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DNSimple Services

DNSimple provides essential services for every Internet-connected system:

  • Domain registration, transfer, and renewal
  • Hosted DNS
  • A powerful automation API
  • One-Click DNS services
  • SSL certificates

If you manage domains across different services, our Domain Control Plane lets you connect your domains and DNS from various DNS and domain providers to manage all your domains through a single unified API and user interface.

DNS hosting

Each DNS zone is billed separately from any base subscription fee. Pricing is available on our pricing page.

You can use DNSimple for Primary, Secondary, and Reverse DNS.

What is a DNS zone?

DNS zones can contain several record types for mapping domain names to IP addresses or other information. They distribute the workload associated with a domain to prevent overloading specific servers or administrators, give organizations better control over managing DNS records and traffic distribution, and accelerate data retrieval and routing.

Domain registration, transfer, and renewal

We bill domain registrations and transfers on a yearly basis. Pricing varies depending on the TLD (Top-Level Domain). For more information, view our TLD price list.

We also support domain transfers to and from DNSimple and offer domain auto-renewal.

Want to use our DNS hosting, but not registration? You have the option to use another registrar and change your name servers to our name servers. DNSimple customers aren’t required to use our domain registration services to take advantage of our hosted DNS.

Powerful automation API

With DNSimple’s REST API, you can register domain names and administrate them directly from your own scripts. We have a repository filled with API examples, so you can get up and running.

Some things you can do with our API include:

  • Check domain availability.
  • Register and renew domains.
  • Transfer domains.
  • Buy SSL certificates.
  • List and Manage Records.
  • Register to events using webhooks to receive notification of changes.
  • Query DNS analytics data.

Read more about our API features and abilities.

One-click DNS services

One-click services create the DNS configuration needed for web pages, email, e-commerce, and more — add all the necessary DNS records for any available service with a single click.

We offer:

  • Hosting services, like Weebly, WordPress, Webflow, and more.
  • Productivity services, including Google Workspace, Office 365, and KickoffLabs.
  • Infrastructure services like Heroku and Netlify.
  • Email services, including Rackspace, Mailgun, and Fastmail.
  • E-commerce services, like Shopify and Squarespace.

For a complete list of our One-click services and how to add them, view this article.

SSL certificates

We provide three types of SSL certificates:

  • Single-host SSL certificates
  • Wildcard certificates (included in the Teams plan and higher)
  • Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates (included in all subscriptions)

Learn more about DNSimple certificates.

Have more questions?

If you have any questions about the services DNSimple offers, or your specific DNS management needs, contact our support team, and we’ll be happy to help.