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How to setup custom domain for your blogger blog?

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What is a Custom Domain ?

When you register your blogspot blog, you will get a new blog with some URL like http://yourblogname.blogspot.com . This blog will be hosted on Google’s servers and you can make posts on your blog by logging in at Blogger.Com. Now Custom domain means that we will be using our own domain name instead of having the .blogspot.com extension. That is our blog URL will look something like http://www.yourblogname.com When you use a custom domain, your blog will still be hosted on Google’s servers and you can continue making posts from Blogger.Com as you usually do.So the only thing that changes is the blog’s URL

How much does this Cost?

For using a custom domain you should buy your own domain name. The price of the domain name will vary depending on the domain extension that you choose. But normally most of us will prefer to buy domains which ends with a .COM .COM, .ORG , .NET domains will cost something under 10 US Dollars. So you just need to spend 10 dollars and you can have your blog running at the new domain which you buy.

Where to Buy the domain from?

There are many domain registration websites.  You can directly buy your domain from any of them. But if you are a little lazy, then you can buy the domain directly from Blogger.Com .Actually Blogger is not a Domain Registrar and they buy domains for you from third party sites. So i always prefer to buy from other domain registration sites.

How to buy the domain and setup my blog with the new domain?

If you want to setup your custom domain by buying the domain from Blogger.Com, then you just check out this Video tutorial from the Official Blogger Help Team.

 

You can add Google apps like Gmail and Docs on your domain very easily.Actually blogger will do everything for you.

By the way i wont advice you to buy domains from blogger. I would prefer to buy domains from Name.Com or Godaddy.Com

1. Instructions For Setting Up Blogger Custom Domain on Name.Com

2. Instructions For Setting Up Blogger Custom Domain on Godaddy.Com

It just costs something less than 10$.. Isn't it worth a try? Hurry up guys get your own custom domained blogs and let me know if this tutorial was useful for you.. :)

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30 comments:

  1. That was really useful man!!
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  2. Thanks for this article. This article extends to provide how to set up custom domain for blogger blog. I already register a domain name from the tucktail where we can register a new domain name or web host & also transfer it from one host to another host.
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  3. may be its a good site.. but i do support using godaddy or name for domains..
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  4. Thank you , How about 1and1 ,it should be the same thing to do ,right?
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  5. i don't know id 1and1 is a good host.. just contact them and ask them if they can create CNAME records for you..
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  6. Well i did not get you aneesh now i have option that enable to redirect yoursite.com to www.yoursite.com but that does not work

    alos i have registered my domain with Rediff with no hostion optin what should i do
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  7. how much did you pay rediff for your domain??
    when buying a domain or buying a hosting. always be careful to get a good one..

    is your blog now working properly @ www.yoursite.com
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  8. well it cost me 495 i have to additional amount for hosting yes my site works properly here it is

    www.freewaresnbeta.com

    but freewaresnbeta.com does not direct to above address what should i do now

    i choose rediff because they have payment by check option as do not have credit cards.
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  9. ok but it is always better to use sites like godaddy for registering domains.. ok here is another solution which works for godaddy.. not sure if it will work for you..

    In your domain control panel there should be an option to redirect urls. there just enter www.freewaresnbeta.com and give a try.. don't use any trailing slash (/) . just see if it doesn't cause a redirect loop..sometimes it can take time for the changes to appear..
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  10. This post is realy useful.I have recently transfered all my blogs on blogger to custom domain address.My sites are still hosted on Blogger,so I have all the Blogger features. But none of the hassle of having to map my domain or set my D.N.S. settings Blogger set everything up for me. I would recomend anybody who wants a custom domain to get a blog from Blogger first,then follow settings to host on custom domain,rather than go to somewhere like Wordpress,where you have to set it up all by yourselfe. Also custom domain through Blogger is cheaper too,just 12 us dollers per year.Andrea.
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  11. I registered for a domain yesterday before I found your blog, but I was wondering how come it still doesnt redirect my blog to the new domain.

    Only here did I know that I'd need to wait up to 3 days for it to set up. Thanks a lot for your post, this is helpful.
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  12. nice one...........
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  13. Does anyone know if its $10 to make a custom domain on Blogger.com PER YEAR or is it just for the first year?? I just don't want to be automatically charged surprisingly after the first year, anyone know?
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  14. @jessicapine - it is 10$ every year.
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  15. I FOUND YOUR BLOG REALLY INTERESTING IN TERMS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE RELEVANT USERS.
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  16. Thanks duds for these useful chit chat, it helped me a lot.
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  17. what happens if i don't set my blog automatically charged every year for domain....please reply...
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  18. @wasay - if you don't choose the auto renewal option, you will have to renew it manually before the domain expires.
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  19. hello aneesh i have purchased domain from godaddy, now i have problem with my naked domain how should i redirect it. i mean should i redirect it from blooger(option available there to redirect from exampple.com to www.example.com) or select a "forwarding domain" option in godaddy. I am asking this because i dont want face any problems in google webmaster, for my blog indexing.

    Eagerly waiting for reply......
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  20. @vasay - yes you should use the redirect option in the Blogger Publishing Tab. But for that option to work, you should create the 4 A Records for your domain. Refer http://www.bloggerplugins.org/2009/08/blogger-custom-domain-on-godaddy.html

    Note: DNS changes take time to propagate.
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  21. wow fast reply.....

    ok should i remove the forwarding (forwarded to www.example.com) i did in gogaddy and then continue to your procedure...
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  22. @wasay - yes you should..
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  23. I do not host a domain with go daddy or name.com. Actually the company is registry.com. Can i have instructions on how to set up the domain to blogger from that company. I will be glad
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  24. I hosted my site in blogger with a custom domain but with my friend's computer IP address,
    i can't get into my site. but with proof IP i would able to see my site, i thought the problem with browser
    (I checked with Google Analytics) but almost all browser visitors came to my site.
    I don't know what is the problem. Is the problem with my Server or Browser?
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  25. nice thing, this is rahul sethi from fatehabad, i want to setup a domain to my blog which is already bought by me from bigrock.in that is www.studentvoice.in, how to sewt it to blogger?
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  26. nice topic i think some web sites maybe help full please search on google
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  27. hey thanks for the wonderful info. But i do have a doubt. Assume that I registered my blog to a domain. In such case will i have all the posts and my users? Will i have the same Template which i am having in my blog right now? Will i have the same posting options as in blogger? I mean New Posts or Edit posts and so on. Or should i start the design from Scratch?
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  28. I was just looking for this info for some time. After six hours of continuous Googleing, at last I got it in your website. I wonder what’s the Google’s issue that does not rank this type of informative websites closer to the top. Generally the top sites are full of garbage.
    Amazing Arts
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  29. Thanks for the advice, I just registered my domain!
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  30. I buyed .In Domain From Mitsu How To Setup this domain can u plz mail step by step procedure to tombera007@gmail.Com
    thnx in advance plz do reply
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