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Buy a domain from Settings > Domains and connect it to any of your sites.
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Open Settings > Domains

Find the Find a domain panel at the top of the page.
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Type a name

Enter a name on its own, like yourbusiness, to see it across every extension we offer. Enter a full domain, like yourbusiness.com, to check only that one.
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Narrow the results

Filter by extension, show available names only, or sort cheapest first.
We currently offer .com, .net, .org, .co, .io, .shop and .agency.
Some names are marked Premium. These are priced by the registry rather than at the standard rate, and the price shown is the real one for that specific name.

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Pricing

Click Buy on an available name and we fetch the exact terms for it. You will see two numbers, and they are frequently different:
  • Registration is what you pay now, for the term you choose
  • Renewal is what it costs each year afterwards
A promotional first year is common across the industry. We always show you the renewal price before you pay, rather than assuming it matches. If we cannot read a renewal price for a particular name we say so instead of guessing.
Choose a term of 1, 2, 3, 5 or 10 years. Longer terms are priced by the registry and the total updates when you change it.

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Your details

The registry requires a complete, accurate contact record for every domain. This is an ICANN rule, not a Hiveku one, and the record is attached to the domain itself.
Use an email address you actually read, and not one on the domain you are buying. The registry emails you to confirm these details, and if nobody clicks that link within fifteen days the domain is suspended. A brand new domain has no working email yet, so an address on it cannot receive the message that keeps it alive.
You will need a first and last name, email, phone, street address, city, postal code, and a two letter country code. Company and state are optional depending on where you are.

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Register

Tick the registration agreement and click Register. We charge the card on file for your Hiveku account. What happens next:
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We check the name is still free

Availability is re-confirmed against the registry at the moment of purchase, not from a cached result. If somebody registered it while you were filling in the form, you are told and not charged.
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We charge your card

The amount shown, to the card on your Hiveku account.
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We register the domain

The domain appears in your Connected domains list.
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Confirm your contact details

Watch for the verification email from the registry and click the link. Fifteen days.
If anything goes wrong partway through, you are not charged for a domain you did not get. If we lose contact with the registry mid-registration we hold the order, confirm what actually happened, and tell you the outcome rather than trying again and risking a double charge.

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Requirements

Domains are charged immediately and renew every year, so your account needs a payment method in Settings > Billing before you can buy one.
Accounts with an outstanding billing issue cannot buy domains until it is resolved.
If your Hiveku account is managed and billed by an agency rather than by Hiveku directly, domains are bought through them. Ask them to register it and we will connect it to your site.

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Connecting it to a site

A newly registered domain is not pointed at anything yet. Attach it to a project from the domain’s row, and we handle the DNS records and the certificate. See Custom Domains for how a domain reaches a specific project and environment.