You Cannot Purchase A Domain From Blogger

One of the odder examples of naivete, seen occasionally inwards Blogger Help Forum: How Do I?, involves the custom domain purchase.

How hit I purchase a domain from Blogger?

or alternately

How hit I accept Google host my domain?

The immediate answer, properly stated, is simple.

You cannot purchase a domain from Blogger. Neither Blogger, nor Google, is a registrar.

The sum answer, however, is a fighting to a greater extent than complex.

Blogger / Google provides the "Buy a domain for your blog" wizard, which simplifies the purchase too setup of non BlogSpot URLs, for our Blogger blogs - when nosotros are able to brand sure enough concessions inwards the purchase process. The "Buy a domain" sorcerer is simple, alongside roughly subtle restrictions.

• The "Buy a domain" sorcerer should non last interrupted, equally it cannot last restarted.
• A major banking concern issued credit card, inwards working order, is required.
• Only specific generic Top Level domains are offered.
  • .biz
  • .com
  • .info
  • .net
  • .org
  No province Top Level domains are offered.
• The "Buy a domain" sorcerer uses partner registrars eNom too GoDaddy, selectable at purchase.
• If yous already accept an describe of piece of occupation organisation human relationship alongside eNom or GoDaddy, yous volition destination upward alongside a minute account. There is no chance to purchase using an existing account.
• "Buy a domain", when used, produces 1 too alone 1 of the three measure domain models.

If yous are able to alive alongside the restrictions - too yous are the 1 shout out for the master copy question

How hit I purchase a domain from Blogger?

chances are that you, Blogger / Google, too your readers volition all last improve off alongside yous using "Buy a domain". Just please, excogitation the blog migration, earlier starting.

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Accessing The Registrar's Domain Manager, Later On Using Purchase A Domain

Setting upwards a custom domain, too publishing a spider web log to a non BlogSpot URL, is a elementary plenty occupation - when nosotros are able to use the "Buy a domain for your blog" wizard.

Sometimes, after using "Buy a domain ...", nosotros may nevertheless accept to access the registrar's Domain Manager sorcerer - mayhap to setup additional hosts, or to use the domain amongst non Blogger services.

When nosotros usage "Buy a domain", along amongst setting upwards the domain for us, the Blogger / Google sorcerer sets upwards a novel eNom or GoDaddy domain possessor account. To allow us later on login to eNom or GoDaddy, the "Buy a domain" sorcerer saves the login information, for our novel occupation organization human relationship - inward a Google Apps desktop wizard.

Here is yet 1 to a greater extent than argue why nosotros absolutely must setup the provided Google Apps account, after receiving the Google Apps email. Be aware of the oddities of the Google One Login wizard, too Google Apps, when logging in.

The procedure of managing a domain, when setup using "Buy a domain", is non equally good complicated.

1. Setup a novel Google Apps account. Since free Google Apps accounts are no longer offered, you'll accept to setup a Trial - or express purpose - account.
2. Login to Google Apps.
3. Retrieve the Google Apps registrar login information, from "Advanced DNS settings".
4. Login to the registrar (eNom or GoDaddy).

With later on domains, purchased using "Buy a domain", you lot may exactly accept to activate the "bloggeradmin" account, for your domain.

The domain possessor registrar login data is correct there, inward "Advanced DNS settings".


The domain possessor login data is inward the Google Apps desktop.

1. Go to "Domain settings" - "Domain names" - "Advanced DNS settings".
2. Open a novel browser tab or window, clicking on "Sign inward to DNS console".
3. Copy the Sign-in name, too the Password, to the appropriate boxes on the sign-in dialogue, too click "Login".
4. This volition lay you lot into the Domain Manager wizard, for the novel domain.

If you lot already had an eNom or GoDaddy account, that volition live on a classify occupation organization human relationship - but amongst this novel occupation organization human relationship maintained for you, past times Google.

Just croak along your novel Google Apps occupation organization human relationship accessible too active, too croak along the domain registration upwards to appointment - too you'll accept no occupation accessing the Domain Manager wizard, too managing the domain, whenever you lot need. And create non transfer command of your Blogger blogs, to accounts which require Google Apps, without agreement the risks.

Choose Your Registrar, When Buying A Domain

When yous buy a domain - either equally purpose of the "Buy a domain" wizard, or when yous buy straight from a registrar - yous are gratis to utilisation whatever registrar that yous wish, for the purchase. The "Buy a domain" sorcerer (which should live on your preferred method of purchase) lets yous utilisation either eNom or GoDaddy - together with which registrar yous utilisation is your pick - though the pick is non made obvious, yesteryear the sorcerer layout.

The selection of which registrar to use, inwards "Buy a domain", is e'er your conclusion - though the selection procedure is somewhat obscure. Just larn slowly, together with await carefully for the correct link.

Start from the Good News display. Find the tiny link at the bottom - "Learn more", adjacent to the advert of the chosen registrar.


And, in that place it is. If yous don't similar the pick made for you, pick the other.



The pick is correct in that place - yous only accept to know where to look.

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