{"id":6803,"date":"2022-03-18T04:27:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T04:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=6803"},"modified":"2024-04-25T23:34:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T15:34:58","password":"","slug":"how-to-sign-up-for-a-domain-and-hosting-from-guest-view","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-sign-up-for-a-domain-and-hosting-from-guest-view\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Signup for Domain and Hosting? (From Guest View)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your journey to creating the website you have envisioned is now starting! The first stage is to sign up for your own domain and hosting plan, and we have laid out the steps here for you:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sign Up For A Domain<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re still in the selection process for a domain, click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-do-i-choose-a-domain-name-with-cldy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a quick guide on how to choose your domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got your domain name ready? Let\u2019s get on to the next steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the top menu, click on <\/span><b>Domain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_guest-homepage-domain-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_guest-homepage-domain-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_guest-homepage-domain-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_guest-homepage-domain-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_guest-homepage-domain.png 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nOr, you can also type in your desired domain at the text box provided on our banner, and hit <b>Search<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you hit <\/span><b>Domain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the previous window, you will be directed here where you will type in your desired domain name on the given textbox:<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-search-1024x408.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-search-1024x408.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-search-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-search-768x306.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-search.png 1130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next window is where you can confirm if the domain name you want is available. (If you typed in your domain name on the search bar on the homepage, you will be directed to this page right away.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-check-availability-1024x285.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-check-availability-1024x285.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-check-availability-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-check-availability-768x214.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-check-availability.png 1151w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><i><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Note: Click on <\/i><b><i>Show Price Table<\/i><\/b><i> to learn more about the different price rates depending on your choice of domain name extension (.com, .org, .net, .live\u2026).<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your selected domain is already taken, you will get this prompt:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-not-available-1024x111.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-not-available-1024x111.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-not-available-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-not-available-768x83.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-not-available.png 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nIf your chosen domain is available, you should see this section appear below:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-available-register-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-available-register-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-available-register-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-available-register-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-available-register.png 1135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nChoose your domain registration term (1 year or 2 years), and fill out the required information. Once done, click on <b>Add To Cart<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will be routed to the shopping cart page. If you\u2019re done, type in your email on the provided box and click on <\/span><b>Continue<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-cart-1024x535.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-cart-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-cart-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-cart-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-cart.png 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"sign-up-domain-step-6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For new customers, you will need to type in your information again on this section which will appear on the same window.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-continue-checkout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-continue-checkout.png 974w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-continue-checkout-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-domain-hosting_domain-continue-checkout-768x595.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complete the information as needed, and the <\/span><b>Checkout<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button should be available. Click on <\/span><b>Checkout<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and you\u2019re good to go!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sign Up For A Hosting Plan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you have a registered domain (or if you already have an existing one), the next stage is to get a hosting plan to get your website ready to run! <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow the same process when signing up for a domain until step 3. From here, click on your preferred hosting category. (For these steps, we will choose <\/span><b>Web Hosting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-1024x285.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-1024x285.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-768x214.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting.png 1150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose your hosting plan.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-choose-plan-1024x472.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-choose-plan-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-choose-plan-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-choose-plan-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-choose-plan.png 1133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the payment term you prefer (annually \/ biennially \/ triennially), and type in your domain name. Then, click on <\/span><b>Check Availability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-term-domain-check-avail-1024x324.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-term-domain-check-avail-1024x324.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-term-domain-check-avail-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-term-domain-check-avail-768x243.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_web-hosting-term-domain-check-avail.png 1132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the system recognizes your domain as already existing, you will see this prompt:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_domain-registered-1024x407.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_domain-registered-1024x407.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_domain-registered-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_domain-registered-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_domain-registered.png 1133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have already registered for your domain prior to purchasing a hosting plan, select <\/span><b>I do not wish to transfer domain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (For transferring or migrating your website from another hosting provider, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/sg\/website-transfer\/\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nYou can now click <b>Add To Cart<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next window will be the shopping cart. From here, type in your email address and click <\/span><b>Continue<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_cart-1024x533.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_cart-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_cart-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_cart-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_cart.png 1131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have already purchased a domain or another product, your email will be recognized and this prompt will appear on the same page:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_cart-checkout-returning-customer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_cart-checkout-returning-customer.png 576w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/signup-hosting_cart-checkout-returning-customer-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>For first-time clients, refer to <a href=\"#sign-up-domain-step-6\">step 6 in the <i>Sign Up For A Domain<\/i> process<\/a>. Need help in selecting a domain and a hosting plan? Contact us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/en-us\/contact-us\/#getintouch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: blue;\">here<\/span><\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your journey to creating the website you have envisioned is now starting! The first stage is to sign up for your own domain and hosting plan, and we have laid out the steps here for you: &nbsp; Sign Up For A Domain If you\u2019re still in the selection process for a domain, click here for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[36],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6803","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-pre-sign-up"],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":526,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"syd123","author_nicename":"syd123","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/author\/syd123\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Pre-Sign Up","term_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help-category\/pre-sign-up\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6803"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9130,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6803\/revisions\/9130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=6803"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=6803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}