How to Register a Domain with Name Cheap

When I started building my online presence, I knew that I had to research before making certain essential decisions. After all, this was business and a wrong step could affect me a lot in the future. So I researched domain registrars and found that most entrepreneurs were singing praises about Namecheap.
I also saw many people frustrated with other places.

I’ve been using Namecheap for many years now and am very happy with their customer service. It’s where I recommend everyone to buy their domains from.


This post contains step by step instructions for you to be guided throughout the process of registering your domain name.

This tutorial is based on adding funds to your account through Paypal. (I believe this is always the safest route.)
There are other payment options, and the screenshots here will help you regardless of the venue that you choose.

The first thing that you will need to do is get an account at Namecheap. If you’ve never gotten one there, here’s a link for you to do so. Once you have an account, you’ll need to log in to buy your domain.

The login link is at the top right hand corner of the Namecheap website. Once you click that link, it will take you to a page like the one below. Simply fill in the form with your username and password. (You made these when you created an account.)

Once you login, it will take you to your home page.
On the left side you will see a list of your domain names and other important information. On the right side you can see the funds in your account. Click the link that says Add Funds to your account:

Once you click that link, it will take you a page like the image below. Click the link that says Add Funds Using PayPal.

You will then be directed to a page where you’ll need to write out how much money you want to add to your funds. I decided to add $11 dollars.

Make sure that the information in your billing address is correct then click Proceed to PayPal.

Since I’m from Brazil, the next screenshot is in Portuguese (sorry about that). But it will give you a notion of what your screen will look like.
Fill in your PayPal information with your email and password and verify that the amount that you are wanting to add is correct and click Enter.

The next page you get to will look similar to this.
Click Pay Now.

The next page will be thanking you for the order and there will be a link that says Return to UnifiedRegistrar. Click that link to go back to Namecheap now that you have added funds to your account.

Now when you get back to your home page on Namecheap, you will be able to verify to the right that the funds were added to your account. In my case.. I had 26 cents before I added the $11 dollars. So after adding funds, I had $11,26 as you can see in the screenshot.

Now that the funds are added to your account, you can register a domain name. To do this, mouse over the top left tab that says domains then click on Register a Domain.

In this next window you will be able to type in the domain name that you want to purchase and click Search.

Namecheap will then tell you if the domain is available or not and with which extensions. I usually only buy the .com. (There are a variety of reasons for this.. but too many to explain in this post.)

So find the domain that you want and check the box next to it then click Add to Cart.

Now you need to choose for how many years you will want this domain.. 1 year, 2 or 3? It all depends on many factors. In this specific case I chose one year.
To the right, you will see a little box that says coupon code. You want to search for the current months coupon code and add it to the box then click Apply.
Since I bought this domain October of 2011, I put the code OCTOBERFEST into that box. You can find coupon codes by doing a quick search on Google.

When you apply the code you will notice that the amount you will have to pay will get a small discount. After you’ve verified all of the information you can click Express Checkout.

In this next window, you’ll have 3 payment options:
Pay with funds, Pay with Credit Card, and Pay with PayPal.
Since you have already added funds to your account,
simply click Pay with Funds.

You will now be directed to a page with your order summary that looks like this. On the right hand side you will find a link that says download as PDF. I always do that to backup the information on my hard drive. Make sure to save it in a folder that you will find later on.

Now, just to make sure that your domain is purchased, mouse over the right hand corner where you see My account and click on Manage Domains.

This is the page where your domains are and where you can manage all kinds of settings for them.
As soon as you find your new domain, you’re all set to go .

I hope this tutorial has helped you get through registering a new domain. If you ever forget the steps or just want a clear view on what you’re doing you can always bookmark this page come back later (hint hint ).

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Blessings always ♥ ,

Eren Mckay

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