To add a new domain name to your account, do the following:
- Click the Domains icon on your control panel.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the last Add
icon.
- Choose the type of domain you want to register.
You can choose out of the following options:
Creating New *.com, *.net, or *.org Domains
To create a new standard domain (.com, .net, or .org), enter your
desired domain name into the field in the first form omitting the
www part:
To its right, select domain category: .com, org, or .net,
then enter your contact and billing information. Based on these
data, the system will generate a domain registration request and
submits it to OpenSRS, a major domain registration company. For
more information, refer to http://www.opensrs.org/faq.shtml.
Transferring Existing Domains or Registering
Nonstandard Domains
To transfer an existing domain or register a nonstandard domain
with your account, use the second form:
If you are creating a regional domain (e.g. your_domain.uk)
or would like to use a different domain registration company, no
automation is provided. Thus, first you need to make sure that you
have a valid domain name. Enter it into the lower box, omitting
the www. part.
Following the registration you will get an e-mail notification
with the information to send to your domain name registration company.
They will make appropriate changes on the root DNS servers, and
within a couple of days your domain will be accessible at the new
IP address. In the meantime, your site will be available by the
instant domain alias.
Domain registration is a standard procedure. First, you purchase
a domain name from a domain registration company. Second, you register
this domain name with your web-hosting provider and get your new
IP address. Third, you send this IP address to your domain registration
company, where it is set as the IP address for your domain name.
It is only then that your site becomes available to all Internet
community. This is true both of standard and nonstandard domains.
In case of standard domain names, however, the registration process
is automated.
Creating Domains Based on Your Provider's Domain
Names (Third Level Domains)
Third level domains are registered on your provider's DNS server.
You don't need to register a third level domain with a domain registration
company. If you choose to create a third level domain, it will contain
your provider's domain name. E.g. if your provider's domain name
is besthosting.com, and the third level domain you are registering
is mythirdlevel, the fully qualified domain name would be
mythirdlevel.besthosting.com.
Third level domain registration is available only if it is allowed
under the selected plan. Functionally, third level domains have
same features as second level domains.
To register a third level domain name, enter the desired domain
name in the Domain name field. From the box on the right,
select provider's domain name where you would like to create the
third level domain:
Hosting Sites Without Domain Names
You can also host sites without domain names (the so-called stop-gap
domains). When you create a stopgap domain, you get no DNS zone,
and you cannot use e-mail service. However, you will be able to
access and manage your site using the instant domain alias you get
at signup.
Stopgap domains support web site management and FTP services. Also,
you can have IP-only access if you get a dedicated IP.
To create a stopgap domain, just click the Submit button
in the Stopgap domain registration form:
Parking External Domains
This feature allows you to use H-Sphere DNS server to map IPs to
domain names serviced and hosted on other servers (not those of
H-Sphere). In this case, a DNS zone is created with a custom DNS
A record for the domain name and its IP is entered in the form below:
Creating Accounts Without Domains
At signup, you can create an account without any domain. If you
choose this option, your account won't have the following:
- Disk space and account on the web server
- FTP
- DNS zone
- Virtual and Anonymous FTP
- Mail service
- ODBC support
You can create a domain to this account later in the future.
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