Domain hosts
Where is your DNS managed?
Usually it's the company you bought the domain from, unless you moved its nameservers somewhere else (for example to Cloudflare). Pick the one that manages your DNS.
Amazon Route 53
AWS's DNS service. Records live in a hosted zone; several values for one name share a single record.
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See Amazon Route 53 steps →Bluehost
Popular WordPress host. DNS is managed in the Bluehost Portal's DNS tab (or cPanel's Zone Editor).
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See Bluehost steps →Cloudflare
DNS and security provider. Records live on the DNS Records page, where each record can be proxied or DNS only.
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See Cloudflare steps →DreamHost
Web host with its own DNS. MX records are set on a separate Custom MX page.
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See DreamHost steps →GoDaddy
The largest domain registrar. DNS is edited from the domain portfolio in your GoDaddy account.
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See GoDaddy steps →Hostinger
Web host and registrar. DNS is edited in hPanel under DNS / Nameservers.
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See Hostinger steps →IONOS
Web host and registrar. DNS is edited per domain under Domains and SSL, and CNAME records live on subdomains.
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See IONOS steps →Name.com
Domain registrar with a single Manage DNS Records form for every record type.
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See Name.com steps →Namecheap
Popular low-cost registrar. Records are edited on the Advanced DNS tab, with mail records in their own Mail Settings section.
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See Namecheap steps →Network Solutions
Long-standing domain registrar. Records are added on the Manage Advanced DNS Records page.
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See Network Solutions steps →OVHcloud
European registrar and host. Records are added in the DNS zone tab with a three-step form.
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See OVHcloud steps →Porkbun
Low-cost registrar with a simple one-form DNS editor.
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See Porkbun steps →SiteGround
Managed WordPress host. DNS is edited in Site Tools under Domain > DNS Zone Editor.
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See SiteGround steps →Squarespace Domains
Squarespace's domain registrar. Email records are added under DNS Settings in the domains dashboard.
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See Squarespace Domains steps →Wix
Website builder with built-in domains. DNS is edited from Manage DNS Records, one row per record type.
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See Wix steps →WordPress.com
WordPress.com domains, managed from the Hosting Dashboard's Domains section.
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See WordPress.com steps →Not sure? The DNS checker shows your domain's nameservers.