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
An example. Use the values on your own domain screen, which has a copy button beside each one — ours can change.
Do this
- 1Publish your site first. Your old site disappears once this takes effect.
- 2Sign in at godaddy.com → My Products → Domains → your domain → DNS.
- 3Find the row: type
A, name@. Edit it — do not add a second. Paste our value into Points to. Save. - 4Find the row: type
CNAME, namewww. Edit it the same way. Save. - 5Back to the domain screen. It says Live on its own.
3 traps
- Edit, do not addTwo
Arows 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
Arow 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
MXrow 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.