How to setup custom domain for your blogger blog?

6/06 04:48:00 AM Saturday, June 6

When you register your blogspot blog, you will get a new blog with some URL. This blog will be hosted on Google’s servers and you can make posts on your blog by logging in at Blogger. Now Custom domain means that we will be using our own domain name instead of having the extension. That is our blog URL will look something When you use a custom domain, your blog will still be hosted on Google’s servers and you can continue making posts from Blogger as you usually do.So the only thing that changes is the blog’s URL

How much does this Cost?

For using a custom domain you should buy your own domain name. The price of the domain name will vary depending on the domain extension that you choose. But normally most of us will prefer to buy domains which ends with a .COM .COM, .ORG , .NET domains will cost something near to10 US Dollars. So you just need to spend 10-12 dollars and you can have your blog running at the new domain which you buy.

Where to Buy the domain from?

There are many domain registration websites.  You can directly buy your domain from any of them. If you are in the United States, you can use Google Domains which integrates well with Blogger.

How to buy the domain and setup my blog with the new domain?

If you want to setup your custom domain by buying the domain from Google Domains, then you need to go to Settings > Basic and under the publishing section, you have to choose the Buy a domain option(This is currently only available in the United States as Google Domains is now under Public Beta).

In case Google Domains is still not available in your country, you can easily choose an alternate Domain name provider like Name or Godaddy. These are trusted domain name registrars and the domain names will cost somewhere near 10-12 dollars on these websites. You might find some coupon codes on the web which can further reduce the cost. As these are third party registrars, you will have to do some manual configuration to publish your blog to your domain name. This configuration is quite simple and we have tried our best to explain it in detail with descriptive screenshots.

1. Instructions For Setting Up Blogger Custom Domain on Name

2. Instructions For Setting Up Blogger Custom Domain on GoDaddy

It just costs something less than 10$.. Isn't it worth a try? Hurry up guys ,get your own custom domain blogs and let me know if our tutorials were helpful to you in setting it up :)

33 comments :

  1. MerinJune 6 at 5:48 AM

    That was really useful man!!

  2. anuJune 6 at 9:49 AM

    Thanks for this article. This article extends to provide how to set up custom domain for blogger blog. I already register a domain name from the tucktail where we can register a new domain name or web host & also transfer it from one host to another host.

  3. UnknownJune 6 at 10:28 AM

    may be its a good site.. but i do support using godaddy or name for domains..

  4. nagataJune 7 at 9:23 AM

    Thank you , How about 1and1 ,it should be the same thing to do ,right?

  5. UnknownJune 7 at 9:47 AM

    i don't know id 1and1 is a good host.. just contact them and ask them if they can create CNAME records for you..

  6. AlokJune 8 at 6:29 PM

    Well i did not get you aneesh now i have option that enable to redirect yoursite.com to www.yoursite.com but that does not work

    alos i have registered my domain with Rediff with no hostion optin what should i do

  7. UnknownJune 9 at 7:25 AM

    how much did you pay rediff for your domain??
    when buying a domain or buying a hosting. always be careful to get a good one..

    is your blog now working properly @ www.yoursite.com

  8. AlokJune 9 at 10:11 AM

    well it cost me 495 i have to additional amount for hosting yes my site works properly here it is

    but freewaresnbeta does not direct to above address what should i do now

    i choose rediff because they have payment by check option as do not have credit cards.

  9. UnknownJune 9 at 12:49 PM

    ok but it is always better to use sites like godaddy for registering domains.. ok here is another solution which works for godaddy.. not sure if it will work for you..

    In your domain control panel there should be an option to redirect urls. there just enter and give a try.. don't use any trailing slash (/) . just see if it doesn't cause a redirect loop..sometimes it can take time for the changes to appear..

  10. Andrea BormanOctober 16 at 2:38 AM

    This post is realy useful.I have recently transfered all my blogs on blogger to custom domain address.My sites are still hosted on Blogger,so I have all the Blogger features. But none of the hassle of having to map my domain or set my D.N.S. settings Blogger set everything up for me. I would recomend anybody who wants a custom domain to get a blog from Blogger first,then follow settings to host on custom domain,rather than go to somewhere like Wordpress,where you have to set it up all by yourselfe. Also custom domain through Blogger is cheaper too,just 12 us dollers per year.Andrea.

  11. SeizhinNovember 19 at 5:57 PM

    I registered for a domain yesterday before I found your blog, but I was wondering how come it still doesnt redirect my blog to the new domain.

    Only here did I know that I'd need to wait up to 3 days for it to set up. Thanks a lot for your post, this is helpful.

  12. AnonymousDecember 22 at 12:55 AM

    nice one...........

  13. jessicapineJanuary 8 at 2:58 AM

    Does anyone know if its $10 to make a custom domain on Blogger PER YEAR or is it just for the first year?? I just don't want to be automatically charged surprisingly after the first year, anyone know?

  14. UnknownMarch 17 at 8:01 PM

    @jessicapine - it is 10$ every year.

  15. WilliamthomasApril 27 at 3:20 PM

    I FOUND YOUR BLOG REALLY INTERESTING IN TERMS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE RELEVANT USERS.

  16. BazoookaSeptember 28 at 9:45 PM

    Thanks duds for these useful chit chat, it helped me a lot.

  17. wasaySeptember 30 at 10:29 PM

    what happens if i don't set my blog automatically charged every year for domain....please reply...

  18. UnknownSeptember 30 at 10:33 PM

    @wasay - if you don't choose the auto renewal option, you will have to renew it manually before the domain expires.

  19. wasayOctober 9 at 6:21 PM

    hello aneesh i have purchased domain from godaddy, now i have problem with my naked domain how should i redirect it. i mean should i redirect it from blooger(option available there to redirect from exampple.com to www.example.com) or select a "forwarding domain" option in godaddy. I am asking this because i dont want face any problems in google webmaster, for my blog indexing.

    Eagerly waiting for reply......

  20. UnknownOctober 9 at 6:26 PM

    @vasay - yes you should use the redirect option in the Blogger Publishing Tab. But for that option to work, you should create the 4 A Records for your domain. Refer blogger-custom-domain-on-godaddy.html

    Note: DNS changes take time to propagate.

  21. wasayOctober 9 at 6:33 PM

    wow fast reply.....

    ok should i remove the forwarding (forwarded to www.example.com) i did in gogaddy and then continue to your procedure...

  22. UnknownOctober 9 at 7:19 PM

    @wasay - yes you should..

  23. andrew from UgandaNovember 2 at 12:16 AM

    I do not host a domain with go daddy or name. Actually the company is registry. Can i have instructions on how to set up the domain to blogger from that company. I will be glad

  24. ShaneFebruary 21 at 12:20 PM

    I hosted my site in blogger with a custom domain but with my friend's computer IP address,
    i can't get into my site. but with proof IP i would able to see my site, i thought the problem with browser
    (I checked with Google Analytics) but almost all browser visitors came to my site.
    I don't know what is the problem. Is the problem with my Server or Browser?

  25. Raul SethiMarch 7 at 5:25 PM

    nice thing, this is rahul sethi from fatehabad, i want to setup a domain to my blog which is already bought by me, how to sewt it to blogger?

  26. cesarApril 8 at 10:03 PM

    nice topic i think some web sites maybe help full please search on google

  27. UnknownJune 2 at 12:16 PM

    hey thanks for the wonderful info. But i do have a doubt. Assume that I registered my blog to a domain. In such case will i have all the posts and my users? Will i have the same Template which i am having in my blog right now? Will i have the same posting options as in blogger? I mean New Posts or Edit posts and so on. Or should i start the design from Scratch?

  28. HIAugust 18 at 11:43 PM

    I was just looking for this info for some time. After six hours of continuous Googleing, at last I got it in your website. I wonder what’s the Google’s issue that does not rank this type of informative websites closer to the top. Generally the top sites are full of garbage.
    Amazing Arts

  29. TimNovember 9 at 5:15 PM

    Thanks for the advice, I just registered my domain!

  30. UnknownNovember 29 at 4:57 PM

    I buyed .In Domain From Mitsu How To Setup this domain can u plz mail step by step procedure
    thnx in advance plz do reply

  31. tjMarch 17 at 7:40 PM

    Hi

    my problem is that by applying the custom domain url to my blog, all facebook and twitter-counts go down to zero.

    Any idea how can this be rectified?

    Many thanks,
    Tamas

  32. UnknownJune 6 at 11:09 PM

    hi i have a website name, i am trying to move on blogspot by retriving i m using wordpress as cms tool, can i move my website to blogspot?

    1. UnknownJune 7 at 12:48 AM

      yes you can. Shoot me an email if you need help :-)