There are several ways to point a domain to Hostinger Website Builder:
Via nameservers — this way, your domain's DNS zone will be transferred to and managed from Hostinger
Via DNS CNAME records — this way, your domain's DNS management zone will remain at its current place
Via A record — this way, you can point your domain directly to Hostinger's IP address for Builder websites, which is 34.120.137.41. This means that the DNS management will remain at its current provider, but the domain will resolve to the specified server
Once your domain is pointed to Hostinger, make sure your website is published, and give it some time (up to 24 hours) to start working 💡
Via Nameservers
If your domain is registered at Hostinger, it's pointed to Hostinger nameservers by default. However, if you use a third-party domain (that's not registered at Hostinger), you need to update your domain's nameservers manually.
Pointing your domain to Hostinger nameservers sets your email-related records for Hostinger Email.
If you already use a different email service, make sure to update the MX records with those of your email provider after the nameserver change has fully propagated 💡
To manually point your domain to Hostinger nameservers, follow these steps:
Log into your domain provider's website
Find your domain's nameserver settings
Delete all the current nameservers and insert the following two:
ns1.dns-parking.com
ns2.dns-parking.com
Save the changes
After updating the nameservers, your website will be up and running within 24 hours.
Via CNAME Records
Alternatively, you may point your domain to Hostinger Website Builder by adding two CNAME records to your domain's DNS zone:
Log into your domain provider's website
Find your domain's DNS management zone
Make sure to delete all A and/or AAAA records (if any) for your root domain (@)
Add the following CNAME records:
CNAME 1 | CNAME 2 |
Name: @ Points to: connect.hostinger.com TTL: default, or 14400 | Name: www Points to: connect.hostinger.com TTL: default, or 14400 |
After saving the changes, your website will be up and running within 24 hours.
Via A Record
You can also point your domain by adding a single A record and a CNAME record (www), and below you can find the steps and needed IP for it:
Log into your domain provider's website
Find your domain's DNS management zone
Make sure to delete all A and/or AAAA records (if any) for your root domain (@)
Add the following records:
A | CNAME |
Name: @ Points to: 34.120.137.41 TTL: default, or 14400 | Name: www Points to: connect.hostinger.com TTL: default, or 14400 |
This method is normally used in situations which the domain remains with the current NameServers of its provider, and is unable to add a CNAME @ (root) record as here.
After saving the changes, your website will be up and running within 24 hours.