Whether you just registered a new domain or you’re moving one from another registrar, connecting it to your hosting is usually a five-minute job once you know which two settings actually matter: nameservers and DNS records.
Option 1: Change Nameservers (Recommended for Shared Hosting)
If your site lives on a shared hosting plan, the simplest approach is to point your domain’s nameservers directly at ours. This hands off all DNS management to our platform, which automatically configures the records your hosting account needs.
- Log in to wherever your domain is registered.
- Find the “Nameservers” or “DNS” section for that domain.
- Replace the existing nameservers with the ones provided in your welcome email.
- Save the change and wait for propagation (see below).
Option 2: Point Individual DNS Records (For VPS & Dedicated Servers)
If you’re running your own server, you’ll usually want to keep DNS management at your current registrar and just point specific records at your server’s IP address instead of changing nameservers entirely.
- A record: point your root domain (example.com) at your server’s IPv4 address.
- AAAA record: point it at your IPv6 address, if you have one.
- CNAME record: point subdomains like www to another hostname, not to an IP address. Use A or AAAA records for IP addresses.
How Long Does It Take?
There is no universal completion time. Previous TTLs, negative caching, parent delegation and DNSSEC can all affect when visitors see the new answer. See the DNS cutover diagnostic guide for the checks to run.
Verifying It Worked
Compare authoritative and recursive DNS answers, then confirm the new server responds correctly over HTTPS. A private browser window does not clear operating-system or recursive-resolver DNS caches. Test from another network and check both A and AAAA records.