Go to AN Hosting by clicking here.

Click on the “Get Started!” button.

In the field under “Select Domain Name”, enter the name you are interested in.  Remember NOT to enter “www.” first.

Choose the extension. 

Press the “Continue” button.

When the Screen comes up and tells you Congratulations — Domain Available, press the “Continue” button again.

The next screen will introduce you to AN Hosting’s own statistics program. Look it over and decide for yourself if you want to pay extra for it. I use third party statistic programs, so this site won’t provide any information of how to use AN Hosting’s stats program.

If you want to order the stats package, click “Yes! Add this to my account.”

If you just want the basic hosting plan, like me, click “No thanks, just hosting.”

The next page is your account information entry page, you’ll be asked your name and address, as well as credit card information. When you’ve entered the required information, press the “Continue” button.

The next page confirms your order before submitting it. You will need to check the box indicating that you have read the terms and conditions, which may be found by clicking on the hyperlink “terms and conditions.” When you are satisfied with everything, press the “Continue” button and your order will be processed.

That’s basically it. You will receive a couple of emails welcoming you to AN Hosting and providing you with links to your new account. One will be https://secure.mpcustomer.com. This is your business account, where you can upgrade you account, add another domain, etc. You won’t use this much. The other link is to your new website’s control panel. Here is where you will set everything up for your new site.

I’ll go into all that in a later post. Just jot down your login name and password somewhere handy in the mean time, and relax. It takes a few days for the new domain name to register on the internet. Until then you won’t be able to access it. This would be a good time to review exactly what you want to do, or write some posts down so that when you do launch your site, you’ve got good stuff for your viewer to read.