Overview
This article explains how new customers can sign up for a DreamHost account with their own personal details, payment information, and hosting plan.
Signing up for a new account
Choose a hosting plan
DreamHost offers several hosting plans for you to host your website. See the following pages for a list of available plans:
- Hosting Plans
- WordPress Hosting (including DreamPress)
Create a new account
The steps to create a new account are generally the same for all hosting plans; however, an example of Shared Starter hosting is shown below for clarity.
Adding a hosting plan
- Click the Sign Up Now button under a plan to create a new account.
- Choose an option:
- Choose a domain later to skip this step.
- Register a new domain if you have not yet purchased the registration for your website name.
- I already have a domain if you have already purchased the domain registration.
- To the right, select the payment plan time frame and your desired add-ons.
- Choose to pay with a credit/debit card or PayPal. If you select PayPal, you're taken to its site to complete the purchase.
- Enter an email address to use as the primary email when logging in to your DreamHost panel. You can also sign up using Google's Single Sign-On method. This allows you to use your Google email address to log in without using a password.
Some browsers are enabled with default pop-up settings that disable pop-ups from displaying. If so, you must manually allow your browser to display pop-ups. The following links show how to do this with popular browsers:
- Select additional options that appear towards the bottom (some of these options may not appear depending on the hosting plan you select):
- Pre-Install WordPress — Automatically installs WordPress on your new domain.
- DreamShield Protection — A paid add-on that scans your site for malicious software weekly.
- DreamHost SEO Toolkit — A paid add-on that helps you optimize your website for higher search engine rankings. It also continues to monitor your site over a period of time to ensure that your site's SEO score remains high.
- DreamHost Email — Shared Starter plans only. Adds a paid email plan to your website hosting plan. (NOTE: All other plans offer email for free.)
- WooCommerce — WordPress only. Adds the free WooCommerce plugin to your site so you can set up an online store.
- Google Workspace — Adds Google Workspace to your domain. You can then use Google's tools to manage your website and email.
- When finished, click the Submit Order button at the bottom of the page.
Get started
After you set up a hosting plan and create a new account, see these articles to help you get started with your new website.