Get Your Own Web Address
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Would you like a more professional and easy to remember web address (such as http://beckysbook.club) rather than your home office provided web address (such as https://n4143.myubam.com)? An easy to remember web address (also called a domain name) looks more professional and is easier for your customers to remember. Follow the steps below to get your own web address that re-directs to your home office provided web site.
Don’t forget to check out the FAQs at the end of this post for answers to frequently asked questions and other helpful information!
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1. Head over to uniregistry.com and search for the domain name you would like or use the search box below to get started. Not sure what domain name to use? Your first and last name is always a great option (i.e. firstnamelastname.com)!
2. If the domain name is available you will be able to checkout. If the domain name is not available a list of available alternates will be shown. Once you find a domain name that is available, click the Checkout button.
3. Complete the checkout process.
After you have purchased the domain name, follow the instructions below to forward (redirect) it to your home office provided website.
4. Click the down-arrow next to Account then click My Domain Names.
5. Click on the domain name you would like to forward.
6. Click the link button to forward your domain to another website.
7. Type in the address of the website you would like to forward your domain name to and click Continue.
8. Select the option to forward the full domain then click Link to Website.
9. A Congratulations message will pop up. Click Close.
10. Test your settings by typing your new domain name into your web browser and verifying that it forwards properly to your home office provided website. It could take a few minutes for the servers to be updated and the forwarding to work properly.
Have any questions or comments on how to set this up for your page? Let us know in the comments below or send us a message.
FAQs
Why do you prefer Uniregistry over other domain registrars like GoDaddy?
Uniregistry has a very intuitive and easy to use interface. They also offer free domain privacy with their Privacy.Link feature which hides your personal contact info from the WHOIS database which is a database that lists the owner’s contact info for all domain names. GoDaddy charges additional fees if you want domain privacy and they also bombard you will other up-sells you don’t need when doing a simple re-direct like we set up in this blog post.
Is there anything else I can do with my new web address / domain name? Subdomains?
YES!
You can also setup subdomains if you want to setup different web addresses related to your main web address, but pointing to different pages. For example, we have beckysbook.club redirected to Becky’s Usborne site https://n4143.myubam.com/. A subdomain is a portion of the web address before the main domain (subdomain.beckysbook.club). For example, we have the subdomain “training” (training.beckysbook.club) setup to redirect to this website.
Ways subdomains may come in handy are for parties or book fairs. Say you are hosting a party for a friend name Jane. The direct link to her shopping page on your Usborne site is https://n4143.myubam.com/Event/608744. Rather than sending that long and hard to remember link to everyone you could set up http://jane.yourdomain.com and have it redirect to Jane’s party page https://n4143.myubam.com/Event/608744 on your Usborne site.
Subdomains are setup using the same steps 4-10 above except when you get to step 8 you would select Subdomain instead of forwarding the full domain.
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Hi Jeremy. I just tried to set up an account with Mailerlite and they emailed me that they would not approve my account because they don’t work with Network Marketers. Any idea who I could contact, or what to do?
Hi Lisa – Sorry to hear you weren’t approved with MailerLite. I have seen in their terms they don’t allow “MLM” content (among other things), but it seems its been hit or miss who gets approved and who doesn’t. It seems most people that have their own website and a domain branded email address (i.e. you@yourdomain.com) have a better chance of getting approved. You can try reaching out to MailerLite and describing what type of content you plan to send and see if you can convince them to approve your account. Otherwise you’ll have to look at using another email provider. We’ve also heard FloDesk has recently restricted MLM in its terms as well which is one of the others we’ve been recommending. We will be looking to find other email providers that are direct sales friendly that we can recommend to our subscribers and we’ll keep you updated.
Thank you Jeremy. I did try to appeal it but they held firm.
Bummer! You can try Aweber. Their terms don’t mention anything about MLM and I reached out to their support to confirm there wouldn’t be a problem with people in network marketing / MLM companies and they said as long as you’re following their terms there wouldn’t be a problem.
Thank you so much!
I thinking of doing this, but wondering if I do get a web address thru uniregistry, can I “claim” it on pinterest? I don’t think so but thought I’d ask!
There is a way to claim your website by adding a DNS record (called a TXT record) which you would do at Uniregistry. If you are just redirecting your site and don’t actually have your own I don’t think you’d be getting the benefits of claiming a site though. It talks about getting analytics to pins published from your site which you wouldn’t be doing unless you actually had your own website. There is some more information here: https://help.pinterest.com/en/business/article/claim-your-website. Hope that helps!
Would you recommend using my name as a domain or my business name? My business name is kind of long.
Also, I’m a little confused. If I were to do my business name and use .com how would that work if I ever set up a website? I’m assuming for my website I would have wanted it to be my business name with .com at the end.
Thank you so much.
Hi Jenn! This really comes down to personal preference. I feel like using your name for the URL is more universal and portable. For example, if your interests change over time and you start working with another company or you eventually want to have your own website/blog your name can still be used without it being weird since its you and whatever you are doing. If you use a URL that is tied to your company then you start doing something else later that URL probably wouldn’t make sense to use going forward.
When it comes to the website I think it would depend on what your plans are with it. Do you plan to only talk about your business or will it be more of a personal website/blog where you talk about other things but also have content about your business? If the website will strictly be about your business then going with your business name may be the better choice. If your business name is long is there an abbreviated version you can use instead to shorten it? If you plan to have personal content or a blog where you talk about other things, then using your name may be better and you can just have a section of your site about your business.
You can always change your website’s domain name/URL later. You aren’t stuck forever with whatever you choose right now.
Hope that helps!
It did help! Thank you so much Jeremy!
Oh my word! This is amazing! Thank you so much for this! SusanLarimer.com us up and running and connected directly to my company website!
Great! I’m glad you found it helpful and were able to get it set up!
Once I set up a domain and forward that address to my company’s website (my shop), will there be monthly fees using my domain?
Hi Susan – A domain name is typically only $10-$15 per year depending on where you purchase from and the extension you purchase (.com, .net, etc.). So there is no monthly fee, but a low yearly fee to continue using it.
This worked great – thank you!
Awesome! I’m glad you found it helpful.
So I have a question I have been looking to start new things with my UBAM business this year, and I thought my own web address and rebranding of everything would be beneficial. As I was searching around on uniregistry I noticed that a .com address is more than say .club. Is there a reason why I would want to stick with a .com instead of a different extension? Thanks so much!!!
Hi Joy – As of today I think a .com is generally more professional and recognizable then the other extensions. The difference should only be a few dollars per year so I personally would choose go with a .com if it is available. It is totally up to you and your preference, though. Either will work fine. If you want to go deeper on it there is a good article that lays out the pros and cons and things to consider: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/does-domain-extension-matter.