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title: Add a domain
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description: Point a domain at your WHP hosting — whether you registered it with us or elsewhere.
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sidebar:
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order: 1
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---
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import { Steps, Aside } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
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import SignIn from '~/content/partials/signing-in.mdx';
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import Support from '~/content/partials/support-link.mdx';
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## Before you start
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- A **registered domain.** We sell domains through Namecheap, and you can also register with any other provider you like.
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- **Access to the registrar's DNS settings** if you registered the domain elsewhere.
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- About 5 minutes (plus DNS propagation time, which can be up to 24 hours).
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<Aside type="tip">
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If you registered your domain with us, we can help with DNS, redirects, and email records directly. If you registered elsewhere, we can still help — you'll just need to make the actual changes at your registrar.
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</Aside>
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## Sign in to WHP
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<SignIn />
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## Steps
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<Steps>
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1. From the sidebar, open **Domains → Add Domain**.
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2. Enter your domain (for example, `example.com`). Don't include `http://` or `www.` — just the bare domain.
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3. Choose the domain type:
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- **Primary** — your account's main domain. Pick this if it's your first.
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- **Add-on** — an extra domain alongside your primary.
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4. Click **Add**. WHP confirms the domain and shows the nameserver values and an A record you can point at.
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</Steps>
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## Point your DNS at us
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There are two paths depending on where the domain is registered:
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**Registered with us:** nothing to do. We set DNS automatically when the domain was created. Skip ahead to verify.
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**Registered elsewhere:** at your registrar, do one of the following:
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- Set the **nameservers** to `ns1.anhonesthost.com` and `ns2.anhonesthost.com` (recommended — gives us full DNS control, easier to support), **or**
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- Keep your existing nameservers and add an **A record** pointing the domain to the IP address shown on the WHP confirmation screen.
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## Verify it worked
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DNS changes can take up to 24 hours to propagate worldwide. To check status:
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- Run `dig example.com +short` from a terminal — once you see our IP in the result, you're live.
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- Or use a web tool like [whatsmydns.net](https://www.whatsmydns.net/) to see propagation across many regions.
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Once DNS resolves, visiting your domain in a browser will reach WHP — though you'll see a default placeholder until you create a site.
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## Troubleshooting
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**"Pending DNS" for more than 24 hours.** Re-check the nameservers or A record at your registrar — typos and trailing dots cause silent failures. Clear your local DNS cache to rule out client-side caching.
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**Domain returns a generic "site not found" page.** DNS works but you haven't created a site yet. [Create one](/whp/how-to/create-a-site/) and point it at this domain.
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**Wrong site loads.** Another site on your account is set as the default. In **Sites**, make sure the correct site is bound to this domain.
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## Related
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- [Create a site](/whp/how-to/create-a-site/)
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## Still stuck?
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<Support />
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