For personal or business use, domain is now a must for you to have. More and more people are using the internet everyday. Younger generations are geared towards the use of internet. People are doing small and big businesses over the internet. You may ask, why should I need to register a domain for myself and for my business. Before we see things in perspective let us first explain what is a domain.

I already talked about the real cost of running a blog in one of my previous posts. I discuss why the real cost of running a blog is not about money but time, knowledge, effort, and heart. The monetary cost is actually the last in the row because the money involve in running a blog is very minimal. In this post I will present to you the breakdown of the amount you need to start your own blog.

In one of my previous posts, I discuss the theories and concepts on how to start your own website. In this post, you will be guided with specific actions. What to do first and what to do next in building your own website. There are four things we need to accomplish for us to run our very first web page.

1. Register a domain name for your website.
2. Get a web server to host your files.
3. Point your domain name to your server.
4. Upload your web pages.

The four steps above must be accomplished to successfully run your first website.

What is a Domain Name and Why Register One?

A domain name, like rtfverterra.com is a web address. It is linked to a particular point on the internet called IP address. Typing a domain name into the browser will display the web page associated with that domain.

In my previous post, I talked about the cost of running a small website. The cost calculated in that post is for small e-commerce site that accepts online payments and for website owners who don't have any technical knowledge in building a website. This post will focus about the cost of running a blog. Then you may ask, "What is a blog? Isn't that a blog is a website?". This post is not about blog and blogging, this is about the cost of running one, so here is a link to Wikipedia if you want to know what is a blog.