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Using your own domain for your profile

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Using your own domain for your profile

#585858; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.55em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Already own a domain through GoDaddy, Namecheap, or another provider? With LyncMe Premium, you can map a domain you already own to your LyncMe profile page.

#585858; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.55em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">First, go to the DNS settings page of your domain provider ( #0974b6; text-decoration-line: none;" href="https://www.godaddy.com/help/add-an-a-record-19238">GoDaddy#494949; background-color: initial;">#0974b6; text-decoration-line: none;" href="https://www.namecheap.com/">Namecheap#494949; background-color: initial;">#0974b6; text-decoration-line: none;" href="https://my.bluehost.com/web-hosting/cplogin">Bluehost, etc)

#585858; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.55em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Then, create the following records:

  1. #494949; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Create an A record: #585858; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">type #494949; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">@#585858; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> for "Host" and paste #494949; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">35.162.112.121#585858; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> under "Value" or "Points to"
  2. #585858; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.55em; margin-bottom: 10px;">#494949; background-color: initial;">CNAME record: type #494949; background-color: initial;">www for "Host" and paste #494949; background-color: initial;">yourdomain.com under "Value" or "Points to"

    * Make sure you don't have any other A Records or CNAME Records listed. If you do, you'll want to delete them.

#585858; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.55em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">

#585858; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.55em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Also, be sure that your Nameservers are set to #494949;">default. If you see #494949;">custom here, click to change the selection to #494949;">default.

#585858; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.55em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">

#585858; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.55em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">If any of these fields don't match what you see in your domain registrar's DNS settings, please contact your registrar's support team for help. 

#585858; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.55em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Every registrar has a slightly different setup, so their team will be able to help you get set up. If they ask for the IP address, you'll want to share #494949;">35.162.112.121 with them.

#585858; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.55em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Please keep in mind, your domain may take up to 48 hours to process.

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