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Setting Domain Registrar's Nameservers to American Cloud Nameservers

Last updated on Aug 30, 2024

Setting your Domain Registrar's Nameservers to American Cloud's Nameservers

Although American Cloud is not a domain registrar our free DNS Manager will work with any domain registrar. Using American Cloud DNS Manager you will need to set your domain registrar to use American Cloud's nameservers. Below are step-by-step guides on how to find your domain registrar and how to change nameservers for popular domain registrars.

American Cloud Nameservers can be located in the American Cloud App in your DNS Management portal

Looking up your Domain Registrar

To lookup your domain's registrar you can use https://www.whois.com/whois/ to enter your domain and click search.

The results will provide you with your domain registrar information.

Changing your Nameservers

Now that you know your domain registrar, you will need to login to your registrar account. Once you are logged into please use the below guides for your domain registrar to change the naeservers.

easyDNS

  1. Log into your easyDNS account.

  2. Click on WHOIS.

  3. Under NAME SERVERS click on EDIT.

  4. Enter your name servers in the spaces provided. You can also click on the link to use the default easyDNS name servers for your domain.

  5. Click NEXT.

  6. Confirm your changes.

NameCheap

  1. Sign in to your Namecheap account.

  2. Select Domain List from the left sidebar and click the Manage button next to your domain:

  3. Find the Nameservers section and select your preferred option from the drop-down menu. Click on the green checkmark to save the changes:

GoDaddy

  1. Sign in to your GoDaddy Domain Portfolio.

  2. Select the checkbox for domain being changed

  3. Select Nameservers from the action menu.

  4. Choose the nameserver setting, I'll use my own nameservers

  5. Enter your custom nameservers.

  6. Select Save, then Continue to complete your updates.

HostGator

  1. Sign in to your HostGator Customr Portal.

  2. Click on Domains on the left menu.

  3. Click on the More button for the domain to be updated.

  4. Click on the Change link under the Name Servers

  5. Enter American Cloud's nameservers.

WARNING: When changing nameservers at the registrar, it can take up to 24-48 hours for DNS propagation time, where your website and email may not be available.