Bitcoin.
Scroll down and it’ll list out the receipt details.
You can select the dropdown if you need to change this.
Scroll down and you’ll see the renewal settings for your purchase.
You can select or un-select how you want too.
When you are done click the continue button to complete your Namecheap purchase.
You’ll now receive a receipt for your Namecheap domain and hosting purchase.
You’ve successfully purchased Namecheap hosting.
That is my Namecheap tutorial on how to buy a domain name and hosting from Namecheap.
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