Owning a piece of virtual real estate on the internet is not rocket science. Don’t let the technical mumbo-jumbo scares you from doing it. It is easier than you think. I will assume that you already have a cool niche you want to go into or have seen a website that you would like to emulate. If you don’t have a niche yet or don’t have any idea how to go about finding one, I will point you to the right direction later. Anyway, I want to cut to the chase and go straight to the techie stuff. This is where the wheel meets the road.

I know you’re itching to get started, so look over my shoulder as I create a website from scratch. In this exercise, I will use www.militarymodellingshop.com domain name to create a Plastic Modelling Shopping Mall website.

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In Namecheap.com home page, do a Domain Name Search to check if your domain name is available. Choose a domain name of 2 or 3 keywords to make your niche highly targetted. Click on the Add To Cart button to add the domain name to the shopping cart.

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Enter the coupon code and hit the Apply Coupon button to get your discount.

Using a valid coupon code will show a discount deducted from the regular price. Click the Standard Checkout button to begin the checkout process.