In this Bluehost tutorial video, I'm going to be going over how to buy domain and hosting
from Bluehost step by step from start to finish.
I'll also be providing you with a Bluehost discount so you can save some money on your
Bluehost domain name and web hosting purchase.
You will get up to 73% off Bluehost hosting plus a free domain name.
Let's get started with the Bluehost web hosting tutorial going over how to buy domain and
hosting from Bluehost.
The first thing you want to do to buy domain and hosting from Bluehost is to click the
link in the description below so you can be taken to Bluehost and so you can take advantage
of the Bluehost discount by getting up to 73% off + a free domain name.
The discount is automatically applied.
A little disclosure.
The link is an affiliate link, meaning I'll receive a commission from Bluehost at no extra
cost to you.
Plus you'll get an awesome Bluehost discount.
Once you click the link in the description below you'll be on the Bluehost page.
Click the get started now button.
You'll now be on the Bluehost plans page.
You'll see four different plans you can choose from.
The Basic, Choice Plus, Online Store, and Pro Plan.
You’ll see the Bluehost hosting terms you can choose from are 12 and 36 months.
You’ll get the $2.95 pricing with the 12-month term.
The Basic plan is a great plan if you are going to have just one site.
This plan comes with one website, and 10 GB SSD Storage.
The Choice Plus plan allows unlimited websites and comes with 40 GB SSD Storage.
The Choice Plus plan comes with free domain privacy, free automated backups for 1 year,
and malware scanning.
Domain Privacy protects your personal information from the public and will show Bluehost’s
default contact information instead of yours in the public whois database.
The automated backup will backup your site daily and will allow you to restore your site
to a previous backup with a click of a button in case something happens to it like a website
crash or an editing mistake.
Malware scanning will scan your website for malware on your site and notify you if malware
is found.
The Online Store plan comes with unlimited websites, 100 GB SSD Storage, and everything
the Choice Plus plan comes with.
This plan is good if you are going to have an online store as it comes with a bunch of
extras like an exclusive store theme, store analytics, and $450 worth of e-Commerce plugins
for your online store like unlimited products, secure online payments, bookings and appointments,
shipping labels, product search and filtering, gift cards, wishlist, and customer account
creation.
Something I want to note is you can have an e-Commerce site with the Basic, Choice Plus,
or Pro plan as well.
You just won’t get the extra e-Commerce features the Bluehost online store plan provides.
The Pro plan comes with unlimited websites, 100 GB SSD Storage, and features such as the
domain privacy, daily backups, and malware scanning.
The Pro plan also includes a free dedicated IP and optimized CPU resources.
With a dedicated IP instead of your site sharing the same IP address with others, you’ll
have your own IP.
Optimized CPU resources is good for high-traffic sites or resource heavy sites.
The Pro plan provides more speed and power for your site.
For most, the basic, choice plus, or online store plan is what you’d want to choose
from.
You can always upgrade to the Pro plan as your site traffic grows to a high volume.
I’m going to choose the Basic plan for this tutorial.
Once you decide on a plan to choose click the select button.
You’ll now be on the domain page where you can choose your free domain name for your
site.
You can type in and search available domains under the create a new domain.
If you already own a domain name you can enter it in where it says use a domain you own.
If you can’t decide on a domain name you can click the create my domain later link
and you can choose your free domain name at a later date in the Bluehost dashboard.
Click next to proceed to the next step.
You’ll now be on the create your account page.
You now want to input your account information.
Next, is the package information section.
You’ll see domain registration free as well as the Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate being
free.
Next, is the Bluehost package extras section.
What you see here can vary on the plan you chose as some plans come with some of these,
or if you didn't choose a free domain name Domain Privacy won’t show.
All of these Bluehost package extras are completely optional and up to you whether you want any
of them or not.
First is Domain Privacy + Protection.
I do recommend domain privacy + protection as it'll keep your personal information private
so that spammers and telemarketers won't have access to your personal information and contact
you by phone and email with offers of their services.
When you register a domain name no matter what company you choose the domain goes into
the public whois database as domain names are regulated.
If you select domain privacy + protection it'll show Bluehost’s default contact information
instead of yours.
Highly recommend domain privacy + protection.
Next, is Site Backup which is Codeguard Basic.
This will backup your site daily and you can restore your site to a previous backup with
a click of a button with their one-click restore.
An example of where this package extra can be good is if your site gets hacked into or
you mess something up while creating it, or editing it you can restore it to the version
right before whatever happened took place and everything will be back to normal.
The next addon is Yoast SEO Premium.
Yoast is the #1 WordPress plugin for SEO.
Something I want to note is Yoast SEO is a free plugin you can download in WordPress.
Yoast SEO Premium comes with additional features such as full access to Yoast SEO academy that
helps you learn about SEO, 24/7 Premium support, it’ll save time and spot ranking opportunities
with Yoast SEO workouts, prevent your visitors from ending up on dead links, content quality
and link suggestions as you write your content, you can view your blog posts as they would
show on search engines and social media posts to help you optimize better.
In my opinion, the Yoast SEO free version is all you need as it is super helpful in
guiding you to optimize your site for SEO.
Next, you’ll see Single Domain SSL.
Bluehost does come with a free SSL Certificate for your site so this add-on isn't necessary
unless you want to upgrade to a Positive SSL Certificate which will allow you to show a
site security badge on your site if you'd like and with the positive SSL Certificate
you'll have a $10,000 limited guarantee warranty by Comodo which protects your customers.
Next, you will see Sitelock Security Essentials.
This add-on checks your website daily for malware and protects your site from hackers
and malicious attacks.
It will notify you if your site has been hacked into and malicious code has been placed into
it.
Sitelock Essentials also removes malware automatically.
This add-on can be beneficial and give you peace of mind if your site were to get hacked
into and malware is placed on it.
It isn’t necessary though.
The next add-on is Google Workspace Business Starter.
This package extra provides you with an email address ending in your domain name along with
other features provided by Google workspace such as Gmail, calendar, chat, cloud storage
with drive, video conferencing with meet, and many more Google workspace features.
I do want to note that Bluehost does come with free email addresses ending in your domain
name so this add-on isn't necessary unless you really want to utilize all the added features
with Google workspace.
Next, enter your payment information in and click the submit button.
Bluehost will now email you your Bluehost receipt.
You are now directed to a page where you can create your Bluehost account so you can login
to the Bluehost dashboard where you can begin in building your site.
Click the create your password button.
Enter a password to be used for logging into Bluehost.
Accept the terms and conditions.
Click the create account button.
Your Bluehost account has now been created.
You can now begin creating your website with Bluehost web hosting.
That is my Bluehost tutorial on how to buy domain and hosting from Bluehost.
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