Registering a SiteGround account and purchasing a host tutorial and precautions
The text is the second article in the topic “SiteGround builds and operates a WordPress Foreign Trade Website (10 articles in total)”. Before reading this article, it is recommended to read the previous article first:
- 1.SiteGround Hosting Operation and Maintenance WordPress Foreign Trade Website Video Tutorial
SiteGround is the preferred host for foreign trade website building recommended by WordPress University. SiteGround hosts fully use Google Cloud high-performance servers, and have made a lot of optimizations for WordPress programs. They automatically backup every day and restore them with one click. The new version of the host panel is very simple and easy to use, and the newly launched CDN service is even more icing on the cake. In short, it is a very easy to use hosted WordPress host.
Based on our customers ‘feedback and our actual operating experience, SiteGround is definitely a very worry-free and efficient WordPress foreign trade website hosting platform. We have also previously recorded a very detailed “SiteGround Hosting Operation and Maintenance WordPress Foreign Trade Website Video Tutorial”, which you can go and watch.
As a graphic tutorial on the introduction and operation of SiteGround, it is also a supplement to the previous video tutorials.
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Preparations before registering for a SiteGround account
1. Determine website hosting needs
SiteGround provides two hosting services: Shared Hosting and Cloud Virtual Machine. Among them, shared hosting is divided into three plans: StartUp, GrowBig and GoGeek. You need to choose the corresponding package based on the number of stations you need to build.Recommended GrowBig version: You can build multiple websites, adopt higher-performance high-speed PHP and dynamic caching functions, support website copy and sub-account functions, etc.。Of course, if you have a limited budget, you can choose the relatively cheap StartUp plan first and upgrade to the GrowBig version at any time later.
2. Buy website domain name
SiteGround does not provide a direct account registration entry. It needs to be registered when purchasing a host. During this process, you need to provide a domain name. If you don’t already have a domain name, it is recommended to purchase a domain name from Namesilo or Alibaba Cloud before registering for a SiteGround account. Foreign trade websites recommend registering domain names in Namesilo. Please refer to the tutorial “Latest Namesilo Domain Name Registration Tutorial” for details.
3. Need a foreign currency credit card or PayPal account
SiteGround does not support Alipay or WeChat payment. By default, payment is made through a foreign currency credit card with a logo such as VISA / MASTERCARD, or PayPal. Before starting this tutorial, make sure you have a credit card or PayPal account that supports U.S. dollar payments to pay for your fees.
If you don’t have a foreign currency credit card or PayPal account, you can also contact us to assist in purchasing.
How much does it cost for Siteground to build a foreign trade website in one year?
For novices, they only need to purchase a domain name and a SiteGround hosting package in the early stage to build a website. Calculated based on the first-year discount price of US$6.99/month (renewal price of US$14.99/month):
- First year domain name + host: 78/year +(US$6.99/month X 12 months X exchange rate 7)= 665 yuan
- Next year’s domain name + host: 78/year +(US$14.99/month X 12 months X exchange rate 7)= 1137 yuan
In fact, SiteGround offers a discount of up to 80% from time to time every year. For example, Xiangmeng’s purchase of the tutorial is at a special event price (the StartUp package costs only US$2.99/month).
Now that the domain name and host are available, use WordPress to build a foreign trade marketing website, or add a WooCommerce Mall plug-in to make a foreign trade mall. They are all open source and free. If you have a limited budget, you can find free WordPress themes and plug-ins to build, or you can spend a few hundred yuan to buy finished website templates to quickly build a website. You can have a good foreign trade website without spending too much time and expense.
In other words, if you build your own website, you can spend hundreds to thousands of yuan every year to build a WordPress foreign trade website.
Okay, let’s get to the point, let’s register together Siteground And buy a host plan!
Sign up for a Siteground account to purchase a hosting package
SiteGround does not provide a direct account registration entry and needs to register when purchasing a host, so we directly talk about the purchase of a host package.
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Choose the right hosting plan
As mentioned above, newbies only need to consider shared hosting when building a website. Siteground’s shared hosting is divided into three types: Web Hosting, WordPress Hosting and WooCommerce Hosting. Each type is divided into three packages: StartUp, GrowBig and GoGeek.In fact, there is no essential difference between Web Hosting, WordPress Hosting and WooCommerce Hosting. You can just regard it as one type.。The reason why SiteGround distinguishes this is just a marketing method to attract people with different needs.
For us who use WordPress to build foreign trade websites, choose WordPress Hosting or WooCommerce Hosting That’s good. When the former installs the website, the WooCommerce Mall plug-in is not installed by default, while the latter is installed by default. WooCommerce is a WordPress plug-in that can be freely installed and deleted in the background of the website.
Then all we need to consider is which of the three packages to choose: StartUp, GrowBig or GoGeek?

As shown in the above figure, except for some differences in red boxes, everything else is basically the same and all meet the general requirements of a managed host. Functionally speaking, these three versions all provide unlimited traffic, automatic WordPress updates, free SSL Certificates, automatic daily backup of websites, free CDN services, mailbox services, SSH file transfer services, unlimited databases, and adding collaborators (adding other people’s accounts to help you operate and maintain the host). So you need to choose the corresponding package according to your needs.
StartUp ‘s money-saving solution to build a website
If you only have a new website, but it is a B2B marketing or corporate official website, and have a limited budget, choosing this package as a starting point is enough to use it. You don’t have to worry about space and traffic at all, it’s definitely enough!
GrowBig ‘s higher-performance [Recommendation] for multiple websites
If you need to buildmultiple websites, or the website is a WooCommerce foreign trade website. It is recommended to purchase this package. This package usesBetter performing PHP, but also includes dynamic caching capabilities (useful for website performance)。
In addition to automatic daily backup, you can also choose the GrowBig plan.Save 5 manual backupsWhen modifying or updating WordPress versions, plug-ins, and themes, make a manual backup first as a precaution.
GrowBig alsoSupport Staging website copy functionWhen you make some major changes to the website, you can first make a copy of the current website and then modify it in the copy. After the changes are completed, you can publish it with one click to replace the original website. If anything goes wrong with the copy website, you can also reactivate the original website with one click. This feature is very useful for newbies who need to constantly adjust and optimize their website in the early stage.
And if you are migrating old websites, you can alsoEnjoy a free manual website migration service from SiteGround(The StartUp plan can only install the migration plug-in yourself to migrate the website, and you need to pay for manual migration).
GoGeek More performance resources or dealer solutions
Compared to the GrowBig package, the GoGeek package isDouble space and trafficOutside, alsoSupport for Git, white label clients + free private DNS (useful for distribution purposes), better CPU and memory resources, and more priority customer support。This package is not recommended for newbies. It is generally a feature only used by website developers or agent distributors. Or it is an upgrade plan that is not enough for the GrowBig plan.
Tip: In addition to selecting a package based on space, performance and functions, you also need to pay attention to the cost, because all preferential prices are for the first year, and subsequent renewal must be based on the original price (of course, the current renewal price is 20% off for 2 years and 30% off for 3 years), so the renewal price is also a consideration.
Start registering and purchasing Siteground hosts
Here I chose the GoGeek package (I only chose this when I needed it, you can choose according to your actual needs), click on the corresponding package’s GET PLAN Press the button to move to the next step:

At this step, we do not recommend purchasing domain names from Siteground officially. Of course, if you think the higher cost is not a problem, you can also purchase them for better management. If you haven’t purchased a domain name yet, please follow the tutorial “Latest Namesilo Domain Name Registration Tutorial” to purchase one. Subsequent tutorials related to domain name resolution will also be explained in conjunction with the domain name registered by Namesilo.
After entering the domain name, click PROCEED Button to enter the next step interface. There is a lot of information at this step. Please be sure to carefully follow the text instructions in the figure below, and *
Numbers are required fields.
If you don’t have a SiteGround account yet, please fill in the following information carefully:

If you have a foreign currency bank card, you can fill in the credit card information.
If you plan to pay using PayPal, leave all the credit card section below blank. We will supplement the PayPal payment tutorial below.

For the purchase information below, please pay attention to check whether the package is correct, andBe sure to choose a data center according to your needs (the country and region where the host is located), generally for European and American foreign trade, it is recommended to choose USA. 12 months is the most cost-effective time. No other additional paid services are available!

Finally, check the terms agreement and click on the last PAY NOW Credit card payment can be completed with just a button.

Use PayPal to pay for hosting
If you want to pay using Paypal, please follow the following instructions.
First, leave everything in the credit card section above blank. After clicking the PAY NOW button, there will be an error prompt similar to the one below. Don’t worry, this operation is to generate an unpaid order in their background, which can be processed by customer service later.

Next, we need to contact the customer to provide us with a PayPal payment link. Click on the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page:

Scroll the Contact us page to the bottom, new users click the START CHAT button below, fill in the user name and mailbox in the pop-up dialogue box, and then enter the information How can I pay with PayPal?
, customer service will ask you which plan you need to purchase and which data center to choose, and reply to him accurately.

Wait patiently for customer service to process it, and then you will be provided with a PayPal payment link:

Click on the link provided by customer service to enter the PayPal payment interface, check the package price and region, and click Pay Now Button:

Then you will jump to PayPal official, log in to your PayPal account to complete the payment, and you will return to the following interface:

At this point, your SiteGround account has been registered and the hosting plan has been successfully activated. After logging in to your Siteground account, click Services to see your hosting plan.

Okay, this is the end of the tutorial for registering a SiteGround account and purchasing a host. We will continue to publish tutorials for using SiteGround host in the future, so stay tuned!
You have finished reading article 2 of the topic “SiteGround Build and Operate a WordPress Foreign Trade Website (10 Articles in Total)”. Please continue reading the article below on this topic:
- 3.SiteGround creates a new site and installs WordPress
- 4.SiteGround configures SSL Certificates for websites to realize https and modify them to www domain name access
- 5.Introduction to SiteGround Site Tools
- 6.Introduction to the Online File Manager of SiteGround Site Tools
- 7.Create and use FTP accounts for SiteGround site tools
- 8.SiteGround Site Tools for MySQL Database Management
- 9.Backup and restore of SiteGround site tools (website files, databases and emails)
- 10.SiteGround cancels automatic renewal and deletion of credit card information