Category: Pointing Domain Names to Other Providers

Pointing to Shopify

Please follow these steps to point a domain to Shopify:

  1. Log into the Domain Name Management System.
  2. Click the domain to update.
  3. If Custom DNS is already on, click Edit DNS.
    If Custom DNS is not on, click Use our DNS, and confirm changing the name servers.
  4. Select CNAME (Parking) from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and click Add Record.

    Alias: www
    Points To: shops.myshopify.com
  5. Select A from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and click Add Record.

    Host Name: @
    IP Address: 23.227.38.65

Pointing Domains to Other Providers

Some hosting providers give you name servers to use with your domain and some ask you to create DNS records. You can find instructions for changing name servers or for creating records for several popular providers below.

Is your provider not listed above? Are any instructions for providers out-of-date? Please contact us and we can help you update your domain, and we can add or update instructions on this page.

Pointing to Tumblr

Please follow these steps to point a domain to Tumblr:

  1. Log into the Domain Name Management System.
  2. Click the domain to update.
  3. If Custom DNS is already on, click Edit DNS.
    If Custom DNS is not on, click Use our DNS, and confirm changing the name servers.
  4. Click Add New Record.
  5. Select CNAME (Parking) from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and select Add Record.

    Alias: www
    Points To: domains.tumblr.com
  6. Select A from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and select Add Record.

    Host Name: @
    IP Address: 66.6.44.4

After completing the set up with us, some settings may need to be updated with Tumblr:

  1. Log into Tumblr.
  2. Select Customize.
  3. Under the Info settings, check the box to Use a custom domain name, enter your domain name, and select Save Changes.

Pointing to Squarespace

Please follow these steps to point a domain to Squarespace:

  1. Log into the Domain Name Management System.
  2. Click the domain to update.
  3. If Custom DNS is already on, click Edit DNS.
    If Custom DNS is not on, click Use our DNS, and confirm changing the name servers.
  4. Click Add New Record
  5. Select CNAME (Parking) from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and select Add Record.
    .
    Alias: www
    Points To: ext-cust.squarespace.com
  6. Select CNAME (Parking) from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and select Add Record.

    Alias: Enter the verification host name provided by Squarespace
    Points To: verify.squarespace.com
  7. Select A (Round Robin) from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and select Add Record.

    Host Name: @
    IP Addresses: 198.49.23.144
    IP Addresses: 198.49.23.145
    IP Addresses: 198.185.159.144
    IP Addresses: 198.185.159.145

Pointing to Weebly.com

You can create websites with Weebly directly with us. However, if you created a site at Weebly.com, you can follow these steps to point a domain to a site with Weebly.com:

  1. Log into the Domain Name Management System.
  2. Click the domain to update.
  3. If Custom DNS is already on, click Edit DNS.
    If Custom DNS is not on, click Use our DNS, and confirm changing the name servers.
  4. Click Add New Record
  5. Select A from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and select Add Record.

    Host Name: @
    IP Address: 199.34.228.59
  6. Select A from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and select Add Record.

    Host Name: www
    IP Address: 199.34.228.59

Pointing to Bigcartel

Please follow these steps to point a domain to Bigcartel:

  1. Log into the Domain Name Management System.
  2. Click the domain to update.
  3. If Custom DNS is already on, click Edit DNS.
    If Custom DNS is not on, click Use our DNS, and confirm changing the name servers.
  4. Click Add New Record.
  5. Select CNAME (Parking) from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and click Add Record.

    Alias: www
    Points To: yoursite.bigcartel.com (replace yoursite with the name of your site)
  6. Click Forwarding.
  7. Check the box Customize Sub-Domain Host, enter this information, and click Add Forwarding.

    Host Name: @
    Destination URL: www.example.com (replace example.com with your actual domain)

Pointing to Bandcamp

Please follow these steps to point a domain to Bandcamp:

  1. Log into the Domain Name Management System.
  2. Click the domain to update.
  3. If Custom DNS is already on, click Edit DNS.
    If Custom DNS is not on, click Use our DNS, and confirm changing the name servers.
  4. Click Add New Record.
  5. Select CNAME (Parking) from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and click Add Record.

    Alias: www
    Points To: dom.bandcamp.com
  6. Select A from the Add New Record menu, enter this information, and click Add Record.

    Host Name: @
    IP Address: 75.126.76.138

Changing Name Servers

Please follow these steps to change the name servers on your domain:

  1. Log into the Domain Name Management System.
  2. Click the domain to update.
  3. If you are not using our Custom DNS, skip to Step 5.
    If you are using our Custom DNS, click Edit DNS.
  4. Click Turn Off Custom DNS, and confirm that you want to turn it off.
  5. Replace the current name servers with the new name server host names, and click Change NS.

Please Note: you only need to enter the name server host names. If you enter an IP address, you will see an error message.

When you turn off Custom DNS, our name servers will keep the records active for one week. This will help prevent any downtime caused by propagation of DNS changes.