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I know this is gonna sound overly simplistic to most of you out there, but I've literally never done anything of the kind, so I don't even know where to start. Or what to look for even.

I started a small startup, for the illustrative purposes let's say it's called JoesPizza. I would like to open up an internet domain, let's say joespizza.com or www.joespizza.com and have an email that ends with that domain. Have some preferences towards Google, for whom I hear offer such services and such, and who's interface I've grown used to over the years, since I have a personal account there as well, but that is not necessary.

The fact that they're free and rather good, is also appealing to me since I'm trying not to spend on where I don't have to.

I'm in a nutshell asking you, if you've done something like this - how to go about it? Where to start? Where to look, and what to do?

From what I've read, I could go to godaddy.com and register a domain there for a rather low price, and with that register a "google apps" email and services. Has anyone done this is particular? If he could explain the steps maybe?

p.s. I would also like someday to host a web on the same domain if possible, although I'm not sure whether I can accoplish this through google apps.

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I just did this for the domain message2japan.net:

  • Domain hosted on NameCheap.com
  • Email hosted by gmail
  • Web page hosted by Google AppEngine

Steps

  1. Purchase a domain
  2. Sign up for Google apps on that domain
  3. Follow Google's instructions to verify you own that domain
  4. Follow Google's instructions to set up MX records (for email using that domain)
  5. Follow Google's instructions to set up Google Sites

(Site hosting using Google AppEngine, Weebly, and SquareSpace are all more complex, but involves pointing your domain's DNS A record to the proper IP address that will serve the web site)

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Hi Leftium, thanks for answering. Could you please elaborate a bit on the second dot, and on what is the differences between G.Apps Sites and Engine? – Rook Apr 8 '11 at 15:14
Are there any differences between those "domain registering companies" of some practical kind or is it pretty much all the same? – Rook Apr 8 '11 at 15:15
I started using NameCheap based on this: lifehacker.com/#!5685843/best-domain-name-registrar-namecheap I have also had a good experience with DreamHost. GoDaddy's interface irritates me and tends to be very slow. – Leftium Apr 8 '11 at 15:22
I added some links to my answer. If you start with the Google apps sign-up link, it takes you step-by-step through the process. – Leftium Apr 8 '11 at 15:25
Leftium, thanks for your help once again. If I could just trouble you with one detail. How do you verify the ownership of a domain? In detail, webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/11906/… – Rook Apr 9 '11 at 16:20
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