Connect your domain

Point a GoDaddy domain at your church website

Two records. About 10 minutes. Then a few minutes, sometimes an hour.

The records

Aname: @76.76.21.21
CNAMEname: wwwcname.vercel-dns.com

An example. Use the values on your own domain screen, which has a copy button beside each one — ours can change.

Do this

  1. 1Publish your site first. Your old site disappears once this takes effect.
  2. 2Sign in at godaddy.com → My Products → Domains → your domain → DNS.
  3. 3Find the row: type A, name @. Edit it — do not add a second. Paste our value into Points to. Save.
  4. 4Find the row: type CNAME, name www. Edit it the same way. Save.
  5. 5Back to the domain screen. It says Live on its own.

3 traps

  • Edit, do not addTwo A rows named @ send visitors to the wrong place about half the time.
  • Different wordsGoDaddy says Host for name and Points to for value. Leave TTL alone.
  • Website BuilderIf a GoDaddy site is attached to this domain, disconnect it first or it puts the old rows back.

Do not touch

MX · TXT · nameservers. MX is your church email — often Microsoft 365 bought through GoDaddy. Deleting one stops mail silently.

Not working

  • Over an hour, still not LiveLook for a second A row named @. Delete the one that is not ours.
  • One address works, not the otherOne row did not save.
  • "Not secure" warningNormal for a short while. Tell us if it lasts past Live.
  • Old site still showingYour browser remembering. Try it on your phone, off wifi.
  • Email stoppedAn MX row was edited. Tell us, do not keep changing.

Please read. This is a guide, not professional advice. GoDaddy changes its screens without telling anyone, so what you see may not match what is written here. These settings also control your church email, and a wrong change can stop mail arriving without any obvious sign. If anything does not match, or you are not sure, stop and ask whoever looks after your domain and email — or ask us before you change it. You are making these changes in your own GoDaddy account, and we cannot be responsible for them.