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Changing Name Servers at Your Domain Registrar

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How to use this guide

This page walks you through finding the Name Servers setting at your domain registrar — that's the company you bought your domain from. Once you're there, you'll replace whatever's listed with the four addresses we showed you in your dashboard.

If you're not sure where you bought your domain, search your email inbox for "domain renewal" or "domain registration" — the receipt will tell you who to log in to.

Find your registrar below (use ⌘F / Ctrl+F to search this page):

Before you start, have the four name server addresses from your dashboard ready — they look like ns-1234.awsdns-12.org. Open your dashboard → DNS → click Scan my DNS records → confirm migration to see them.

GoDaddy

GoDaddy is the world's biggest domain registrar — most people who don't remember where they bought a domain bought it here.

  1. Open godaddy.com and sign in
  2. Click your name in the top-right → My Products
  3. Find your domain in the Domains section → click DNS next to it (or click the domain name itself)
  4. Scroll down to a section called Nameservers — you'll see GoDaddy's default servers listed
  5. Click Change (or the pencil icon)
  6. Choose I'll use my own nameservers (or Custom nameservers)
  7. GoDaddy gives you four input boxes. Paste one of our addresses in each (e.g., ns-1234.awsdns-12.org, ns-567.awsdns-34.co.uk, etc.)
  8. Click Save
  9. GoDaddy may ask you to confirm — click Continue or Yes, change my nameservers
GoDaddy support article: help.godaddy.com (in case our walkthrough drifts out of date — GoDaddy occasionally redesigns their UI)

Namecheap

  1. Open namecheap.com and sign in
  2. From the top menu, click Domain List
  3. Find your domain → click Manage (the button on the right side of the row)
  4. On the management page, you'll see a section called Nameservers
  5. From the dropdown, change Namecheap BasicDNS to Custom DNS
  6. Four input boxes appear. Paste one of our addresses in each
  7. Click the green ✓ checkmark to save
Namecheap support article: namecheap.com

Squarespace Domains

(This is where domains bought through Google Domains now live, after Google sold the service to Squarespace in 2024.)

  1. Open account.squarespace.com and sign in
  2. Click Domains in the left menu
  3. Find your domain in the list → click on it
  4. Scroll to Domain Settings → click Domain Nameservers (or just Nameservers)
  5. Click Use Custom Nameservers
  6. Paste our four addresses into the input boxes
  7. Click Save
Squarespace support article: support.squarespace.com

Cloudflare

Cloudflare's flow is slightly different because Cloudflare WANTS to manage your DNS for you. If you bought your domain through Cloudflare Registrar (not just using Cloudflare for DNS on a domain bought elsewhere), follow these steps:

  1. Open dash.cloudflare.com and sign in
  2. Pick your domain from the list
  3. In the left menu, click DNS → then Settings (sub-menu)
  4. Scroll to Nameservers — Cloudflare will show their default servers
  5. Click Disable DNSSEC first if it's enabled (you can re-enable it later from our side; doing this from Cloudflare's side helps avoid resolution errors during the switch)
  6. Click Change Nameservers (might be labeled Use Custom Nameservers)
  7. Paste our four addresses
  8. Click Confirm
Note: if Cloudflare warns you that changing nameservers will "break Cloudflare's services" — that's expected. We're moving the DNS management to AWS Route53. Cloudflare's other paid features (Workers, Pages, etc.) on this domain will stop working unless you also configure them to use the new DNS.

If you bought your domain elsewhere but use Cloudflare just for DNS, you don't need to change nameservers at Cloudflare — change them where you BOUGHT the domain (see the other sections in this guide).

Bluehost

  1. Open bluehost.com and sign in
  2. Click Domains in the left menu
  3. Find your domain → click the three dots ⋮ next to it → DNS
  4. Scroll to Nameservers
  5. Select Use Custom Nameservers
  6. Paste our four addresses
  7. Click Save
If you don't see a DNS option, your domain may be managed under Hosting instead — try clicking Hosting in the left menu, then find the domain there.

Bluehost support article: bluehost.com/help

HostGator

  1. Open hostgator.com and sign in
  2. From the top menu, hover Hosting → click Manage Domains
  3. Find your domain → click Launch Control Panel or Manage
  4. Look for Nameservers (sometimes under Advanced or Domain Settings)
  5. Click Edit → select Use Custom Nameservers
  6. Paste our four addresses
  7. Click Save Changes
HostGator support article: hostgator.com/help

Hover

Hover is a simpler registrar with a clean interface — this should take less than a minute.

  1. Open hover.com and sign in
  2. Click your domain in the list
  3. On the right side, click Nameservers (or scroll to that section)
  4. Click Edit Nameservers
  5. Remove the existing Hover nameservers and paste in our four addresses (one per row)
  6. Click Save
Hover support article: help.hover.com

Network Solutions

Network Solutions has been around forever and the UI can feel dated, but the steps are straightforward:

  1. Open networksolutions.com and sign in
  2. Click My Account in the top-right → Manage Account
  3. Click Domain Names → find your domain → click Manage
  4. Click Name Servers (might be under Advanced DNS)
  5. Select Move DNS to another provider (or Custom Name Servers)
  6. Paste our four addresses
  7. Click Apply Changes
If you get stuck, Network Solutions support can be reached at 1-877-722-7848. Tell them you want to change your domain's name servers.

Dynadot

  1. Open dynadot.com and sign in
  2. Click My Domains → Manage Domains
  3. Tick the checkbox next to your domain
  4. Click Action at the top → Set Nameservers (or Bulk Nameservers)
  5. Paste our four addresses, one per box
  6. Click Save
Dynadot support article: dynadot.com/community/help

NameSilo

  1. Open namesilo.com and sign in
  2. Click Domain Manager in the top menu
  3. Click on your domain to open its management page
  4. Click NameServers (in the left sidebar)
  5. Click the small pencil/edit icon next to NameServer fields
  6. Replace the existing values with our four addresses
  7. Click Submit
NameSilo support article: namesilo.com/support

Porkbun

Porkbun has a clean modern interface — about 30 seconds of clicks.

  1. Open porkbun.com and sign in
  2. Click Domain Management in the top right → Domain Management
  3. Find your domain → click Details
  4. Look for the Authoritative Nameservers section
  5. Click Use Custom Nameservers (or click directly on the existing nameservers to edit)
  6. Replace with our four addresses
  7. Click Update
Porkbun support article: kb.porkbun.com

IONOS

(formerly 1&1, popular in Europe)

  1. Open ionos.com and sign in
  2. Click Domains & SSL in the left menu
  3. Find your domain → click the gear icon (⚙️) on the right → Adjust DNS Settings
  4. Look for Nameserver settings or Use other nameservers
  5. Choose Use other nameservers
  6. Paste our four addresses
  7. Click Save
IONOS may show a warning that custom nameservers are "for advanced users." Ignore that — you're following our guide, which is exactly the standard use case.

IONOS support article: ionos.com/help

Other registrars — your registrar isn't here?

If you bought your domain at a registrar we haven't listed, the general pattern is the same:

  1. Log in to your registrar
  2. Find your domain in their "My Domains" or "Domain Manager" section
  3. Look for a setting called Name Servers, Nameservers, DNS, or DNS Management
  4. Switch from their default to Custom or Use my own nameservers
  5. Paste our four addresses (one per box)
  6. Save
If you really can't find the setting, two options:
  • Search their help center for "change name servers" — every registrar has a guide
  • Email us at support@siteglowup.ai with the name of your registrar. We'll either tell you exactly where to click, or do it for you on a screen share

After you save the change

DNS changes don't take effect instantly — the internet takes anywhere from a few minutes to 24 hours to spread the news. You don't need to keep checking; your dashboard's DNS tab has a green status indicator that lights up when the change is live everywhere.

While it's spreading, some visitors will see your new site and others will see the old one. This is called DNS propagation — it's normal and there's nothing you can do to speed it up.

If your status hasn't gone green after 24 hours, the most common cause is a typo in the name server addresses you pasted. Log back into your registrar, double-check that all four addresses are exactly right (no extra spaces, no missing characters), and save again.

Still stuck after that? Email support@siteglowup.ai with your domain name and we'll take a look.

A note on registrar UIs

Domain registrars redesign their dashboards more often than you'd think. If the menu paths above don't quite match what you see — buttons in slightly different places, sections renamed — the logic is still the same: find your domain, find the Name Servers setting, paste the four addresses we gave you.

If a particular registrar's instructions in this guide go stale, please email us at support@siteglowup.ai and we'll update this page. (We last verified all the walkthroughs on the date this page was published.)

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