Purchasing a domain (or transferring one)

Written by Noah S Saturday, 30 January 2010

Here is a quick visual guide for purchasing a domain from Arvixe web hosting. To start, open up a web browser and go to http://www.arvixe.com. At Arvixe.com scroll down to “Freedom of the Web at your Fingertips”. Enter the domain name without the *www* and without the domain ending. I have chosen to use *arvixedemo2.com* for the example. (If you are transferring a domain make sure the domain is unlocked, that privacy is turned off (this can take 24 hours to resolve), and that you have the transfer key from your old domain registrar).
http://whois.domaintools.com will allow you to check if these settings are correct.

Entering a Domain

At this time the Arvixe billing panel can only handle ordering/transferring 6 top-level domains (.com, .net, .org, .info, .us and .biz) but any domain can be used with your Arvixe hosting account. Click “Search Availability” and after the page loads click on the “Register” button with the correct ending (.net, .com, etc…).

Added to Shopping Cart

If you are transferring the domain click on “Transfer” instead, it will then be added to your shopping cart. (If you want to add more domains you can click on the Transfer or Register button next to their name. This will add them to the cart.) Click the Next button and you will be brought to step 2 where you can enter your user name and password then continue to the third step.

Login to your billing account

The first part of step 3 of 4 will allow you to purchase a hosting plan if one is needed, you can also see the .01 discount I received; this is because I already have one domain with Arvixe. For each domain beyond the first , you get a .01 discount for each other domain (i.e. 2nd domain is 1 cent off, 3rd domain is 2 cents off, 4th domain is 3 cents off, etc…).

Discount/Hosting Plan

If you do not need to pick a hosting plan you can select “Next” and enter the information you want to point your domain to. I will be using the account that I have with Arvixe, *arvixedm*. Entering this will automatically point the domain to the correct hosting account.

Pointing the Domain

The final part of step 3 of 4 will allow you to verify your order. Click on “Place this Order” which will purchase the domain and allow you to pay for the domain.

Finalize order

If you have any questions you can contact sales.

6 Comments

1. tianqiao   |  Tuesday, 04 January 2011 at 6:32 pm

   I am ordering the domain name.

   
2. abu   |  Sunday, 26 February 2012 at 10:17 pm

   how can drupal build site be publish after a person buys your domain?

   
3. Monique   |  Sunday, 07 October 2012 at 1:09 pm

   I bought personal class pro thursday with 1 free domain, I want you to register it for me, because I can’t find it!

   
4. Noah S   |  Sunday, 07 October 2012 at 1:57 pm

   Hi,

   You can either send an e-mail to our sales department sales[@]arvixe.com or you can start a live chat by clicking on the link on the top right side of the screen. The tech will be able to help you claim your free domain.

   Regards,

   
5. Omscowonder   |  Thursday, 07 March 2013 at 1:29 pm

   Hello Noah, i do appreciate your fast response, can arvixe host amy blog with 100K unique visit per Month?
   Thanks alot.
   Omoscowonder

   
6. Noah S   |  Monday, 18 March 2013 at 12:56 am

   Hi,
   It depends on the plan you are looking at. Please contact Arvixe Sales for more information.
   Regards