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MKL1
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No idea what DNS is or how to connect domain

Please help.  I have no idea what to do, and I have attempted to read the help article, but it's jibberish to me.   I want to connect my godaddy website and switch Screenshot (480).png

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FrancoQ
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No idea what DNS is or how to connect domain

What is DNS?
Think of DNS as the internet’s phone book. It tells browsers where to find your website by linking a domain (your web address) to its server.

How to connect your GoDaddy domain to HubSpot:

  1. Log in to GoDaddy: Go to your GoDaddy account and navigate to the DNS settings for the domain you want to connect.
  2. Get HubSpot details: In HubSpot, find the DNS records (like A records, CNAME) that need to be added to GoDaddy.
  3. Update DNS records: In GoDaddy’s DNS settings, add or update the records using the info from HubSpot.
    • For example:
      • HubSpot’s “Record Type” goes into GoDaddy’s “Type” field
      • HubSpot’s “Host” goes into GoDaddy’s “Name” field
      • HubSpot’s “Required Data” goes into GoDaddy’s “Data” field
  4. Save changes: Confirm and save your DNS changes.
  5. DNS changes can take up to 72 hours to fully propagate worldwide. To verify that your DNS settings have updated correctly, follow these steps:

    1. Visit DNSChecker:
      Go to dnschecker.org.

    2. Enter Your Domain:
      Type your domain name into the search box.

    3. Select Record Types:

      • Start with the A record (its the default)
    4. Review Results:

      • Consistent green checks across different locations suggest that propagation is complete.
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Anton
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No idea what DNS is or how to connect domain

Hi @MKL1

technical -> non technical explenation:

A DNS is kinda like the address of your domain/server. Since you have your domain provided by GoDaddy, you need to tell HubSpot where the domain is "living". Imagine it like Google Maps(or any other navigation service). GoDaddy is your starting Point, HubSpot the destination.

So in order to connect your Domain with HubSpot, you need to login into GoDaddy, open the domain settings and paste the provided information from HubSpot into GoDaddy. 

Basically you'll tell GoDaddy, that you want to go from GoDaddy to HubSpot. 

I don't want to go to much into technical detail(what a record type, host ... is) but these are the translations/mappings

 

HubSpot GoDaddy
Record Type Type
Host Name
Required Data Data

 

you have to keep in mind and add the values into the right field.

 

This guide should help you with the GoDaddy settings. 

 

Please beware, that connecting a Domain to HubSpot:

  • will make your GoDaddy website(if you have one) inaccessible/not available

So if your HubSpot website is not ready to launch, I wouldn't connect the domain yet.

 

A few more notes:

  1. If you'd like to access the GoDaddy website after the HubSpot website is connected in the future, I'm recommending to create a subdomain and connect it with the "old" page. A subdomain will look something like this:
    old.YOURDOMAIN.com
  2. A domain/DNS connect can take up to 72h. So don't worry if your freshly build HubSpot website won't be available right away.
  3. It might be required to delete/edit exiting DNS settings in GoDaddy. This might cause quite a lot of bad things. Nothing that the GoDaddy support won't be able to revert, but it will take time. Therefore my recommendation is to somehow backup the default settings before applying any changes. A screenshot can be a backup 😉 Not a perfect one, but a backup

 

 

Hope this helps, 

 

best, 

Anton

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