Guide To Setting Up Bluehost CORRECTLY (+ Build Your Site)

Setting up your Bluehost hosting account correctly will save you potential problems down the road. So here’s a guide to do it right the first time.

Bluehost hosting is the #1 recommendation by WordPress. WordPress has over 60% market share, with the next company being 4% market share for CMS (content management system). This is how to set up the #1 hosting company, recommended by the #1 CMS on the internet.

We’ll look at all the benefits that Bluehost offers which will save you a lot of money. They also provide the easiest way to build a website as a newbie! So if you’re brand new to building websites, I’m sure the learning curve has you nervous. Between Bluehost’s ultimate WordPress platform and 24/7 bluehost customer support, you can relax. You’re going to make a great website with Bluehost!

Why We Use Bluehost

We use Bluehost for our own websites exclusively. There are many reasons why, but let’s hit on a few of them.

First off, the pricing is about the best there is. You can host a website on Bluehost for literally a few dollars per month by signing up here! You could create a website that provides your readers with great information and value, for very little cost to you. In return, you could earn a very significant income. There are several ways you can monetize your content. We’ll cover a few later in this article.
One major reason we chose Bluehost is the fact that WordPress themselves suggested that we use them! There are almost 2 BILLION websites on the internet and 34% of them run on WordPress (if you are looking at strictly CMS content management systems, WordPress is about 60% of all sites)! We don’t want to fight an uphill battle, so we use the best.
FREE Domain name. That’s right. You get your domain name for free, just for using the best hosting company – Bluehost
24/7 and 365 customer support. Any day and all day, you can reach out for support with any question, concern, or problem you run into. When we first started building websites, the support staff was absolutely fantastic (and patient).
Unlimited websites! The package we recommend allows unlimited websites per account, all with there own domains. We can just park domains in the account as much as we want also.
Another great benefit to this type of account is that you get Domain Privacy included. You’re going to want this anyway, so it’s best to get it for free.
One more important thing we get, is site backup through CodeGuard. We’ve had to set our site back to an earlier date a few times. If we didn’t have “site backup”, we would have been toast, so it’s a great benefit that Bluehost includes it for us.
The cinch for us was that they have a 30 day guarantee, so if we didn’t like how it was going, we could get a refund. Turns out, Bluehost has been great for us and so many others, there’s just no reason to quit.

So Why Should You Use Bluehost?

These are the reasons Bluehost provides:

Bluehost

Powering over 2 million websites, Bluehost offers the ultimate WordPress platform. Tuned for WordPress, we offer WordPress-centric dashboards and tools along with 1-click installation, a FREE domain name, email, FTP, and more. Easily scalable and backed by legendary 24/7 support by in-house WordPress experts.

The points made above are enough, but let’s go deeper:

You Must Be Available

You may or may not know much about hosting, but one thing to consider is “Up Time”. Bluehost has an uptime of 99.99%. We have never experienced a downtime that we know of since we’ve been with them. The only time we’ve been down is when the problem was caused by us (lol = learning curve).

You Must Be Fast

Something else to consider is that all discount hosting is “shared hosting”. With Bluehost, this isn’t an issue. You might think that shared hosting equals slow hosting. NOT TRUE. Look at our site ProfitVsWage and you’ll see lightning fast speeds. We’re using the exact same package that we’re recommending you choose.

If you want your website to rank in Google search (and you definitely do), then your site must be FAST! With the most recent algorithm, Google puts preference to sites with great content and fast load times. It only makes sense for Google to demand this, because they want all their searches to produce the answers to searcher’s questions and with no delay or load errors.

Google wants to produce the best results for people so they remain the number one search engine. This is also true for Bluehost. If they had worse uptime or slower speeds than other hosting companies, they would lose market share.

Simple Steps To Hosting Setup

Everybody thinks that the first step to setting up a website is to choose a domain name. Actually that is not needed at this point. If you know what your subject matter is and what you want to cover on your website, then you are good to go.

But since many people can’t get past the feeling of needing this step, I’ll make it easy for you to check availability for a domain name for your new site right here via Bluehost. ( If you find a domain name you like, you can secure it in the account setup process a bit later, as it will be free!)

The actual first step, is to select your hosting package. We really don’t want to launch (go live) a website with little to no content on it anyway, so no domain name is needed yet. So let’s look at the options, including the Choice Plus option we recommend for the best value.

Most likely it’s a no-brainer on why we recommend Choice Plus. However, let’s just look at what a couple dollar difference gets you. (Bluehost hosting is so inexpensive! It’s crazy that you can have a money making website online for the price of a sandwich at McDonald’s!)

You can have as many websites hosted on this one account as you like. If you had only 2 websites using the Basic plan, it would cost you more than “unlimited websites with Choice Plus”.
Unlimited data storage for all your sites instead of 50GB storage with Basic
As many domains as you want being hosted or parked. Whichever you want. Same goes for Sub Domains.
You get Spam Experts. SpamExperts is an advanced email filter that scans and filters your incoming email for spam, viruses, phishing, and other email-related attacks by botnets and spammers with 99.98% accuracy — all before it reaches your inbox.
Site Backup with Code Guard. This is a “must have”, and it is included with Choice Plus! If you mess up your site, you can just go back the the previous day’s backup version and keep moving forward.

Making A Decision

Your choice is most likely the same as ours. So if you can get yourself to skip just one McSandwich per month, your site hosting is virtually free! This just may help some people shed a pound or two also 🙂 .

Not everyone is trying to make money with a website, but either way, with the Choice Plus package you’re ready to build whatever website and however many websites you want, anytime you want. This is something you should have active from today forward.

The cost per month is literally almost nothing. Specially when you figure the amount of income each site could potentially create for you! Whether you start building today or another day, you should always have instant access to start working on it.

If you had your Bluehost Choice Plus all set up and ready, even if you don’t create any content for a month or two, what did you really lose; Almost nothing. We recommend setting up your hosting now with Bluehost.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, so take the shot.

Setting Up Bluehost Hosting Is Easy

While setting up Bluehost hosting is easy, just know that you always have access to chat with support if you run into a question. Our video will walk you through the sign up/setup, as well as explain other beneficial aspects of using Bluehost for all your websites into the future.

If you chose to not watch the video, here is what you will do:

Click to go to Bluehost. (Don’t worry. It will open in a new tab so you still have access to our guidance.)
Click on the big “GET STARTED” button.
Click the green “SELECT” button on the plan of your choice. (Choice Plus is our recommendation.)
Type in your “Domain Name” if you know it is available. Otherwise just click on “I’LL CREATE MY DOMAIN LATER” at the bottom of the page.
Fill out the typical “NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE, EMAIL” info.
Your package info is pre-filled and is billed as a one time charge for the duration of the package. This keeps the price per month low and locks the rate in for you.
Uncheck “SITE LOCK – FIND”. You already have Site Lock Lite, so wait until you need something better and do some research on your options.
Enter you payment information. If you want to use Pay Pal, just click “MORE PAYMENT OPTIONS”.
Click the “Terms Of Service” check box.
Then click the green “SUBMIT” button.
Click the green “CREATE YOUR PASSWORD” button.
Choose and enter your password, then click the “Terms Of Service” check box, and then Click on the blue “NEXT” button.
CONGRATULATIONS! Now click the green “LOG IN” button. (Bluehost is also sending you a welcome email with log in credentials.)
You can choose a theme for your website or choose to skip this step. If you do explore your theme options and choose one, remember you can always change themes anytime you like.
That’s it! You are all done. Now you can start building and/or learning. You can also just relax knowing that you have the ability to build web businesses all you want because you prepared properly. (But don’t just relax. Get started with your ideas. Remember, you can change and adjust as you learn and grow.)

You Are Now Prepared

You have taken an important step. One that many people will never take. Why? Because they just spend their time wishing they could make money on the internet. However, they never take this first step (take the shot), they only think about it and read about others who took action.

BUT, you did take action, and you’re now ready to start learning, creating, and earning from your online presence!

“For the price of only One sandwich per Month”, you can build a whole new future for your life! You now have access to all the tools you’ll need to build any websites you want. Oh, and you can do this ANY time you want. You are the boss! (So be a good boss to yourself 🙂 )

How And When To Monetize Your Website

Most everyone who builds a website will want to make money with it at some point. It’s OK to want to make money! We do. When you put effort into your job, you expect to get paid. If it didn’t pay, you’d get a different job.

We’re answering questions, adding value, and providing opinions and solutions. Getting paid for that service is perfectly reasonable. Any store or service center is going to charge for their services, so why not you?

How Can You Make Money With Your Website?

There’s a way we can get compensation without charging our readers, viewers, or clients any money. In our case, we use affiliate marketing for products and services we truly believe in, and/or use ourselves. We never let a possible commission sway us. We only promote the best products and services.

The actual product or service will cost the user the same amount, no matter how or where they buy it. The seller of the product or service allows affiliates who recommend their product or service, to earn a commission for marketing, explaining, or reviewing the product or service, and then referring the customer to the seller’s website.

Monetize In Other Ways

We like the affiliate model, but you may choose to host ads on your website. Ad revenue is mostly based on getting lots of traffic to your site with great content. The longer a viewer is on the site, the more ads that are presented. The more ads displayed to viewers, the more revenue your site generates.

You may also choose to sell your own products or services. For example, you could create digital content, like an e-book, coarse, etc.

You could also sell products you acquire at wholesale and resell at retail. Even if you already have a “brick and mortar” location store, you should have a website that sells those very same products online.

Then there is “sponsored content”. This means that other content creators pay you to post their written content on your website. It could also mean that they pay you to write content about them and post it on your site.

Having a membership site is another way. If you have a lot of amazing content yourself, or maybe it’s a forum site where hard to find information is shared. People will pay a membership fee to be allowed to read and post content there. These are usually respected sites because the content is free of spam for the most part and stay on topic.

Focus On Great Content

Never lose site of the fact that nothing beats GREAT CONTENT. When you’re creating your website, you need to always have a main focus on what creates the best experience for your readers and viewers.

Whatever subject is in the title of your article, be sure you are providing accurate and valuable information. Your content should answer any question that a reader or viewer would have about the subject in the article title. This includes detailed product descriptions if your are selling products.

As You Get Started

At ProfitVsWage, we want to provide you with great information and perspective. Anyone who wishes to do and create more out of life, will be forever learning every day.

Stopping yourself from taking action, because needing to learn more first, is the biggest reason for people never moving forward. Learning without taking action is a complete waste of time.

Congratulations on not wasting time. Your new Bluehost account is going to be a tool the serves you very well. Now go start creating and learning simultaneously! Log in to your bluehost account, and start creating. Click the “preview” button in the wordpress editor and see the results. Make changes and experiment. You’re gonna do great!