Point your domain to your Vercel project while keeping your email with us.
In Vercel
- Add your domain in Vercel
In your project, go to Settings › Domains and add your domain.
- Copy the records
Vercel shows the records it needs. Use these rather than changing your nameservers, so your email keeps working.
- Add the records with us
Add them where your domain’s DNS lives. Vercel shows a tick when it can see them.
The records to add
Vercel shows the exact records for your site. Copy them exactly. They usually look like this:
| Type | Name / Host | Points to |
|---|---|---|
| A | @ |
76.76.21.21 (or the value Vercel shows) |
| CNAME | www |
The address Vercel shows (it ends vercel-dns.com) |
Leave your MX records and anything else alone. Then your email, and anything else on your domain, keeps working exactly as it is.
Where to add the records
Add them where your domain’s DNS lives: the client area’s DNS Management if you’re on ns3 and ns4, cPanel’s Zone Editor if you’re on our hosting nameservers, or your DNS provider (such as Cloudflare). Not sure? See Where to edit your DNS.
Set these records to DNS only (grey cloud), not proxied, unless the platform tells you otherwise. Otherwise the platform can’t issue its SSL certificate.
Send us the records the platform shows you, by chat or ticket, and we’ll add them.
How long it takes
Usually under an hour, sometimes up to 24 hours. Vercel checks the records and then turns on SSL for your site by itself.