Last reviewed by Netlify Support - July 2025
Hi there! 
We know that using your own production domain (Example: http://somecooldomain.com) on a Netlify site can be a bit confusing at times. The good news is that our team has written an abundance of guides covering various questions regarding domains. This listing has all of our “best practice” guides about configuring and using Netlify DNS and production domains on our service, grouped by topic area. We have a few guides that cover multiple topic areas, so we have listed them under each related category.
End to end configuration guides:
- DNS Quick Start - How to set up DNS If you’re already familiar with how DNS works and want to survey all your options for using hostnames here, this is the best starting place
- How do I migrate a domain to Netlify DNS with zero downtime?
- Minimal downtime for a live site DNS migration
Configurations where we host only your website, but don’t manage your DNS:
- How to set up Netlify DNS on a domain alias
- Can I host my site on Netlify but keep my DNS at my domain registrar?
- How to use Netlify’s branch deploy feature without Netlify DNS
- Which are some good DNS providers for ALIAS/ANAME support?
- Finding the IP addresses for Netlify’s Nameservers
Articles about configuring Netlify to manage your DNS (in addition to hosting your websites):
- Should I use Netlify to manage my DNS?
- How to detect and fix inactive Netlify DNS zones
- How can I manage my DNS with Netlify if I used another vendor to purchase my domain?
- Is my site using Netlify’s DNS correctly?
- What are the NETLIFY and NETLIFYv6 type DNS records? How do I delete these records?
- How do I migrate a domain to Netlify DNS with zero downtime?
- I changed my name servers / DNS on AWS Route53 but I’m still having issues
- How can I receive emails on my domain?
- Name.com domain reports “A DNS zone for this domain already exists on NS1” error
Domain registration and registrar configuration:
- How do I transfer my domain name to (or away from) Netlify?
- Finding the IP addresses for Netlify’s Nameservers
- I changed my name servers / DNS on AWS Route53 but I’m still having issues
Troubleshooting tips:
- Why do DNS / SSL changes take up to 48 hours to propagate? (TTL)
- Verifying domain ownership for Netlify production domain
- Name.com domain reports “A DNS zone for this domain already exists on NS1” error
- I’m getting errors when adding my domain to Netlify or configuring DNS zones
- Why isn’t my SSL certificate provisioning automatically with Cloudflare & Netlify? Are there other problems with using Cloudflare in front of Netlify?
If you are encountering issues with production domains after working through the guides above, please open a new thread on the Forums and share your site, any error messages you are receiving, and what debugging steps you have already taken. Additionally, if you think there should be an additional guide or resource that isn’t mentioned above, let us know in the comments below!! 