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Purchasing a domain

This guide walks through buying a new domain from the SuperSpace dashboard: searching for availability, adding a domain to your cart, entering registrant contact details, and paying. You can buy a domain on its own, or add one while you're setting up a new WordPress site at checkout.

Before you start

  • An active SuperSpace account with a payment method on file
  • Permission to make purchases on the account — the same access you'd need to create a site or pay an invoice
  • Domain registration must be enabled for your account. If it isn't, the New Domain button is hidden on the Domains page and opening the search page redirects you back to Domains with the message Domain registration is currently unavailable.

Steps

  1. Open the domain search. In the left sidebar, choose Domains, then click New Domain. This opens the Get a new domain page.

  2. Search for a name. Type the name you want into the search box (placeholder example.com) and click Search.

    • If you type a full domain such as myidea.com, SuperSpace checks that exact name.
    • If you type just a word such as myidea, SuperSpace checks the name across several extensions and lists each result.

    Availability is checked live, so results reflect the registry in real time. No domain is reserved yet at this stage.

  3. Read the results. Each result shows a status badge and a price:

    Status What it means
    Available Free to register — you can add it to your cart.
    Taken Already registered by someone else. If a transfer price is shown, you can choose Transfer instead.
    Owned You already own this domain on this account. Click Manage to open it.
    Temporarily unavailable The registrar is in a maintenance window. Try again later.

    A domain marked Free with WordPress hosting is included at no cost when you also buy a hosting plan in the same order. A domain shown as Premium can't be bought self-service — it shows Premium — contact support with a Contact support link.

    Some extensions aren't sold on your plan

    An extension can exist but not be orderable on your account's plan. When that's the case, the result has no price or Add to cart button. Contact support if you need an extension enabled for your account.

  4. Add the domain to your cart. Click Add to cart next to an available result (the button changes to Added to cart). For a taken domain you're transferring in, click Transfer. A Your cart panel appears listing each item's price, a running Subtotal, and an item count.

  5. Continue to cart. Click Continue to cart to move to checkout. (You can keep searching and add more domains first — they all collect in the same cart.)

  6. Enter registrant contact details. Checkout walks you through a short wizard:

    • Contact source — if you've registered domains before, choose Use existing contact or Create new contact. (You won't see this step on your first registration.)
    • Contact details — fill in the registrant: first and last name, organization (optional unless the extension requires it), email, phone, country, street address, postal code, city, and state. Some extensions require extra fields (for example a legal form for .nl), which appear here automatically. The admin, billing, and tech roles default to Same as registrant, which keeps them identical to the registrant contact. To set a role separately, choose Use existing contact or Create new contact for it.
    • Review — confirm the contact summary, then continue to payment.

    Some extensions require contact verification

    For certain extensions, a verification email is sent to the registrant address. Registration completes once the contact is verified.

  7. Pay. On the payment page, confirm your billing details and payment method, then click the order-summary pay button, which is labeled with the amount due (for example Pay $29.00). Registration begins after payment is confirmed.

After payment, your order finalizes (usually under a minute). Some extensions register instantly; others register asynchronously and finish shortly after — the domain appears under Domains when it's ready, and you'll get a confirmation email.1

The same flow is available through the API. Check availability and pricing, then create the order through the off-session cart/billing flow. For example, an availability check:

curl -X POST "https://control.superspace.nl/api/domain_registrations/check" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERSPACE_TOKEN" -H "X-Auth-Account: $ACCOUNT_ID" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain": "example.com"}'

The response reports available, premium, owned_by_account, and the orderable create_price / transfer_price (each { amount_cents, currency }).

See Domain registration for registration, contacts, and the async registrar process, and Domains for listing and attaching domains. Order writes require a session or API-key credential — OAuth access tokens can't create orders.

Buying a domain while creating a site

You don't have to buy a domain separately. When you create a new WordPress site, the same domain search appears during site checkout, so you can register (or transfer) a domain and provision the site in one order. If the extension qualifies, the domain can be Free with WordPress hosting.

Auto-renewal and WHOIS privacy

On successful registration, SuperSpace sets up an auto-renewal subscription so the domain doesn't lapse. Where the extension supports it, WHOIS privacy is enabled (free when the extension offers it) and a transfer lock is applied. You can change these later from the domain's management page.

Next steps

  1. Registration timing depends on the extension's registry. Many complete instantly; some process in the background and finish a short time after payment. ↩