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How to connect a domain name to a hosting account or a server

When your domain name is registered, you need to connect it to your hosting server.

1. You have a hosting plan with Namecheap.

1. You have a hosting plan with Namecheap.

To connect a new domain to the Value/Professional/Ultimate/Business hosting plan that you

2) Select Domain List from the left sidebar and click the Manage button next to your domain in
the list:

3) Find the Nameservers section and select Namecheap Web Hosting DNS from the drop-down
menu. After that, use the checkmark icon to save changes:
After the nameservers are updated, it may take about 24 hours for the DNS changes to be
accepted globally, though, in rare cases it can take up to 48 hours. Please give it some time to
propagate.

Note1: When switching between Namecheap BasicDNS/PremiumDNS/Web Hosting DNS

Note2:  After setting the nameservers for your domain, you also need to add your domain as
Addon to your cPanel if it is not the main domain for your hosting plan. You can find a tutorial for
that here.

In case you purchased a Reseller hosting plan with us, the private or reseller nameservers that
you need to use will be specified in the Hosting Welcome email.

2. You have a hosting plan elsewhere and you were provided with the nameservers for your
domain.

To connect your domain name to a third-party hosting plan via nameservers that you received
from your hosting provider, you need to set these nameservers as Custom for your domain. You
can do that in the following way:

1) After signing into your account, select Domain List from the left sidebar and click the Manage
button next to your domain in the list. Then find the Nameservers section and select Custom
DNS from the drop-down menu:

2) After that, enter your hosting nameservers one by one in each line (if you need to set more
than 2 nameservers, press the Add nameserver red button). When the nameservers are entered,
press the green checkmark to save changes:
It may take about 24-48 hours for your domain to propagate after the nameservers update to be
resolving properly all over the world.

Note: Some hosting providers may provide you with nameservers with IP addresses for them.
Entering nameservers would be enough. Also, if you were provided with the nameservers ending
with dots (i.e., ns1.nameserver.com. ), they need to be entered without the dots at the end.

3. You have your own server or you were provided with a set of host records to connect the
domain to your hosting.

When you have your own hosting server and you know its IP address, you can set up A records
for your domain to connect it to the server. Additionally, some hosting providers can provide you
with the IP address that should be used for your domain for connecting to your hosting plan. A
records should be created in that case as well.

Note that it can be done only if the domain is using our BasicDNS/PremiumDNS/BackupDNS (a
legacy option)/FreeDNS nameservers. You can set up A records in the following way:
1) After signing into your account, select Domain List from the left sidebar and click the Manage
button next to your domain in the list. Then switch to the Advanced DNS tab at the top of the
page:

2) Find the Host records section and click on the Add New Record button (if the option is not
available, it means that your domain is not using our BasicDNS/PremiumDNS/BackupDNS(a
legacy option)/FreeDNS):
3) Select A Record for the Type and enter the Host you would like to point to your server IP
address:
- @ should be used as a Host to point your root domain (domainname.tld)
- www should be used to set the record for the www.domainname.tld subdomain
- [customhostname] can be used to set up a subdomain and to point it to your hosting server
(for example, Host blog will point blog.domainname.tld to your hosting)
- * should be entered as a Host to set up a wildcard subdomain (meaning it will point all non-
existent subdomains to your hosting).

4) After that, enter the IP address of your hosting server into the Value field:
5) You can leave the TTL as Automatic (30 min) or choose any custom value from the drop-
down menu:
Note: TTL is the time during which the data of your host record lingers after the record is
updated or removed. If you are not sure what TTL to use, simply leave it as Automatic.

6) Once all details are inserted, save them using the Save changes green icon:
Usually, it takes about 30 minutes for the newly created records to take effect.

Some hosting providers may also ask you to create additional records (like URL redirect or
CNAME). These records may be set in the same way as A records. You just need to choose the
corresponding Type record from the drop-down menu and enter the Value that you received
from your hosting provider:
After the records are added, you need to check if there are any records for the same host name
and remove them as they will be conflicting with your records. The records you need to check
may be of Unmasked/Masked/Permanent Redirect, A or CNAME record types.

A newly registered domain will have the records for our Parking page set by default. These
records are URL redirect for @ host pointing to http://www.domainname.tld/ and CNAME
record for www host pointing to parkingpage.namecheap.com. These records should always be
removed after setting up custom host records for your domain.

To remove the conflicting records, simply press the black Trash bin icon next to the
corresponding record:

That's it!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our Support Team.