Common Terms
Root Domain: top level domain which is the domain that you have purchased i.e. hello.com would be a root domain
Naked Domain: a naked domain is the domain without the 'www'
Subdomain: This is an extension of the domain you have purchased
Instructions
A Record
- Head over to the Manage Website page
- Open the Manage page for your site
- Click the Manage button
- Click the DNS tab and click Add Record
- Click the ADD link when hovering over the A Record section
CNAME
- Head over to the Manage Website page
- Open the Manage page for your site
- Click the Manage button
- Click the DNS tab and click Add Record
- Complete the fields:
- Name: enter "www" if you want to use a naked domain such as mydomain.com or enter the subdomain value (i.e. enter blog for blog.mydomain.com)
- Type: select CNAME from the drop down menu.
- Value: enter cname.vercel-dns.com.
- Click Add Record.
- Complete the following fields
- Host: leave this blank for a root domain otherwise insert the subdomain into this field
- Points to: enter 76.76.21.21
