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Ask Ted
In Settings › Domains, press Ask Ted for ideas under the search. Or, on Home, press Add your own domain in Your next steps. Build opens with a request to find a domain for your foundable in Ted’s message box. Add anything you have in mind, then send it.Or ask him in your own words in the chat, like what a name costs.
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Look at his picks
Ted answers with a card titled Domains. His picks come first, each with its price, and the first one says “Recommended”.
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Try other names
Type in Search any name to check your own idea. Or press an ending to try your business’s name with it. All shows every result, and the other filter shows only the less expensive names. More endings adds more choices.
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Press the name you want
Its Buy step opens and checks the price. Back returns to the list.
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Buy it
Press the Buy for button, which names the credits it spends. As in Settings, you agree to the Domain Holding Agreement, and the domain renews each year until you turn that off.
Check that it worked
The card says the domain is yours. A label shows how far it has come: Registering, then Connecting to your site, then Live. Once it’s live, Open site opens your website on it. Find another starts over.If something goes wrong
“Not available: …”
“Not available: …”
Nobody can buy these names here: someone owns them, or they’re premium names. The card gathers them on this one line. Try another ending or name.
Upgrade plan shows instead of Buy for
Upgrade plan shows instead of Buy for
Your credits don’t cover this name. Press Upgrade plan to get more credits each month, then buy the domain with them. See Get more credits when you run out.
FAQ
Can Ted buy a domain for me?
Can Ted buy a domain for me?
No. Only your own press of Buy for buys one. If you answer in the chat, like saying yes to a name, the card opens its Buy step and buys nothing. See Approve Ted’s work.
Can Ted connect a domain I already own?
Can Ted connect a domain I already own?
Yes, if you’re the owner or an admin. Ask him, add the records he gives you where you manage your domain, then ask him to check. See Connect a domain you own.
Related
Buy a domain
Search and buy a name yourself in Settings.
Use your own domain
Buying, connecting and your primary domain.
Things to ask Ted
More requests to copy and send.