I have my domain name. How do I have you host it?

To have us host your domain name requires you order an account with us, and you point your domain name to our servers.

The process of pointing it to our servers has a number of different names depending on the company you bought your domain name from (your registrar). Some call it setting DNS, setting nameservers, or delegating the domain (delegation).

Pointing your domain name at our severs requires you to login to your registrar's website using the username and password you created when you bought your domain from them. Once logged in you need to find the place to "set DNS", "set nameservers", or "delegate the domain". This is usually in a very prominent position on the site as it is the most basic function registrars perform.

Once you arrive at the page to point your domain name, there will be at least two boxes to enter the details of our servers. In these boxes you enter the details of our nameservers which you are provided with in your setup email from us.

The relevant part of the setup email looks like this:
» NameServer Info:
Primary DNS Server Hostname: dns1.example.com
Primary DNS Server Address: 10.0.0.1
Secondary Name Server Hostname: dns2.example.com
Secondary Name Server Address: 10.0.0.1

These settings may be slightly different depending on which of our servers you are setup on. The ones above are just examples.

In most cases you simply enter "dns3.example.com" into the box labelled "Primary nameserver", and "dns4.example.com" into the box labelled "Secondary nameserver". Submit the changes and you're done.

It takes between 24 and 48 hours for the changes to fully take effect after you set them. Once that time has elapsed, everyone will see your webspace on our server displayed when they enter your domain name into their web browser.

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