To add a new domain name to your account:
- Select Add New Domain in the Domain Settings
menu:
- Choose the type of domain you want to register.
You can choose out of the following options:
Creating Standard Domains
To create a new standard domain (.com, .net, .org, etc.),
enter your desired domain name into the field in the first
form omitting the www part:
To its right, select the top level domain: .com, org,
.net, etc., then enter your contact and billing
information. Based on these data, the system generates a
domain registration request and submits it to the domain
registration company.
Transferring Existing Domains or Registering
Nonstandard Domains
To transfer an existing domain or register a nonstandard
domain with your account, use the second form:
If you are creating a regional domain (e.g.
your_domain.uk) or would like to use a different domain
registration company, no automation is provided. Thus, first
you need to make sure that you have a valid domain name.
Enter it into the lower box, omitting the www. part.
Following the registration you will get an e-mail
notification with the information to send to your domain
name registration company. They will make appropriate
changes on the root DNS servers, and within a couple of days
your domain will be accessible at the new IP address. In the
meantime, your site will be available by the instant domain
alias.
Domain registration is a standard procedure. First, you
purchase a domain name from a domain registration company.
Second, you register this domain name with your web-hosting
provider and get your new IP address. Third, you send this
IP address to your domain registration company, where it is
set as the IP address for your domain name. It is only then
that your site becomes available to all Internet community.
This is true both of standard and nonstandard domains. In
case of standard domain names, however, the registration
process is automated.
Creating Domains Based on Your Provider's
Domain Names (Third Level Domains)
Third level domains are registered on your provider's DNS
server. You don't need to register a third level domain with
a domain registration company. If you choose to create a
third level domain, it will contain your provider's domain
name. E.g. if your provider's domain name is
besthosting.com, and the third level domain you are
registering is mythirdlevel, the fully qualified
domain name would be mythirdlevel.besthosting.com.
Third level domain registration is available only if it is
allowed under the selected plan. Functionally, third level
domains have same features as second level domains.
To register a third level domain name, enter the desired
domain name in the Domain name field. From the box on
the right, select provider's domain name where you would
like to create the third level domain:
Hosting Sites Without Domain Names
You can also host sites without domain names (the so-called
stop-gap domains). When you create a stopgap domain, you get
no DNS zone, and you cannot use e-mail service. However, you
will be able to access and manage your site using the
instant domain alias you get at signup.
Stopgap domains support web site management and FTP
services. Also, you can have IP-only access if you get a
dedicated IP.
To create a stopgap domain, just click the Submit
button in the Stopgap domain registration form:
Parking External Domains
This feature allows you to use H-Sphere DNS server to map
IPs to domain names serviced and hosted on other servers
(not those of H-Sphere). In this case, a DNS zone is created
with a custom DNS A record for the domain name and its IP is
entered in the form below:
Creating Accounts Without Domains
At signup, you can create an account without any domain. If
you choose this option, your account won't have the
following:
- Disk space and account on the web server
- FTP
- DNS zone
- Virtual and Anonymous FTP
- Mail service
- ODBC support
You can create a domain to this account later in the
future.
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