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the magic of .com.ng (dot com dot ng)

Apr 28 2018 at 06:19am

You know ".com.ng"? The very budget friendly domain name extension for nigerian content publishers. Over the past few years I have been working with a handful of young tech enthusiasts interested in starting a website or a blog. After explaining the entire concept of domain name, web hosting and the alternatives to them, many do not return. Others start and disappear from the web after 365 days.

I started my first website (with premium domain) when I was was a teenager. I saved for months to get a domain name. Funny is that I had no idea how things work, I was expecting to get domain+ a site ready to be modified after my first payment. Well, my domain registrar (funny that guy's still in business) told me I only paid for domain and that I should order a hosting plan. Which I later did (one with 2gb bandwidth and 500mb disk space). I stopped spending much on video games at that time (guess that's how I managed to fund the entire experiment).

To cut the story short! If you are like teenage Pius from about 10 years ago, simply go for a ".com.ng" domain for your idea. It's cheap and if you can save 500 naira every week, you can buy 1 in less than a month.

Hosting has its own drama. My first site died after 1 year, I was on a bad hosting company that caused my site a lot of downtime. But if all you want to do is start a blog, you can go with Google's free blogger.com it's always online and free and you can use your ".com.ng" domain with it.

Next thing is: "find a mentor". Yes don't wonder in the wilderness of tech alone. Would you rather spend hours looking for a pin inside a dark room or carry a flashlight and find the pin in less than 2 minutes? The tech world is like that too.

Finally, don't be a haste to make money. Be in a haste to do the right things that can help you to make money. Save money for your domain and hosting so that you can always renew them when due.



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