One of the most important tools you will need as a self published author is your own official website.  Creating your very own official website gives an online address where you and information on your book can be found.

Creating your own website is very simple.  You will want to create your own website before you even complete writing your book.  By having your own website created, you can let the world know that your book is on it’s way.

The first thing you will need to do is go to GoDaddy.com  I recommend Godaddy because they are the easiest place on the web to purchase domain names.  GoDaddy is also the cheapest place to purchase domain names. GoDaddy has a domain search tool on their front page so you can search for your domain name.  Don’t worry, you don’ t even have to register an account with them to use their domain search tool.

The next thing you will need to do is to verify that your domain name is available.  It’s always wise to you use your real name for your website.  I would recommend staying away from using the name of your book as your website, unless you only plan on writing one book.  Once you verify “your name.com” is available you will need to add your domain name to the shopping cart and purchase your domain name.

Domain names are very cheap, costing you no more than $9.95 a year.  GoDaddy has tons of offers regularly so yow will most likely get your domain name much cheaper if you take advantage of one of their current promotions.

You will now need to set up a hosting account.  Once again, I suggest using GoDaddy due to the fact of how simple it is to setup your website.  You can use their Website Tonight service for an easy setup in just a few hours.  You can use their Website Tonight service for as low as 4.99 a month and have five web pages setup immediately.

Once that’s done, you’re ready to have “Yourname.com” up and running.

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