Yesterday, I did some work for the co-op that I live in, and got a domain name for our website. It was a lot easier done than I would have thought beforehand, and I am considering getting domain names for the other two blogs I write.
The first thing I had to do is register a domain name with a registrar such as namecheap, godaddy, and others. I chose namecheap, and selected a yearly purchase. Once I had my domain, I had to set up 2 "CNAME" records: The first to send domain references to a specific host, and the second to tell the host which site to access. (That's as good as I can describe the process. I'll have to look it up on a video the next time I do this.)
After setting things up, it took a few minutes for the change to become effective. Now, my co-op shareholders can use www.co-op-name.com and access our website. Yes, I'm still in the middle of things regarding the website. But I'm in the same situation in regard to our co-op's Zoom account.
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Right now, I'm not too worried about the co-op. There are a lot of things that can cause us grief. But the expenditure of $15/year for a domain name and $160/year for a zoom account are not among them. When I'm ready to set up a domain for the travel oriented site I have set up, it'll cost me a lot more than $1.50/month to run the site. I will need to do something more complex than using blogger.com for my site - I will need to learn how to use wordpress to make the site look much more professional than I can with blogger.
Will I set up a domain for this site? Maybe, but only if volume picks up.
