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How to Purchase Your Domain
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PB&JStories
I'm super excited to have my friend Pamela here
today as our BBC mentor! I started reading
Pamela's blog when she was brand new last year
and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Her little boy is
just adorable and so is his mom!
Hi everyone! My name is Pamela, and I’m the
author of PB&Jstories and I’m so excited to be
here today with my good friend Kristin for this
awesome series she’s doing that is so helpful for
new bloggers (even veteran bloggers I’m sure will
be able to learn a thing or two!)
I’m here today to talk about why you should buy
your own domain from blogger for only $10/year
and how to do it step-by-step.
If you’re already confused, let me break it down.
Blogger is such a great host for blogs, it’s free,
it’s easy to understand and design your layouts,
and it’s hosted by Google so you have access to
many great features. When you create a new blog
hosted by Blogger you create your blog name and
share your domain with blogger. For example
when I first started blogging my domain was
“www.pbjstories. blogspot .com,” you share your
domain with blogger since they’re hosting it for
free for you.
The number one reason I highly suggest
purchasing your domain from blogger is for the
future of your blog. Even if you are unsure of
where your blog will be in a year, how many
followers you will have, if you’ll create a
business from your blog or any possible outcomes
you have from creating your blog, there is a good
chance your blog will become something that you
hold dear to you and you’ll want your own name
on it. By purchasing your domain from blogger
early on, you are claiming your domain so no one
else can purchase it first. In under a year I
created my own business under the PB&J name, I
have my blog which is PB&Jstories, and my Etsy
shop which is PB&Jcreations.  Let’s say I waited
until my one year mark to purchase my domain
from blogger, and I was ready to take the leap
from www.pbjstories.blogspot.com to
www.pbjstories.com and I go to make that
purchase, but within that year, someone else
purchased that domain via a different host then
pbjstories.com would no longer be available to
me.  Sad Day. That’s why I always suggest to new
bloggers to make the switch and pay the $10/year
for your domain from blogger.
The other great reason is for networking
purposes. It’s a lot easier when I’m meeting
someone new and they ask what my blog address
is for them to remember PBJstories.com rather
than PBJstories.blogspot.com. It’s concise, it’s
professional, it’s so easy!
Here’s the step by step process of how to buy
your domain from Blogger with the new layout
design.  A big thanks to Kristen for taking the
jump to purchase her own domain, and taking
pictures for me to share with you for each step!
1. Under the Settings Menu, click on Basic and
you’ll see this home screen.
Under publishing you’ll see your blog address.
2. Click on “+ Add a custom domain Point your
own registered domain to your blog.”
This is where you’ll enter the domain of your
choice, without the .blogspot.com.
3. Step 1 (of this process) is choosing your
domain name and google will verify if your
domain is available or not , fingers crossed it still
is!
4. Step 2 (of this process) is filling out your
personal information to register your domain, and
agreeing to the terms and conditions .  Once
completed click on “I accept.  Proceed to Google
Checkout”
5. Sign in to your Google account that your blog is
registered with to proceed to the Checkout step.
6. Enter your payment information to pay for the
$10 annual registration fee, and click on “Place
your order now – $10”
7. You’re redirected to the last step of checking
out and Congratulations! Your domain is finally
yours!
IMPORTANT LAST STEPS:
8. Now you’ll be redirected back to your blogger
dashboard where you need to do a few last final
steps to help redirect your readers and anyone
that follows your blog to your new domain.
Click on Advanced Settings and “redirect traffic”
ensuring that your domain has been properly
registered by checking your settings.
9. Once you’ve redirected your old domain to
your new one you’re settings dashboard will look
like this and have both domains listed, but your
old one will have redirected after it.
10. All done! Congratulations!!!
Hope this answers any of your questions of how to
purchase your own domain from blogger, and why
you should make the switch now.
If you’re interested in moving beyond Blogspot or
Wordpress and truly owning your own domain,
here’s a great article by the SITS girls and why
it’s smart to buy your own domain.

How to Purchase Your Domain