# Connect a Squarespace domain

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

Connect a Squarespace-managed domain, including a former Google Domains registration, to Your Website People.

Domains & going live · 4 min read

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

## Check your account and launch instructions

Begin 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). Have the exact DNS records supplied by Your Website People ready. Their types, names, and destinations are for your particular website; our own website’s address is not a shared connection target.

Former Google Domains registrations have moved to Squarespace. This guide applies when Squarespace manages your domain’s DNS. If your domain uses custom nameservers, make the changes with that DNS provider instead. Keep those nameservers unchanged.

Save a screenshot of your existing DNS records. Your domain registration and email service should remain active as we connect your website.

## Add the website records in DNS settings

If an existing custom record uses the same website hostname, ask us which record to replace before adding another destination.

1. Open your Squarespace **Domains dashboard** and select your domain. Choose **DNS**, then **DNS settings**.
2. Check for the **Squarespace Defaults** website preset. Its old website destinations can conflict. Follow our instructions to remove that website preset if present, while preserving email presets and other records.
3. Under **Custom Records**, choose **Add Record**. For the root domain, select type **A**, enter `@` in **Name**, and enter the supplied IP address in **IP Address**. Select **Save**.
4. Add the supplied www record using type **CNAME**. Enter `www` in **Name** and the supplied destination hostname in **Data**, then save.

## Keep email and domain services running

**Website defaults and email settings do different jobs.**

Preserve MX records, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, mail and autodiscover records, and other service verification records. Keep unrelated A and CNAME records too; email can depend on those records.

Our launch instructions will identify the website records that need replacing. If the defaults section looks different, or you see records you cannot identify, send us a screenshot. We can help you make the change without guessing.

Your email subscription and domain renewal still need to stay active. Check with us before canceling any Squarespace or old hosting plan, especially if email was purchased as part of that setup.

## Verify the new connection with us

Tell Your Website People when the records have been saved. Squarespace advises allowing 24 to 48 hours for pointing changes to work properly. Different networks may remember the previous settings for different lengths of time.

Check your domain both with and without `www`, using HTTPS. You should see your new website without a certificate warning. Send and receive a test email as well, and share any errors with us.

A private browser window helps check browser state, but does not clear your internet provider’s DNS cache. If results differ, try another network and let us know. We will help confirm the launch before you retire your old website.

## Sources & further help

These steps were checked against Squarespace’s official documentation. Keep existing custom nameservers in place and use your site-specific Your Website People DNS values.

- [Squarespace: Pointing a Squarespace domain](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/215744668-Pointing-a-Squarespace-domain)

- [Squarespace: Google Domains FAQ](https://domains.squarespace.com/google-domains/faq)

## 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)