Pointing a Domain to DNSimple

Pointing a domain name servers to DNSimple is required if you want to use DNSimple as your DNS hosting provider. This task is also known as “delegating” a domain.

Pointing the name servers to DNSimple will cause the domain to resolve using the DNS records configured in your DNSimple account.

Domain registered with DNSimple

Follow these instructions to delegate a domain registered with DNSimple to DNSimple.

Domain registered with another provider

Follow these instructions to delegate a domain registered with another registrar to DNSimple.

Name server propagation

Please note that it may take up to 24 hours for a name server change to propagate. The whois response is normally a good way to determine if the changes have been submitted properly.