Your site is live right now at the temporary address we gave you. When you are ready, you can put it on the address you already own, like yourbusiness.com.
▶ The whole job in 2 minutes 24 seconds, narrated, with captions. Or just read on.
The reassuring part. You are not transferring anything. Your domain stays exactly where you bought it, in your name, with nothing unlocked or moved. Your email is not affected, because the setting that carries email is separate from the one that carries your website. Your old address keeps working while you switch, and it can all be undone.
Step one. Type your address into the box on your dashboard and press Save. Just the address itself, with no https:// in front.
Step two, the only fiddly bit. Sign in to whoever you bought the domain from and find the DNS settings. Add two records. Both are type A, and both point at the same IP address, which is shown further down this page. Name the first one @, which simply means the address itself. Name the second one www. If records already exist for either, change those rather than adding duplicates.
Not sure where DNS settings live? This page lists the exact screens for GoDaddy, Namecheap, IONOS, Squarespace, Wix and Cloudflare. If yours is not there, reply and tell us who you bought it from.
Step three. Your part is done. We watch for the change and handle the rest: the secure padlock, telling search engines the right address, and email on your own domain. Your dashboard tells you the moment it is finished.
If a website is already there. Make the change at a quiet time of day. While it spreads, some visitors reach the old site and some the new one, and both work. There is a brief window while the certificate is issued, which is why evening beats mid-morning.
If anything looks stuck. It is usually that only one of the two records was added, or your provider has not published the change yet. Neither breaks anything. Still unfinished after a few hours? Reply to us and we will look.
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Type it into the box on your dashboard and press Save.
Just the address itself, yourbusiness.com. No https:// needed.
Sign in to whoever you bought the domain from and find the DNS settings. Add two records. Both are type A, and both point to the same place:
88.208.226.236| Type | Name / Host | Points to |
|---|---|---|
| A | @ (means the address itself) | 88.208.226.236 |
| A | www | 88.208.226.236 |
@ or www pointing somewhere else, change those rather than adding duplicates.
Each of these opens a short page showing the exact screens at that provider.
We watch for the change and do everything else automatically: the secure padlock, making sure search engines see the right address, and setting up email from your own domain.
It usually takes a few minutes once your provider has published the change, though some providers take longer to publish it than others.
Your dashboard shows the progress and tells you the moment it is finished. You do not need to keep the page open.
While the change spreads across the internet, some visitors reach your old site and some reach the new one. Both work, so nothing is lost in that period.
There is also a short window while your security certificate is being issued, when the address may not load properly for some visitors. It is brief, but it is the reason to start in the evening rather than at ten in the morning. Your dashboard tells you the moment the certificate is in place.
If your site takes bookings or orders, pick your quietest hour of the week. If anything still looks wrong an hour after you added the records, tell us and we will look at it.
The most common reason is that only one of the two records was added, or your provider has not published the change yet. Both are normal, and neither breaks anything.
If the dashboard still looks unfinished after a few hours, reply to us and we will look at it.
The settings that carry your email are separate from the setting that carries your website. We change the website one and leave the email ones exactly as they are, which is why an existing mailbox cannot break during the switch.
If you do not have email on your domain yet and you would like it, that is a separate job we can do afterwards.