--- title: How to point GoDaddy DNS records to Pressable url: "https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/how-to-point-godaddy-dns-records-to-pressable/" published: 2021-01-11 modified: 2026-02-14 author: Wayne McWilliams --- If you are [assigning a domain to your Pressable account](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/assigning-domain-pressable/) and want to know how to update your GoDaddy DNS records accordingly, we share three ways to do that: - [Domain Setup Wizard](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/how-to-point-godaddy-dns-records-to-pressable/#domain-setup-wizard) - [Nameserver Method](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/how-to-point-godaddy-dns-records-to-pressable/#pointing-godaddy-nameservers-to-pressable) - [A Record Method](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/how-to-point-godaddy-dns-records-to-pressable/#pointing-godaddy-a-records-to-pressable) **Please Note:** If you already have email hosting for your domain, we recommend using the [A Record Method](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/how-to-point-godaddy-dns-records-to-pressable/#pointing-godaddy-a-records-to-pressable). **Alternatively:** If you’d like to manage DNS at Pressable, please get in touch with us **prior** **to** [changing the name servers](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/how-to-point-godaddy-dns-records-to-pressable/#pointing-godaddy-nameservers-to-pressable) to minimize/prevent any email downtime. ## Domain Setup Wizard Please Note: Pressable has a [Domain Setup Wizard](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/domain-setup-wizard/) option, which makes connecting your GoDaddy domain to your Pressable site a breeze! [Learn more here](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/domain-setup-wizard/). ## Pointing GoDaddy Nameservers to Pressable Log into your GoDaddy account and navigate to your domain manager. Press the “DNS” button to the right of your domain name. ![Viewing your DNS settings in GoDaddy.](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy1-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1) Scroll down to the section on Nameservers. Press the blue “Change” button. ![GoDaddy nameservers listing.](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/godaddy2.png?ssl=1) You will need to then select “Enter my own nameservers (advanced)” ![Connect my domain to a website.](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/godaddy3.png?ssl=1) Enter Pressable’s nameservers in the provided fields and then press **Save**: - `ns1.openhostingservice.com` - `ns2.openhostingservice.com` - `ns3.openhostingservice.com` - `ns4.openhostingservice.com` - `ns5.openhostingservice.com` ![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image.png?resize=1024%2C504&ssl=1) Read GoDaddy’s guide on how to update nameservers here: Once the Nameservers are updated, you can manage the DNS records of domain with us. Note: If you already have email hosting for your domain, we recommend getting in touch with us prior to changing the name servers to minimize/prevent any email downtime. ## Pointing GoDaddy A Records to Pressable On your site’s control panel go to **Domains → Add Domains**. Under the **Manual DNS** tab you can find your site’s specific IP addresses. You’ll need this information for the next step, which takes place at GoDaddy. ![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy1.jpg?resize=1024%2C446&ssl=1)Log into your GoDaddy account and navigate to your domain manager. Press the “DNS” button to the right of your domain name. ![Viewing your domain name with GoDaddy dashboard.](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy1-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1)Locate your current DNS records, which will look similar to the following: ![GoDaddy DNS records dashboard.](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy2.jpg?ssl=1)Modify the existing A record, with the name of @, to point to one of your Pressable IPs. [![GoDaddy A Records dashboard.](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy3.jpg?ssl=1)](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy3.png?ssl=1) Click “Add”, and create another record where your host is “@”, your IP is “199.16.173.41” (for example), and TTL (time to live) is “1/2 Hour”: ![Editing your A record.](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy4.jpg?ssl=1) Once saved, your records should look like this: ![This is what your dns records should look like.](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy5.jpg?ssl=1) In some cases, the “www” record may be a separate A record, and not a CNAME record. In other words, rather than having “@” as its value, it will have an IP address; in our example, 199.16.172.147. In this case, you can either remove the “www” record and create a CNAME (as above), or you can change the IP address and add a new one, similarly to what was done for the “@” record above. It may look something like this: ![GoDaddy DNS Records List.](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy6.jpg?ssl=1) Read GoDaddy’s guide on how to update A records here: ## Add Your Domain at Pressable After you have updated the DNS settings at your registrar using one of the methods listed above, you will need to [add your domain to your Pressable site](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/assigning-domain-pressable/#step-two-add-your-domain-at-pressable). However, if you use the [Domain Setup Wizard](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/domain-setup-wizard/) option it will automatically add the domain for you. ## (Optional) Re-provision SSL Certificate If you added your domain on the Pressable control panel before pointing it via DNS, you may need to re-provision the SSL certificate. You can do this from the **Domains** tab in your control panel by clicking **Actions ▼ → Retry SSL**. ![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/godaddy3-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C256&ssl=1) For detailed steps, visit our [SSL Troubleshooting Guide](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/ssl-troubleshooting-for-common-ssl-issues/) ## Yoast Indexables If Yoast ([Yoast SEO](https://href.li/?https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) or [Yoast SEO Premium](https://href.li/?https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/) plugins) is used on a website and a domain is added or changed (new site, cloned site, etc) without taking steps afterward, it can result in the staging domain or previous domain showing in search results. Please [follow the information here](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/yoast-indexables/) to ensure the proper domain is reflected within search results.