How To Transfer The DNS To Your Server

How to transfer the DNS to your server, also called “Updating The DNS”, is something you’ll need to learn so you can repeat the process as your arsenal of domain names slowly grows. If you’re not familiar with the term DNS it simply stands for “Domain Name Server”.

I’m assuming you took my advice and grabbed your domain name from GoDaddy and a hosting account from HostGator. Well, to be honest with you if you’re looking to save money and quality customer service isn’t important at this time then you can go with whatever company you like just make sure the hosting company has cPanel.

Within cPanel there is a feature called Fantastico and it will install a WordPress blog in a few simple steps. If you don’t have Fantastico available then you’ll have to build the database manually and unfortunately that’s outside the scope of this post… not to mention a royal pain in the butt cheeks!

Now back to updating the DNS on the site you purchased your domain name so it points to your server. Below is a screen capture of my GoDaddy account.

When you sign up for a HostGator account the name servers will either be sent to you and/or made available within your HostGator account.

The reason why I suggest HostGator is because of their awesome customer service and cheap hosting plans for those on a shoe-string budget. Once you begin to generate an income from your WordPress blog then you can either update to a more exclusive package within HostGator or transfer your domains to a private server, which I’ve done. But believe it or not, I’m actually in the process of cancelling my private hosting service and going back to HostGator. The customer support with the service I’m using now sucks. It’s as if I gave my money to shady guy in a dark back alley and now he’s nowhere to be found…

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