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 your root domain, or directly to the server.
How Long Does It Take?
Most changes are visible within 15–60 minutes, though full global propagation can occasionally take up to 24 hours depending on your previous DNS provider's TTL settings. See our companion article on DNS propagation for a deeper explanation of why this varies.
Verifying It Worked
Once you believe propagation has completed, load your domain in an incognito/private browser window to avoid cached results, and confirm it's serving your new hosting instead of a parking page or the old server.