Connecting Your GoDaddy Domain to the Wix Name Servers
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You can create a website with Wix and connect your GoDaddy domain by updating the name servers in your GoDaddy account. This allows Wix to manage your DNS settings while your domain stays registered with GoDaddy. Note that you must upgrade your Wix site to connect your own domain.
This article guides you through the process and helps you to take the steps needed to change the name servers in your GoDaddy account. Check out the video below to get started.
Before you begin:
- To connect your domain, you must upgrade your site.
- If you have Office 365 by GoDaddy email or DNS records you do not want to change, consider connecting via pointing instead. If you use pointing, you don't need to reconfigure your DNS records in Wix. Learn more about the differences between connection methods.
Step 1 | Add the domain to your Wix account
Before updating the DNS settings in your GoDaddy account, go to the Domains page in your Wix account and add the GoDaddy domain.
To add the domain to your Wix account:
- Go to Domains in your Wix account.
- Click Add an Existing Domain.
- Click Connect a domain you already own.
- Select the site you want to connect your domain to and click Next.
- Enter your domain name and click Let's Go.
- Click Yes, I own this domain under the search field.
- Review the info about updating your name servers and click Start.
Step 2 | Update the name servers in your domain host account (GoDaddy)
To connect your GoDaddy domain to your Wix account, you must update your domain's name server settings in your GoDaddy account.
Follow the step-by-step outline in your Wix dashboard, which guides you through the steps to change the name servers in your domain's current host account, GoDaddy.
While you are doing the steps in your GoDaddy account, keep your Wix account page open. The steps will tell you everything you need to know, including the name servers (NS) records you should use.
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