## Getting Your Own Domain and Hosting

Often Domain Name registration and Hosting will be setup together from the same company, but keep in mind that they are distinct and separate things!

1. Domain Name
   - Buy the domain through a "registrar"
   - Provide name servers
   - About $10/yr
2. Hosting
   - Shared ($7-15/mo)
   - Private / Cloud

A very short list of hosting companies as a place to start.

- DreamHost
- SiteGround
- bluehost

### My playground domain: cs12.net

I registered "cs12.net" and from there, I can control the subdomains from there. For example, natureofamerica.cs12.net, hello.cs12.net, wptest.cs12.net, etc.