Naming Strategies, Domain Name Registration & DNS
Now that we've talked about the WHERE, WHEN, and HOW, let's do it! In this video, we'll get started by developing a naming strategy for our domain name as well as for our social media handles. Then we'll purchase our Domain Name and point it towards our Hosting Provider... which we will talk about in the next video.
Naming Strategies
-
.com
if possible -
.tv
is widely used -
.church
is now available
Check Name online
Options
- NameCheap.com (My Recommendation)
- GoDaddy
- Network Solutions
- Google Domains
- Many others…
Affiliate Link: https://www.namecheap.com/
Setting Up Your DNS Name Servers
You need to change your nameservers at Namecheap or at your domain name provider to the following three nameservers:
ns1.digitalocean.com.ns2.digitalocean.com.ns3.digitalocean.com.
If you didn't set up your domain name through Namecheap, you can read this article in order to see how to do so from your registrar: Digital Ocean - How to point to DigitalOcean Nameservers