How to add the DNS records your agency asks for

When a new website, email service or app needs your domain, your agency sends you a short list of DNS records: a type (such as A, CNAME or TXT), a host and a value. Adding them doesn't give anyone access to your account, and your domain stays yours. This page shows where to add them at the most common DNS providers, checked against each provider's help pages in October 2026.

First, find where your DNS is managed

1. Sign in where your domain is managed. That is usually where you bought it.
2. Open the DNS or DNS records settings for your domain.
3. Add each record below exactly as shown, then save.

If you aren't sure, your agency can tell you from your domain's name servers. Get Set Keys detects it automatically and shows the right screens.

Adding records at each provider

Namecheap

1. Sign in to Namecheap and open Domain List.
2. Next to your domain, choose Manage, then open Advanced DNS.
3. Choose Add New Record for each record below, then save each one.

GoDaddy

1. Sign in to GoDaddy and open your Domain Portfolio.
2. Select your domain, then open DNS.
3. Choose Add New Record for each record below, then save.

Cloudflare

1. Sign in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select your domain.
2. Open DNS, then Records, and choose Add record for each record below.
3. Set the proxy status as your agency asked, then save.

Squarespace Domains

1. Sign in to Squarespace, open your domains dashboard and click your domain.
2. Click DNS, then DNS Settings, and scroll down to Custom Records.
3. Click Add record for each record below, enter it exactly as shown, then click Save.

Porkbun

1. Sign in to Porkbun and find your domain in Domain Management.
2. Click the DNS button under your domain.
3. Click Add Record for each record below, fill in Type, Host and Answer, then click Add.

Amazon Route 53

1. Sign in to the AWS console and open Route 53.
2. Choose Hosted zones, then your domain.
3. Choose Create record, enter each record below, then choose Create records.

Google Cloud DNS

1. In the Google Cloud console, open the Cloud DNS zones page.
2. Click the zone for your domain, then click Add standard.
3. Fill in DNS name, Resource record type and the value for each record below, then click Create.

Hostinger

1. Sign in to Hostinger and choose Domains, then DNS, in the left sidebar.
2. Select your domain to open its DNS records.
3. Enter the type, name and content of each record below, then click Add Record.

IONOS

1. Sign in to IONOS and find your domain under Domains & SSL.
2. Click the gear icon under Actions and select DNS.
3. Click Add Record for each record below, fill in Host name and the value, then click Save.

Wix

1. Go to Domains in your Wix account.
2. Click the Domain Actions icon next to your domain, then Manage DNS Records.
3. Click + Add Record under the type of each record below, fill it in, then click Save and Save Changes.

Gandi

1. Sign in to Gandi and click Domain in the left menu.
2. Click your domain, then open the DNS Records tab.
3. Click Add above the table for each record below, fill it in and confirm.

Name.com

1. Sign in to Name.com and click My Domains.
2. Click your domain, then Manage DNS Records.
3. For each record below, choose the Type, fill in Host and Answer, then click Add Record.

OVHcloud

1. In the OVHcloud Control Panel, go to Web Cloud, then Domain names, then your domain.
2. Open the DNS zone tab and click Add an entry.
3. Choose the record type, fill in the fields for each record below, then click Add.

How you both know it worked

DNS records are public, so anyone can check them once they're saved. Changes usually show within minutes. Some providers take up to a few hours. Your agency checks that each record matches exactly what they asked for.

When the project ends

Remove or change the records your agency asked for, if the site is moving elsewhere. Records only point your domain somewhere; there's no account access to remove.

Doing this for every client?

Agencies can send each client one Get Set Keys link that shows the records for their exact DNS provider and checks them live, so nobody has to ask whether they were saved.