Getting Started

Download the NookStar Installation Guide (Adobe Reader Required)

Brief Summary of Steps:

	Step 1
Purchase your first domain. We recommend purchasing your domain names from GoDaddy. Use the coupon codes mentioned below to get your domains at discounted prices. Sign up with a hosting company. You can use any hosting company as long as they support ionCube, PHP 5.23 or higher and MySQL 5.x. We recommend Hostgator. They have the best support and already support NookStar.com's software minimum requirements.
	Step 2
Create your NookStar.com account by CLICKING HERE Download the NookStar.com client software to your PC. Click the download icon. Begin uploading your NookStar.com's web software that you downloaded from the previous step, to your hosting account. Go to your new domain address and start configuring your first niche store.
	Step 3
In order to sell products you need to sign up with affiliate(s). The more affiliates you sign up with the more products you will be able to sell. Their are no charges or fees with signing up with the companies mentioned below. EBay Amazon.com Once you have been approved by the affiliate listed above, you can begin entering your new affiliate ID's in NookStar.com's control panel. We are currently only supporting EBay and Amazon at the moment and plan on expanding to other affiliates in the near future.

Check out our entire list of tutorial videos at YouTube.com

NookStar Recommends iStock for all your graphic needs. In order to save time you can purchase already made graphics for your sites.

Signing up with HostGator After you bought your first domain name from GoDaddy it's now time to setup your hosting account. To begin setting up your Hostgator account and get your first month free read below. The hosting account is where you will store your website domain and data. Hostgator allows you to host an unlimited amount of websites which will allow you to continue to grow at no additional hosting cost.

Step1	Step2
Click existing domain and enter the domain you purchased from GoDaddy	Click 'NEXT >>' and then select 'Baby' as the package which will give you unlimited domain usage.

Step3	Step4
Click 'Continue >>' On the next page enter ' nookstar994 ' for the coupon code so you will get the first month free.	Click 'Calculate Totals >>'

If everything looks similar to this screen click 'Continue >>'. After you click continue, the next screen will ask you for all your information and method of payment. Fill out the rest and click 'Verify my Order >>' at the bottom of the page. You should now begin to receive emails giving you details about your new hosting account. You will need to log into your godaddy account and change the name server on your domain to match the new one that Hostgator will give you.

Using CuteFTP to upload your site.

Uploading NookStar.com Software to your hosting account

Using Cpanel to upload your site

Other Tutorials
How to Change your Website Name Servers in Godaddy	How to Create a New Database using CPanel	How to add a Domain to CPanel

Setting up your first niche store
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NookStar ID
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