Changing Name Servers is the next step in Building Your First MLM Blog. A couple lessons ago, we went through the process of Registering Your Domain Name. Then in the previous lesson, we signed up for Web Hosting. In this lesson, I will explain how to put everything together starting with Changing the Name Servers to make sure our Domain Name is pointing to our Web Hosting.

I have created this WordPress Blog Building Tutorial designed with a newbie in mind. This is the exact process I use to build my blog and you can use as a blueprint to start yours.

Changing NameServers

Changing your Nameservers may seem a little daunting at first but it is a relatively simple process that should only take you a few minutes to complete.

The first two steps should have already been completed as at described in the first two lessons of this series.

1. Choose a Domain Name for your WordPress Blog.  If you are serious about making money with your WordPress Blog, you’ll want to have your own domain name.  My recommendation for a domain registrar is GoDaddy.com.
2. Sign Up With A Web Host.  A Web Host is a company that will store all of the files of your blog and serve them via the web to your readers. I recommend HostGator.  They have excellent customer service and support at an excellent price. Choose a plan that will suit your current and near future goals.
3. After you have completed your host plan purchase,  HostGator will send you a confirmation email thanking you for your purchase and will automatically send you the information about your hosting account such as your Cpanel login name, Cpanel password, and Nameservers.
4. Go to Godaddy once again, and log in.
5. From the top navigation bar, choose “Domains,” and choose “Domain Management” from the drop-down menu.
6. A new page or tab (depending on your browser) will open up, listing all of the domains you’ve purchased from GoDaddy. Check the box next to the one you want to host on HostGator.
7. Place a check mark next to the domain you wish to modify. When you check the box, a navigation bar will fill in above the domain name list. Click “Nameservers” and click on the Set Nameservers option.
8. This will open up a new section at the top of your screen. From the radio buttons, choose “I have specific Nameservers for my domains.”
9. Open up the saved email that HostGator sent to you, and find the section that says, “Your Nameservers:”
10. In the GoDaddy nameservers control panel, replace the nameserver in the “nameserver 1″ box with the first value that HostGator sent you. It should look something like XXXXXX.hostgator.com (with the Xs being your unique values that HostGator gave you).
11. Next, replace the nameserver in the “nameserver 2″ box with the second value that HostGator sent you. It should look something like XXXXXX.hostgator.com (with the Xs being your unique values that HostGator gave you).Click the orange “Okay” button to finish the process.
12. Log into your HostGator account, and add your GoDaddy domain to your hosting plan and you’re done.
13.  Any time you make a DNS (domain nameserver) change it takes around 24-72 hours to complete. During this propogation time routers all over the world are updating their cache. This causes your site to be up and down randomly during the first 72 hours for different people at different times. Think of DNS like a zip code. If you don’t put a zip code on your mail the post office doesn’t know where to send it. Domains are the same way if they don’t have the DNS the internet doesn’t know what server to send your request to. 

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