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Connecting your Vercel app to a GoDaddy Domain: A Step-by-Step Guide

Hamza Ali on January 20, 2023

Deploying your app on Vercel is a straightforward process, and the platform has great documentation to guide you through configuring a custom domai...
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leo πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’»

Nice. Last time I did this wasn't with Vercel (like 4 years ago) and it was way more complex than it is now. Ty

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Adrian Anin

Thanks for this!

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Gloria Alicia Garcia Garcia

thank you very much, it worked perfectly

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Vu Nguyen

Thanks for the good instructions

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Miriam Eshed

the Nameservers option didn't work for me.
but the DNS -did.

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Hamza Ali

Thanks for the feedback. I'll try to upate the blog.

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Viennarz Curtiz

Just what I need, thanks for this

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Trkzi Omar

Thank you for the article.
A caveat I'd like to add, is to lock the domain once you're done.

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Mustapha Aouas

Thanks for this post! If I may add, DNS configuration can take some time to resolve in your Vercel portal, so don’t worry if it appears incorrect for a while. 😊

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mineTomek

Could changing the nameservers break the connected Microsoft email?

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Hamza Ali

Yes, changing the nameservers can disrupt your Microsoft email if the necessary DNS records (like MX, SPF, or DKIM) aren’t set up on the new nameservers.
To avoid issues, make sure you copy over the correct email DNS records when switching, or ensure the new nameservers have them in place.

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Adaired-Digital-Media

How to access the cPanel after changing the IP?

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Ahmad Hassan

Very well written and works perfectly!!