Hey guys, it's Greg,
and today's video is going to break down,
how to use a Google domain on a Wix website.
So, I'm just gonna minimize this,
and let's jump into the computer and talk about it.
So, with every Wix website,
you're able to connect your domain.
What this means is, you can purchase a website domain
the website name that goes up top here,
and it will no longer be
Wix dot website slash whatever your user name is,
which is really unprofessional.
So, being able to connect the domain is great,
and you get that with every single plan on Wix.
The issue is the Wix free domain for a year.
So, as you see, the five dollar plan doesn't come with it,
but the $11 and up plans,
they come with a free domain for a year.
Now, why should you stay away from this?
What that means is, you're going to purchase the domain through Wix,
and you won't be charged for the first year, it'll be free,
but the next year, you'll be charged like forty or sixty dollars,
and then, every year going forward,
it'll be 40 or 60 bucks a year, just to keep that domain name.
Now, What's the problem with that?
Well, domain names don't cost forty or sixty dollars.
If you use Google domains,
it's like twelve bucks for the year, every year.
So, you're paying a dollar a month, If you do it through here,
it's gonna be free the first year.
You're gonna be building your website
and your company that first year, and then, come the second year round.
You're really gonna need that website domain name,
because everyone's gonna know about it,
and everyone's gonna be going to that.
So, you're gonna be forced to pay 40 or 60 bucks a year, going forward.
You're basically locked in.
So, using Google domains,
it takes about three clicks to link up that domain to the website.
You can do that starting all the way at the five-dollar website,
you can connect your domain.
So, you can do Google domains for any of these plans here,
even the business ones, you can do it as well.
So what is Google domains?
So, you go to domains.google,
and that's just it, not even dot com. domains.google
and it'll bring you right here, and you can search for domains,
and 99% of them are $12 a year.
If it's a premium domain name, a really popular name,
it is more expensive, like 30 bucks or 60 bucks a year,
but chances are, your website will just be $12 a year.
So, all you do here is just type in
what you want your domain name to be,
and it'll give you all the options that are available.
So, if we're doing 'Eastend Cafe,'
I'm just thinking randomly of what a business could be,
and it'll tell you what's available and what's not available,
and with different endings you can use?
So, as you can see here, Eastend Cafe is taken.
So, it'll say, not available here, you can't get it.
You can see who owns it.
You can contact them and try to buy if you really want it,
but it gives you all the different options as well.
So, you've got eastend.cafe, $40 a year.
So, that is a more expensive one.
eastendcafe.net, twelve bucks a year.
See, most of these are $12 a year.
If it's something that's really popular, like I said,
you'll be paying more.
'After market' means, it's probably from GoDaddy,
or something like that,
that someone owns it, and they're reselling it.
But this is where you'll come in, and you can switch to all endings.
So, it'll give you not just the dot com, dot org, the popular ones,
but it would give you, literally, everything.
You could do eastendcafe.co, dot org, dot us, whatever you want here.
But this is what you'll do,
and then, if you really don't see one that you like here,
you can just,
I'm just gonna do, for example, Eastend Cafe, Miami,
and now, that's available.
So, you just have to keep playing with it.
So, then, once you purchase it through Google, that's twelve dollars,
you can turn auto-renew on or off
if you want to be billed automatically for that twelve dollars a year,
and then, all you'll do is, once your website's ready on Wix,
you can just connect it. It's like three clicks.
There's just a prompt on Wix that says, connect your domain,
select 'I already own my domain,' not 'purchase the free one for the year,'
and it's a couple of clicks, and you have your website connected.
So, when someone types in Eastend Cafe Miami,
it'll go right to your Wix website,
and I'll say nothing about Wix, and you will be all set.
So, if you guys liked this video,
if it helps you, and you want to go on to make your own Wix website,
I've got my Wix referral link in the description.
if you want to use that, I really appreciate it.
If you want to make your site down the road with Wix,
it gives me a small commission and everything remains the same for you.
So, if I brought value to you in this video,
and you liked it, I appreciate using the referral link.
If not, just go to Wix.com,
and the other thing is,
if you need help making your Wix website,
I put together a 48-minute tutorial on another YouTube video,
and it should walk you through signing up on Wix,
all the way, basically, to getting to publishing your website.
So, I'll link that one in the description as well,
so, you can check that out, watch that video.
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Take care.