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Connect a custom domain

Your domain can stay with the company where you bought it. You only need to change its web records. This guide shows you what to add and what to leave alone.

Before you change DNS

Build and check your site as a private draft. Free sites stay in draft. You need a paid plan to publish on your own domain. To learn how domains work with Redo Page, read the custom-domain overview first.

Before you start

Have these ready:

  • A Pro or Managed Redo Page workspace
  • A site that is ready to go live
  • Access to the company that runs your DNS
  • A copy or screenshot of your current DNS records
  • Time to test the site, forms, and email

The company that sold you the domain may not run its DNS. Check the domain's nameservers. They show you where to edit the records.

1. Add the domain in Redo Page

  1. Open the site in Redo Page.
  2. Choose Domains.
  3. Select Add Domain.
  4. Enter the exact hostname you want to use, such as www.yourbusiness.com or yourbusiness.com.
  5. Keep the Redo Page domain screen open so you can copy its record exactly.

Redo Page shows the record type, host, and target. It points custom domains to sites.redopage.com. If your screen shows a different target, use the one on your screen.

2. Choose a DNS record

Address to connectRecordHostTarget
www.yourbusiness.comCNAMEwwwsites.redopage.com
yourbusiness.comALIAS, ANAME, or flattened CNAME@sites.redopage.com
yourbusiness.com fallbackTwo A records@75.2.96.173 and 99.83.186.151

Use a CNAME for www. For a root domain, use ALIAS, ANAME, or a flattened CNAME if your DNS company offers it. If it does not, add both A records. You can also connect www and forward the root domain to it.

The A-record fallback requires both addresses

The hostname target is the best choice because it can change with the service. If your DNS company cannot use ALIAS, ANAME, or CNAME flattening at the root, add two A records at @: 75.2.96.173 and 99.83.186.151. Do not add only one.

3. Protect email and other services

DNS also controls email and other tools. Change only the web record for the name you are connecting.

  • Keep MX records used for incoming mail.
  • Keep SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records used to authenticate mail.
  • Keep unrelated TXT verification records unless you know they are obsolete.
  • Do not change nameservers just to add the Redo Page record.
  • Remove an old A, AAAA, CNAME, parking, or forwarding record only when it conflicts on the same website hostname.

Steps for your DNS company

Pick the company that runs your DNS. Its screen may change over time. Use the linked help page if a button has moved. We last checked these steps on July 13, 2026.

Namecheap

These steps apply when the domain uses Namecheap BasicDNS, FreeDNS, or PremiumDNS. If it uses custom nameservers, edit the records at that DNS provider instead.

  1. Open Domain List, choose the domain, then open Advanced DNS.
  2. For www, add a CNAME with host www and target sites.redopage.com.
  3. For the root domain, add an ALIAS with host @ and target sites.redopage.com.
  4. Remove a conflicting parking or website record on the same host, then save.

Official Namecheap help: CNAME records and ALIAS records.

GoDaddy

GoDaddy lets you use a CNAME for www, but not for the root host @. Use both A records for the root. You can also connect www and forward the root domain to it.

  1. Open the domain's DNS records.
  2. Add or edit the www CNAME so it points to sites.redopage.com.
  3. If the root domain is primary, add two A records with name @: one for 75.2.96.173 and one for 99.83.186.151.
  4. If www is primary instead, forward yourbusiness.com to https://www.yourbusiness.com without masking.

Official GoDaddy help: add a CNAME record and forward a domain.

Cloudflare
  1. Open the domain, choose DNS, then Records.
  2. Add a CNAME for www, or @ for the root, with target sites.redopage.com.
  3. Set Proxy status to DNS only, shown as a gray cloud, while Redo Page verifies the domain.
  4. Cloudflare automatically flattens a CNAME placed at the zone apex.
  5. Save, then return to Redo Page and refresh verification.

Official Cloudflare help: proxy status and CNAME flattening.

Squarespace Domains

This also covers domains moved from Google Domains. Edit the domain's DNS records. Do not edit the settings for a Squarespace website plan.

  1. Open the domain, then choose DNS and DNS Settings.
  2. For the simplest setup, add a CNAME for www pointing to sites.redopage.com.
  3. Forward the bare domain to https://www.yourbusiness.com, or use an ALIAS with host @ and target sites.redopage.com if you want the root domain to be primary.
  4. If ALIAS is unavailable, the root can instead use two A records at @: 75.2.96.173 and 99.83.186.151.
  5. Squarespace's current ALIAS instructions require DNSSEC to be off before adding the record. If DNSSEC is already enabled and you are not planning that change, use www plus forwarding.
  6. Remove only Squarespace website defaults that conflict on the hostname you are connecting.
  7. Leave email, verification, and security records in place.

Official Squarespace help: DNS records for web hosting and domain forwarding.

4. Check the domain and SSL

  1. Save the DNS record at the provider.
  2. Return to the domain screen in Redo Page.
  3. Refresh the status until Redo Page finds the DNS record.
  4. Wait for HTTPS to turn on before you send people to the site.
  5. Test the main address and the root or www redirect in a private browser window.

Many changes show up in a few minutes. Some can take up to 48 hours. Do not keep changing a record that is already correct.

If setup does not finish

  • Confirm you edited the provider named by the active nameservers.
  • Compare the record type, host, and target with the Redo Page dashboard.
  • Remove a conflicting website record on the same hostname.
  • For Cloudflare, confirm the record is DNS only.
  • Check both the site and email before declaring the launch complete.

See domain troubleshooting for DNS, SSL, root versus www, and support details.