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Find my CheapDomainRegistration.com nameservers

If your domain is registered at another company, but you’re hosting your website with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com, you can connect the domain name to your website using our nameservers.

 Warning: Changing your domain’s nameservers changes where its email gets delivered. If you don’t want to make any changes to your email service, you can use your account’s IP address instead. However, if you do want to change your nameservers but keep your email service, you can update your MX records.

Which nameservers you’ll use depends on how you’re hosting your website:

Service Where to find your nameservers…
Website Builder Find my website’s nameservers
cPanel shared hosting Find your website’s nameservers
Plesk shared hosting Find your website’s nameservers
Web & Classic Hosting Find my website’s nameservers
Managed WordPress Find my website’s nameservers
CashParking What are my CashParking website’s nameservers?
Online Store You cannot host Online Store websites for domains registered elsewhere. However, you can transfer the domain name to us
Reseller Reseller storefronts don’t use nameservers; instead see Forwarding Your Domain Name to Your Reseller Storefront

 Note: Changing nameservers for .COM and .NET domains can take 4-8 hours to display on the internet. All other types of domains can take up to 48 hours.

Next step

  • Contact your domain name’s registrar to update your domain name‘s nameservers
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Manage DNS zone files

You can change which service your domain uses for its website and email by managing its DNS records (also known as zone file records). How you access your DNS records depends on where your domain is registered and hosted. Use the table below to find the scenario that’s applicable to your situation and follow those instructions.

If your domain is Follow these instructions…
Registered with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com and using IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com nameservers (either hosted with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com or not yethosted anywhere) See the Working with DNS records table below
Registered with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com, but hosted at another company and using their nameservers You’ll need to manage DNS through your hosting company
Registered with another company, but hosted with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com and using IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com nameservers Log in to your hosting account using the instructions in Manage DNS for your hosting account, then see the Working with DNS records table below
Neither registered nor hosted with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com (using DNS Hosting – formerly called “Off-Site” DNS) Manage DNS zone files for your domain registered at another company

Working with DNS records

Click on the link for the type of record you would like to add, change, or delete:

 Note: If your domain is registered at another company, please click on the link below for the DNS record you’d like to add, change, or delete and follow the Domains registered at another company set of instructions at the bottom of that article.

Type of Record What it’s for Add, Change or Delete
A Record Connects an IP Address to a host name Add; Change; Delete
CNAME Record Allows more than one DNS name for a host Add; Change; Delete
MX Record Ensures email is delivered to the right location Add; Change; Delete
NS Record Contains the nameserver info Add; Change; Delete
TXT Record Provides additional info about a host or more technical info to servers Add; Change; Delete
SRV Record Finds computers that host specific services Add; Change; Delete
AAAA Record Provides IP addresses that do not fit a standard A Record format Add; Change; Delete
SPF Record Used to help prevent against spam Add; Change; Delete
CAA Record Used to prevent anyone from obtaining an unauthorized SSL certificate for your domain Add; Change; Delete
 Warning: Any DNS changes you make can take up to 48 hours to reflect on the Internet.
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What is DNS?

DNS, which stands for domain name system, controls your domain name’s website and email settings. When visitors go to your domain name, its DNS settings control which company’s server it reaches out to.

For example, if you use IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com’s DNS settings, visitors will reach IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com’s servers when using your domain name. If you change those settings to user another company’s servers, visitors will reach them instead of us when visiting your domain.

What I’m seeing is more complicated than that…

DNS can be confusing. It’s made up of many different elements that control different aspects of your domain name. Here’s a quick explanation of each one:

DNS Element Description
Nameserver Nameservers “point” your domain name to the company that controls its DNS settings. Usually, this will be the company where you registered the domain name.

However, if your website is hosted by another company, sometimes they will provide nameservers you need to point to instead.
Zone File Zone Files are simply the files that store all of your domain’s DNS settings.

Your domain name’s Zone File is stored on the company’s nameserver.
A Record A Records point your domain name to an individual server using an IP address. An example IP address is 123.4.67.5.

Every domain name has a primary A Record called “@,” which controls what your domain name does when some visits it directly.

You can also use A Records to point subdomains (for example subdomain.coolexample.com) to a server’s IP address.
CNAME CNAMEs point your subdomains to another server using a server name, like server1.secureserver.net.

Most domain names have many CNAMEs.

Unlike A Records, CNAMEs cannot use IP addresses.
MX Records MX Records point your domain name’s email to its email provider.

If your domain name uses our nameservers, you can view or change your domain name’s DNS through us.

Next step

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Add a subdomain

Now that you understand what a subdomain is, you need to decide how you want yours to function before you set it up. Do you want your subdomain to point to an already existing IP address? Do you want to forward it to another URL? Use the table below to determine the direction of your subdomain.

You want your subdomain to: Instructions
Point to an IP Address Use A (Host) records to Add a subdomain that points to an IP address
Point to a server name Use CNAME (Alias) records to Add a subdomain that points to a server name

Next steps

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Manually forward or mask your domain or subdomain

Domain or subdomain forwarding lets you automatically direct your visitors to a different website.

Masking prevents visitors from seeing your domain or subdomain forwarding by keeping your domain in the Web browser’s address bar.

Let’s look at this example of how you can configure forwarding.

 

Forwarding coolexample.COM to coolexample.NET
Forwarding Option Visitor Goes To Site Visitor Sees Address Bar Displays
Forwarding
Disabled		 coolexample
.COM		 coolexample
.COM		 coolexample
.COM
Forwarding
w/o Masking		 coolexample
.COM		 coolexample
.NET		 coolexample
.NET
Forwarding
w/ Masking		 coolexample
.COM		 coolexample
.NET		 coolexample
.COM

To forward or mask your domain or subdomain, you must use our nameservers. For more information, see Change nameservers for my domains.

 Required:For your domain or subdomain to forward, its A record must be pointed to 50.63.202.1.

Note: If you want your visitors to be able to go to your domain or subdomain with or without the www prefix, you need to forward your domain name to use www.

To forward or mask your domain or subdomain

  • Log in to your My Products page.
  • If you aren’t automatically directed there, make sure to select the My Products tab.
  • Next to the domain or subdomain you want to use, click DNS.
  • On the DNS Management page, scroll down to the Forwarding section.
  • Next to Domain or Subdomain, click Add, and enter your domain or subdomain name:
    • The value entered can include a period (.) but not as the first or last character.
    • Consecutive periods (…) are not allowed.
    • The entire value cannot exceed 25 characters.
  • Under Forward to, select http:// or https://. For more information, see HTTP vs. HTTPS.
  • Enter the URL you want to forward your domain or subdomain to.
  • Select your Forward type:
    • Permanent (301): Redirects to the site you specified in the Forward To field using a “301 Moved Permanently” HTTP response. The HTTP 301 response code tells user-agents (including search engines) that the location has permanently moved.
    • Temporary (302): Redirects to the site you specified in the Forward To field using a “302 Found” HTTP response. The HTTP 302 response code tells user-agents (including search engines) that the location has temporarily moved.
  • Select your Settings
    • Forward only: Forwards the domain or subdomain without masking.
    • Forward with masking: Prevents the forwarded domain or subdomain URL from displaying in the browser’s address bar, and lets you enter Meta Tags for search engine crawlers in the following fields:
      • Title – Displays at the top of the browser window and in search results (title can be no more than 80 characters)
      • Description – A short description of your website to display in search engine results (description can be no more than 150 characters)
      • Keywords – A list of comma-separated keywords that describes the content and purpose of your website (keywords can be no more than 500 characters)
       Warning: Masking is incompatible with some sites that use https://, i.e. SSL certificates.
  • To automatically update your nameservers to accommodate your forwarding changes, check Update my DNS setting to support this change.
  • Click Save.

 Note: Forwarded domains or subdomains can take up to 24-48 hours to activate.

To remove masking

  1. On the DNS Management page, scroll down to the Forwardingsection.
  2. Next to Domain or Subdomain, click on the Text Icon (pencil icon).
  3. Next, click on the Text Icon (trash can icon).
  4. Click Delete.
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Forward a domain name

Domain forwarding (also often referred to as connecting or pointing) lets you automatically direct your domain’s visitors to a different location on the web. You can choose to forward your domain to a variety of places.

 Note: Your domain must be registered with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com in order to use domain forwarding.

  1. Log into your My Products page.
  2. If you aren’t automatically directed there, make sure to select the My Products tab.
  3. Next to the domain you want to use, click Manage.
  4. On the Domains Settings page, next to your domain, click Use My Domain.
  5. Click the Connect button under Connect to an existing site.
  6. Choose from one of the following options to forward your domain name to:
    • Websites (Squarespace, Weebly, Wix, WordPress, etc.)
    • Social Sites (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, etc.)
    • Online Stores (Amazon, Ebay, Etsy, etc.)
    • Media Sites (Instagram, YouTube, etc.)
    • Forward To Any Site (enter the URL of your choosing)
  7. Once you choose a forwarding destination, simply follow the instructions provided to connect your domain (usually by entering the URL of the site, clicking the Connect Domain button, or following the steps listed).

 Note: It may take 24-48 hours for your domain to forward to an existing site.

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Park a domain registered with another company

 

  1. Log in to your My Products page.
  2. If you aren’t automatically directed there, make sure to select the My Products tab.
  3. Next to the domain you want to use, click DNS.
  4. On the DNS Management page, under Nameservers, click Change.
  5. Under Choose your nameserver type, select Default.
  6. Click Save.

 Note: We automatically select the right default nameservers based on how you’re using your domain.

After updating, allow 4 – 8 hours for other networks to access information for .com and .net domain names, and allow 24 – 48 hours for other networks to access information for all other domain extensions.

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Park a domain registered with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com

Visit Cheap Domain Registration .com

– Go to the DNS Management page.
– On the Records list, next to A, click the Click pencil icon on existing MX records (pencil icon) and change the following fields:

Note: We encourage you to copy down the IP address already listed before you make changes, just in case you want to unpark your domain later.

A (Host)
Host Points to
@ Change to 50.63.202.64

– Click Save when you’re finished.
– Parking your domain when it’s registered with IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com is easy. Your domain’s nameservers are likely already set to Default or Standard in your account if you’re registered with us, but if not, you’ll need to set them. Once your nameservers are set to default/standard, you’ll need to then change the A record in your account.

– Log in to your My Products page.
– If you aren’t automatically directed there, make sure to select the My Products tab.
– Next to the domain you want to use, click DNS.
– On the Records list, next to A, click the Click pencil icon on existing MX records (pencil icon) and change the following fields:

Note: We encourage you to copy down the IP address already listed before you make changes, just in case you want to unpark your domain later.

A (Host)
Host Points to
@ Change to 50.63.202.64

– Click Save when you’re finished.