Setting up a website - It is a great ideal to create a website to go along with you server so people can find you and access your chat quick and easy. (Google Sites, Wix, Weebly, etc.)

Domain Privacy Protection - It is very important you get a domain with someone who will offer Privacy Protection the internet is not always full of nice people and a quick search on who.is or any website info check website will reveal any personal details if your not protected.

Contact Email - Have a separate email for contacting you for server/website related issues, this also will help with any privacy concerns, you can have a direct email that will probably cost a little bit ex. support@BrettTechCoding.com or you can have a forwarding email which is normally free to setup ex. support@bretttechcoding.com -> personalemail@gmail.com this uses a fake @domain email to the user but forwards to your personal email.

IP Forwarding  - Once your VPS is setup you will need to setup an IP forward to your website ex. 192.168.1.1 -> chat.domain.com , also your IP to domain so it is accessible for IRC clients(mirc) if your website is not setup yet, ex. 192.168.1.1 -> irc.domain.com