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Registering a Domain Name: A quick guide

December 5, 2001

How to have your own '.com' in 6 easy steps

This is all the information you need to quickly register a domain name on the internet, and have it hosted with NetHeaven. Just be sure to follow each of these steps, and you can't go wrong! If you would be interested in more information, you can refer to our all about domains page. If you have any questions, you can always email support.

Step 1 - Choose your name!

The most difficult part of registering a domain name can be coming up with the name itself. Remember to use whois to ensure that the name you want is avaliable.

Step 2 - Select a Registrar

Registrars range widely in terms of service, price and reliability. You should try to find one that is recommended by a friend or that has received favorable reviews.

Step 3 - Get Organized

You will need to supply names, addresses, and contact information for your registrant, administrative contact, and billing contact. Email addresses that you provide for contact should not be from within your new domain in case of future problems.

Step 4 - Technical Contact

If you do not use Network Solutions as your registrar, this is the contact information you will need to use for your technical contact:

 St. Peters, Richard
 stpeters@netheaven.com
 NetHeaven
 28 Clinton St.
 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
 518-587-8904

If you use Network Solutions as your registrar, you can specify the technical constact by "handle."  Specify "RS134" as the handle.

We may not be able to host your domain here if the technical contact is listed incorrectly.

Step 5 - Primary and Secondary DNS

Here are the names and internet addresses of our name servers and their backups:

Primary Name Server
 Primary Server Hostname....: angel.heaven.net
 Primary Server Netaddress..: 198.69.28.2

Secondary Name Server(s)
 Secondary Server Hostname..: devils.heaven.net
 Secondary Server Netaddress: 198.69.28.165
 Secondary Server Hostname..: ns.crynwr.com
 Secondary Server Netaddress: 192.203.178.2
 Secondary Server Hostname..: ns.helpco.com
 Secondary Server Netaddress: 66.109.40.106


Note: the netaddress of ns.helpco.com was changed on December 5, 2002.  Be sure to use the address shown above.

Step 6 - Let us know!

Once you have registered your name, contact our support staff so that we can configure your account. We will configure your email mappings, 'www' subdomain, and name service. It may take anywhere from 24 hours to several days for your new name to propagate accross the DNS system; during that time your name will only work on our network. Your friends at other ISP's will not be able to use your name until their name server refreshes and loads information about new domains from the global top level domain servers.


December 5, 2001
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