How To Point Godaddy Domain To Bluehost Hosting
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Godaddy is the worlds leading top domain registrar today. Godaddy currently has an incredible 75 million domains under management.
Bluehost is currently one of the top web hosting providers powering over 2 million websites.
Choosing a domain name with Godaddy and going with web hosting with Bluehost is the way to go.
Pointing your Godaddy domain to Bluehost is quick and easy. In this post, I’m going to go over how to point Godaddy domain to Bluehost step by step.
How To Point Domain Name From Godaddy To Bluehost Hosting
When you sign up for hosting with Bluehost, you receive one free domain name with your Bluehost web hosting purchase. Any other domain names that you’d like to have you have to purchase. It’s very common for most people to buy their domain names from a separate domain registrar company like Godaddy.
The most significant factor causing this is domain pricing. When purchasing an additional domain name from Bluehost, it will cost you $12 for a year and then another $12 for domain privacy for a year. I highly recommend you get domain privacy, so your private information isn’t out for telemarketers to bug you all day long.
The cost of getting a domain name with Godaddy is right around $12, and Godaddy charges an additional $8 for domain privacy for a year. Godaddy is just a little bit cheaper than Bluehost when purchasing your domain name and domain privacy together.
Let’s get started with this step-by-step guide on how to point domain name from Godaddy to Bluehost hosting.
Video Tutorial: How To Point Godaddy Domain Name To Bluehost Hosting
How To Point Godaddy Domain To Bluehost Hosting
When you purchase a domain name from a separate company than your web hosting, you will need to point your nameservers to the hosting company you are using which in this instance would be Bluehost.
Purchasing your web hosting from a hosting provider, you will find that your account will include nameservers.
Once you purchase your domain name, you will then need to change your nameservers to point to the web hosting provider you bought hosting from.
By following this step-by-step how to point Godaddy domain to Bluehost guide, you will have this completed in no time.
The first step in our how to point Godaddy domain to Bluehost is to point your Godaddy domain to Bluehost’s nameservers.
This is Bluehost’s nameservers:
ns1.bluehost.com
ns2.bluehost.com
You want to log in to Godaddy so you can update the nameservers to Bluehost’s nameservers as I listed above.
Once you are logged into Godaddy, click on the ‘My Products’ page that can be found in the menu area, and then you will see a button that says ‘DNS’ over towards the right of the page. Click the ‘DNS’ button.
You are now brought to a DNS Management page where you will be able to change your Godaddy domain nameservers to point to Bluehost.
Scroll down till you see Nameservers. You’ll see the change button. Click this.
Select the tab that says ‘Default’ right under choose your new nameserver type. Select ‘Custom.’
Now you want to input Bluehost’s nameservers:
ns1.bluehost.com
ns2.bluehost.com
Hit the save button.
That’s all there is to it! You have successfully pointed your domain from Godaddy to Bluehost.
Some things to keep in mind after you point your Godaddy domain to Bluehost is it typically takes anywhere from 5 minutes to 48 hours for changes to reflect globally.
So be patient if you don’t see the changes made right after you change your nameservers from Godaddy to Bluehost. Most of the time within minutes to an hour or two you should see the changes take effect.
If you have any trouble or questions, let me know in the comments below, and I’ll help you. Godaddy has a great support team as well that is available 24/7.
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Final Thoughts
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