# Connect a GoDaddy domain

Canonical page: [Connect a GoDaddy domain](https://www.yourwebsitepeople.com/help/godaddy)

Point your website to Your Website People using GoDaddy’s DNS settings while keeping your existing email service.

Domains & going live · 4 min read

Reviewed: September 22, 2026 (2026-09-22)

## Have your website’s records ready

Start with our [before-you-start checklist](https://www.yourwebsitepeople.com/help/connect-domain#before-you-start) and [guide to keeping your email](https://www.yourwebsitepeople.com/help/website-and-email). Your Website People will supply the exact record types, names, and values for your website when it is ready to connect. Use those instructions alongside this guide. There is no shared destination to copy from our own website.

Confirm that GoDaddy manages your DNS. A domain purchased at GoDaddy may use another company’s nameservers; in that case, make the changes with that DNS provider. Keep your current nameservers and save a screenshot of the existing records before editing.

## Open GoDaddy and update the website records

1. Sign in to GoDaddy and open your **Domain Portfolio**. Select your domain, then choose **DNS**.
2. Find the website record identified in your launch instructions and select **Edit**. If it does not exist, use the option to add a record.
3. For a root **A** record, enter `@` in **Name** and your supplied IP address in **Value**.
4. For a **CNAME** record for your www address, enter `www` in **Name** and your supplied destination hostname in **Value**.
5. Leave **TTL** at its default unless we specify otherwise. Select **Save** or **Save All Records**. Complete any GoDaddy identity verification.

## Keep email and other services connected

**Change only the records in your launch instructions.**

Keep your MX records and email authentication settings, including SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Leave mail, autodiscover, and unrelated subdomains in place. Some email services also depend on A or CNAME records.

If you see several website addresses, an old AAAA record, forwarding, or a record you cannot edit, send us the details. We will identify any conflicting records for the same website hostname. Keep your existing email subscription active, including when it is bundled with old hosting.

## Let us know, then check the connection

Tell Your Website People when you have saved the changes so we can check your connection. GoDaddy says most DNS changes work within an hour, but worldwide updates can take up to 48 hours.

During that time, different networks can show different versions of your website because they remember the previous settings. A private browser window helps check browser state, but does not clear your internet provider’s DNS cache.

Check your domain both with and without `www`, using HTTPS. Confirm the right website appears without a certificate warning, then send and receive a test email. Share any error message with us, and let us confirm launch before retiring your old website hosting.

## Sources & further help

GoDaddy’s official guides informed the steps above. Labels may change; your site-specific launch instructions supply the DNS values to use.

- [GoDaddy: Manage DNS records](https://www.godaddy.com/help/manage-dns-records-680)

- [GoDaddy: Edit an A record](https://www.godaddy.com/help/edit-an-a-record-19239)

- [GoDaddy: Edit a CNAME record](https://www.godaddy.com/help/edit-a-cname-record-19237)

## Related guides

- [Connect your domain to your new website](https://www.yourwebsitepeople.com/help/connect-domain.md)

- [New website. Same email.](https://www.yourwebsitepeople.com/help/website-and-email.md)