For the last few years I’ve had my simple static website hosted at GoDaddy and also had an accompanying .com domain for it also at GoDaddy. After learning I could have not only more reliable, simple, faster, AND FREE hosting for my static site recently with Netlify, I am now planning NOT to renew …

If you already have your website hosted on Netlify without your custom domain, you’ll need to: Go to your site’s Settings > Domain management section. Go the to Custom domains panel and click Add custom domain and enter your custom domain name. You’ll be asked to confirm that the custom domain is …

thanks for the help, this is all super new to me, i asked this original question in advance but we will have to finalize it this week or next so i came back to the thread. when you ask if Godaddy is also the “registrar” for the domain, how do i find that out. I purchased the domain originally there…

And below that is this [Screen Shot 2020-07-13 at 11.27.21 AM] and then lastly on top there are other DNS related tabs like DNS, DNS Templates, Manage Zones, and Add DNS Hosting. thank you so much for the help and sorry for the newbie questions

ok i contacted GoDaddy they said “So you need to get the Ip address of the Netlify hosted site and other DNS records and update on this page :)” so where can i find this info?

hey @ocelot.games13 , Let me see if i can answer a few of your questions. if you purchased the domain through godaddy then yes, they are likely your registrar. Registrar simply means that they make the entry into the worldwide “phonebook” of domain names. Once the registration has happened, you ne…

so basically you are saying i need to add the domain( www.classicalguitarny.com ) to the netlify website, and then i will receive the info i need to add to godaddy DNS page? (or choose to let netlify handle DNS, but then i would still need to change something in godaddy settings for the domain on the…

you’re getting there. You either 1.) need to add the correct information to GoDaddy to point the domain to your netlify site, or, 2.) you need to make Netlify the manager of the DNS for your netlify site, and then it will set things up automatically. Only ONE service can be the DNS for a domain …

it makes a lot of sense now thanks for clarifying it seems simple now. One more question… can i initially link my godaddy domain to netlify hosting and keep Godaddy as the DNS manager FOR NOW and then let netlify manage DNS at a later time or it has to be decided upon adding the custom domain?

Hi, @ocelot.games13 . You can keep your current DNS service for the custom domain and then change to Netlify DNS at a later date. You can also change from Netlify DNS back to external DNS at any time. There is no lock-in with either method.

the only thing you sometimes have to be aware of, @ocelot.games13 , is downtime. but we have a plan for that too! [image] [Support Guide] How do I migrate a domain to Netlify DNS with zero downtime? Support Guides Last reviewed by Netlify Support - July 2025 I…

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