How to start your own prepper/survival/homesteading/whatever website

[MillenniumMan]

texdressesacow.com with info on hoisting, slicing, diseases to look out for and the best cuts on the cow. Follow the big mustache to the online store for 20 oz house specials and free recipes!

[Tex]

Do you guys want to get this thread back on track? Go make fun of me in the everyday thread if you want. Graywolf started a good thread to help people get going on their own blog or website, but someone new may not want to wade through all the BS.

I do appreciate the help Graywolf and I did enjoy the article. As it stands, I am checking out some different domain names and discussing some different options with a couple of folks and will have some more questions for you within the next couple days. One thing I am looking into now is pen names. (There is something else for you guys to go to the Darkside and make fun of) When buying the domain names, do you have to use your real name, or can they be bought under a pen name? Also, can they be bought and have the information kept private? AmericanBTGoG, was thinking that by going through someone like GoDaddy a person could choose the option of having the purchasers personal information kept private and should someone need to get ahold of the domain owner, they would need to go through GoDaddy. Does anyone have any information or experience in this regard?


Tex

[MillenniumMan]

Don't look at me, I was being serious when the idea of a bar-bar-2 website with Tex merchandise popped into my head.

And to answer some of your questions, Tex:
Yes, for domain purchases, they can be bought under your own name, an LLC or a pseudonym, just so long as there is a credit card to pay for the registration each pay cycle.

Same with the purchase of a server. You necessarily don't need to purchase both from the same company. You can get the domain registered with godaddy or verisign or whatnot and the server hardware from Turtle Solutions or a company in the Bahamas for all that matters. You just have to link the IP address of the server hardware to the domain. Once that happens, it takes anywhere from a few hours to a day to propogate the DNS (Domain Name Service) info to all the ISPs out there. Until then, the server could be accessed via the IP address rather than say bar-bar-2-ranch.com

On the private registration thing, whois allows people to look up all the vitals on a site. For instance, angeryamerican.net:


*PS, everything in red is stuff I needed to change for the sake of security for the big boss.

Email	is associated with ~1,213,754 domains AA's real email address was here, so I've censored it!
Registrar	NAME.COM, INC.
Registrar Status	ok
Dates	Created on 2013-03-24 - Expires on 2015-03-24 - Updated on 2014-03-24
Name Server(s)	AUGE.LINKEDLA.COM (has 96 domains) BLUE.LINKEDLA.COM (has 96 domains) DIANA.LINKEDLA.COM (has 96 domains) LI.LINKEDLA.COM (has 96 domains)
IP Address	208.71.172.68 - 126 other sites hosted on this server
IP Location	- California - San Clemente - Network Data Center Host Inc.
ASN	AS33322 NDCHOST - Network Data Center Host, Inc.,US (registered Nov 19, 2004)
Domain Status	Registered And Active Website
Whois History	11 records have been archived since 2013-03-27
IP History	1 change on 2 unique IP addresses over 1 years
Registrar History	1 registrar
Hosting History	5 changes on 4 unique name servers over 8 years
Whois Server	whois.name.com

Website

Website Title	Angery American News - Angery American
Server Type	Apache
Response Code	200
SEO Score	88%
Terms	1355 (Unique: 573, Linked: 189)
Images	28 (Alt tags missing: 7)
Links	103 (Internal: 64, Outbound: 12)

Whois Record ( last updated on 2014-08-04 )
Domain Name: ANGERYAMERICAN.NET
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.name.com
Registrar URL: http://www.name.com
Updated Date: 2014-03-25T01:26:18-06:00
Creation Date: 2013-03-25T02:26:51-06:00
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-03-25T02:26:51-06:00
Registrar: Name.com, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 625
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.17202492374
Reseller:
Domain Status: ok
Registrant Name: AA's real name was here, so I've censored it!
Registrant Organization: AngeryAmerican
Registrant Street: AAs real address
Registrant City: AAs real city
Registrant State/Province: AAs real city
Registrant Postal Code: 28645
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.AAs REAL PHONE NUMBER WAS HERE, SO I CENSORED IT
Registrant Email: AAsREALEMAILADDYWASHERE@SO I CENSORED IT
Admin Name: AA's real name was here, so I've censored it!
Admin Organization: AngeryAmerican
Admin Street: AAs real address
Admin City: AAs real city
Admin State/Province: AAs real state
Admin Postal Code: 28645
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.AAs REAL PHONE NUMBER WAS HERE, SO I CENSORED IT
Admin Email: AAsREALEMAILADDYWASHERE@SO I CENSORED IT
Tech Name: AA's real name was here, so I've censored it!
Tech Organization: AngeryAmerican
Tech Street: AAs real address
Tech City: AAs real city
Tech State/Province: AAs real state
Tech Postal Code: 28645
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.AAs REAL PHONE NUMBER WAS HERE, SO I CENSORED IT
Tech Email: AAsREALEMAILADDYWASHERE@SO I CENSORED IT
Name Server: blue.linkedla.com
Name Server: li.linkedla.com
Name Server: auge.linkedla.com
Name Server: diana.linkedla.com
DNSSEC: NotApplicable
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/


Gotta work on that OpSec AA.

[Kelly]

You can pay an extra $10/year to make your Domain registration details private, such as:

Domain Name: freestateip.com
Registry Domain ID: 1821917700_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.register.com
Registrar URL: http://www.register.com
Updated Date: 2013-08-15T00:00:00-0400
Creation Date: 2013-08-15T16:57:29-0400
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-08-15T00:00:00-0400
Registrar: Register.com
Registrar IANA ID: 9
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: @web.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8773812449
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: PERFECT PRIVACY, LLC
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 12808 Gran Bay Pkwy West
Registrant City: Jacksonville
Registrant State/Province: FL
Registrant Postal Code: 32258
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.9027492701
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext.:
Registrant Email: @domaindiscreet.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: PERFECT PRIVACY, LLC
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 12808 Gran Bay Pkwy West
Admin City: Jacksonville
Admin State/Province: FL
Admin Postal Code: 32258
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.9027492701
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext.:
Admin Email: @domaindiscreet.com
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: PERFECT PRIVACY, LLC
Tech Organization:
Tech Street: 12808 Gran Bay Pkwy West
Tech City: Jacksonville
Tech State/Province: FL
Tech Postal Code: 32258
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.9027492701
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext.:
Tech Email: @domaindiscreet.com
Name Server: dns1.register.com
Name Server: dns2.register.com
DNSSEC: Unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2013-08-15T00:00:00-0400 <<<

[Bumper]

I would recommend paying a little extra and getting a private domain. It really does work. When I was running my forum, we had a guy that was suspected of being a fugitive. The federal agency that was after the guy could not get my contact information without a subpoena so they actually created an account in the forum and left a name and phone number for me to contact them at. Before that incident I was not sure that the system really worked but evidently it works rather well. If someone comes up with a warrant or subpoena the company providing the private domain is required to turn over the information. I expect that a domain registrar in another country would go a long way towards making it more difficult for anyone to get the contact information....

[Graywolf]

I certainly don't mind. The information is useful to pretty much anyone. I do believe we're not making fun of AD enough in this thread though so we'll have to spend a little more effort on that.

[Tex]

The information posted in this thread has been very useful to me and has proven how easy getting this type of thing going. It's still way above my level of comprehension, but it has helped me to figure out the right questions to ask so I can then go to Graywolf and Kelly for my answers. It is nice to have friends who are skilled in this sorta thing so that I may be able to continue on in my ignorant bliss.


Tex

[AngieM2]

Tex and others on this thread. All sounds good on making the site. But it will take a mod team eventually, rules and you'll have to admin it. Sometimes that is the hard part once it is started. I wish you well if you start this site, Tex, and I'd like to read it. I am not here as much as I'd like, but I do like reading around here. And do decide if you're in it to make money, or to make enough money to keep the site going so the information gets out. There is a difference. Many members do not like a site that is there for the making of money, but many don't mind if the Site Owner makes enough so they can participate on the web site.

[Graywolf]

For those of you who've started your own prepper/homestead/survival/whatever website and would like some additional income on it, Media.net has a bonus right now if you use the link below to sign up. They're paying 10% extra for the first month right now (just started today).
Just use this link: http://www.media.net/join?af=5735&pr=45

What they do is allow you to put some code on your site and that code shows up as an ad for people to click on. They're much better at it than they used to be.


I use it on my websites. It's not a ton of money but it wouldn't take too long for it to pay for more than just your hosting every month. I tried them out to see how well they'd do and they pay more than the others I was using so I dropped those and went with this group.

It's just one of many ways to bring in a few bucks here and there.