To add a new domain name to your account:

1. Select Add New Domain in the Domain Settings menu:
2. Choose the type of domain you want to register.

You can choose out of the following options:

• Register a standard domain
• Transfer a domain
• Create a domain based on a provider's domain name (third level domain)
• Host a website without a domain name
• Park an external domain
• Create an account without any domain

Registering Standard (Second Level) Domains

If you don't own a domain name yet, it is recommended that you find a domain name that is available first through our site at http://domains.intlws.com and register it and add the name during your signup process for your hosting account. Your account will be automatically created with your new domain name and when the DNS zones are updated throughout the internet your site will be available. You may register a domain name through our site at http://domains.intlws.com . You will receive an independent control panel for maintaining your domain names.
You should register your domain name first and then signup for your hosting plan. Dot Com domains at $8.95 per year.

Transferring Domains

When adding a domain during the hosting registration process or later for new domains or additional domains, use the following  form that is available on your H-Sphere hosting control panel. You will just add in your domain name and it's extension "ie" .com, .net and then click submit.

Also choose this option if:
(a) you have already registered a domain through our domain registration service as instructed above;
(b) you don't have a domain yet, but you are going to register it later;
(c) you would like to register a non-standard or regional domain, which can't be registered automatically (e.g. your_domain.de);
(d) you prefer a different registrar than the one used by your hosting provider.
(e) you already own a domain name registered through another domain registration company.

In any case, you need to make sure that the domain name is valid. Enter it into the box, omitting the www. part.
 

Following the registration you will get an e-mail notification with the information to send to your domain name registration company. They will make appropriate changes on the root DNS servers, and within a couple of days your domain will be accessible at the new IP address. In the meantime, your site will be available by the instant domain alias.

Domain registration is a standard procedure. First, you purchase a domain name from a domain registration company. Second, you register this domain name with your web-hosting provider and get your new IP address. Third, you send this IP address to your domain registration company, where it is set as the IP address for your domain name. It is only then that your site becomes available to all Internet community. This is true both of standard and nonstandard domains.
In the case of using our companies domain registration at http://register.intlws.com , the registration process is totally automated.

You can't transfer domains that are already in use in the system. Nor can you transfer third level domains if they use a second level domain owned by another user.

Creating Domains Based on Your Provider's Domain Names (Third Level Domains)

Use this option if you do not have or do not wish to purchase a domain name.
Third level domains are registered on your provider's DNS server. You don't need to register a third level domain with a domain registration company. If you choose to create a third level domain, it will contain your provider's domain name. E.g. if your provider's domain name is besthosting.com, and the third level domain you are registering is mythirdlevel, the fully qualified domain name would be mythirdlevel.besthosting.com. 
We provide you with this feature on most plans using the buynowmarketplace.com as the domain name then you may choose whatever name you prefer such as mystore.buynowmarketplace.com

Third level domain registration is available only if it is allowed under the selected plan. Functionally, third level domains have same features as second level domains.

To register a third level domain name, enter the desired domain name in the Domain name field. From the box on the right, select provider's domain name where you would like to create the third level domain:

Hosting Sites Without Domain Names

You can also host sites without domain names (the so-called stop-gap domains). When you create a stopgap domain, you get no DNS zone, and you cannot use e-mail service. However, you will be able to access and manage your site using the instant domain alias you get at signup.

Stopgap domains support web site management and FTP services. Also, you can have IP-only access if you get a dedicated IP.

To create a stopgap domain, just click the Submit button in the Stopgap domain registration form:

Parking External Domains

This feature allows you to use H-Sphere DNS server to map IPs to domain names serviced and hosted on other servers (not those of H-Sphere). In this case, a DNS zone is created with a custom DNS A record for the domain name and its IP is entered in the form below:

Creating Accounts Without Domains

At signup, you can create an account without any domain. If you choose this option, your account will have FTP and disk space. But you won't have:

• DNS zone
• Virtual and Anonymous FTP
• Mail service
• ODBC support

You can create a domain to this account later in the future.