How to point your domain to your hosting

1. 01

   Decide: nameservers or A record

   Change the nameservers if you want your host to manage all DNS for the domain. This is the simpler option and the right one for most people — email, subdomains and SSL all follow automatically.

   Change just the A record if you need DNS to stay where it is — commonly because email is on Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 and you would rather not move those records.

2. 02

   Find your nameservers

   They are in your welcome email and in the client area. They look like:

   ns1.fasterhost.in
   ns2.fasterhost.in

   If you are taking the A-record route instead, what you need is the server IP, listed in cPanel under General Information in the right sidebar.

3. 03

   Change them at your registrar

   This happens where you bought the domain, not in cPanel. The menu is named differently everywhere but the path is always similar:

   • GoDaddy — My Products → Domains → DNS → Nameservers → Change → "I'll use my own nameservers"
   • BigRock / ResellerClub — Manage Orders → the domain → Nameservers
   • Namecheap — Domain List → Manage → Nameservers → Custom DNS
   • Hostinger — Domains → Manage → DNS / Nameservers → Change nameservers

   Replace both existing entries. Leaving an old nameserver in place gives you a site that loads intermittently — the worst kind of broken, because it looks fine half the time you check.

4. 04

   Wait, then verify

   Nameserver changes propagate in 30 minutes to 4 hours typically, up to 24–48 hours at the outside. Indian ISPs are usually quick; some cache aggressively.

   Check it properly rather than by reloading the page — your browser and your ISP both cache:

   dig example.in NS +short
   dig example.in A +short

   When the NS answer shows your host's nameservers and the A record shows your server IP, it is done. Only then run AutoSSL.

Common questions

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