I'm super excited to have my friend Pamela here today as our BBC mentor! I started reading Pamela's blog when she was brand new last year and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Her little boy is just adorable and so is his mom!
Hi everyone! My name is Pamela, and I’m the author of PB&Jstories and I’m so excited to be here today with my good friend Kristin for this awesome series she’s doing that is so helpful for new bloggers (even veteran bloggers I’m sure will be able to learn a thing or two!)
I’m here today to talk about why you should buy your own domain from blogger for only $10/year and how to do it step-by-step.
If you’re already confused, let me break it down. Blogger is such a great host for blogs, it’s free, it’s easy to understand and design your layouts, and it’s hosted by Google so you have access to many great features. When you create a new blog hosted by Blogger you create your blog name and share your domain with blogger. For example when I first started blogging my domain was “www.pbjstories.blogspot.com,” you share your domain with blogger since they’re hosting it for free for you.
The number one reason I highly suggest purchasing your domain from blogger is for the future of your blog. Even if you are unsure of where your blog will be in a year, how many followers you will have, if you’ll create a business from your blog or any possible outcomes you have from creating your blog, there is a good chance your blog will become something that you hold dear to you and you’ll want your own name on it. By purchasing your domain from blogger early on, you are claiming your domain so no one else can purchase it first. In under a year I created my own business under the PB&J name, I have my blog which is PB&Jstories, and my Etsy shop which is PB&Jcreations. Let’s say I waited until my one year mark to purchase my domain from blogger, and I was ready to take the leap from www.pbjstories.blogspot.com to www.pbjstories.com and I go to make that purchase, but within that year, someone else purchased that domain via a different host then pbjstories.com would no longer be available to me. Sad Day. That’s why I always suggest to new bloggers to make the switch and pay the $10/year for your domain from blogger.
The other great reason is for networking purposes. It’s a lot easier when I’m meeting someone new and they ask what my blog address is for them to remember PBJstories.com rather than PBJstories.blogspot.com. It’s concise, it’s professional, it’s so easy!
Here’s the step by step process of how to buy your domain from Blogger with the new layout design. A big thanks to Kristen for taking the jump to purchase her own domain, and taking pictures for me to share with you for each step!