 
Hosting
your church website on the CLC server is free, but there is a cost to register
the Internet Domain name (about $8.75/yr).
To make it as easy as possible for potential visitors to find your church
information, it is recommended that you have an easy-to-remember Internet
Domain name. The easiest to remember, of course, would be "lutheran"
prefixed by your city name (e.g. ColumbiaLutheran.com). Someone new
in town would more likely type in such an address than the actual name
of your church (which they probably don't know, anyway). If you do
want your church name as the domain name (and if it is still available),
you can easily register each and have them both point to the same place.
Although the .ORG suffix is most commonly used for non-profit organizations
(and one usually preferred), it is also important to register the .COM
version of the same name - if at all possible. If you don't, another
church probably will register it, and anyone accidentally typing in .COM
instead of .ORG will be taken to that church's website.
At any time through the process of registering a domain name or setting
up a website, please feel free to give me a call at 803-361-2739 or email
me at goster@CLClutheran.com
if you have problems or questions. You can use the form below to register
a domain name through a discount account I have with WildWest Domains (a
division of GoDaddy.com), or use any other registry service. Please
contact me once you have registered the domain name for me to set up the
hosting account on the CLC server.
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NOTE: While
registering your Internet domain name through this discount account, you
will be offered some additional "value-added" options. These options
are not necessary for your CLC website (and many of them are included already
in the free hosting package) - so ignore them and just order the domain
name. -- Glenn Oster |
