It's very common for people to reserve domain names early without any intention of setting up a Web site — yet. It's a smart move because for some people it's big business buying and selling domain names that other people desperately want. This is called 'cybersquatting'. Someone will buy a bunch of domain names they neither want nor need,knowing full well that at some point in time, some business named Realty Specialists Now! will want the domain realtyspecialistsnow.com and pony up a few hundred or a few thousand dollars for it.
Anyhow, that's a little background.
But here we are. You've already got a domain name, and now you want to figure out what to do with it.
You have two options:
- Go with the Web host your domain is currently reserved at.
- Go with a different Web host.
Neither option is right or wrong. If the site where your domain is registered offers Web hosting options at the normal price, you might just want to stick with them. If some other company has a good discount going, you might go with them.
If you do decide to go with a different company, however, you'll need to do something with your DNS, or Domain Name System. Your DNS is a set up numbers that will point to your Web site files on your host. If, for example, I have a domain name at GoDaddy.com, but a Web host package at Host Gator, I'll need to update my DNS information on GoDaddy.com to point to the Host Gator server where my site is.
Your domain registrant will have this information on how to point your DNS to your new Web Host.
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