---
title: "Connect a domain you already own (GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare)"
description: "Add your domain in Domain & Email, add the two records Buildy shows at your registrar, then click Verify."
canonical: "https://www.buildy.ai/docs/domains-email/connect-your-own-domain"
last_updated: "2026-10-26"
---

# Connect a domain you already own (GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare)

Connecting a domain you bought elsewhere takes two DNS records at your registrar and one click on **Verify** in Buildy. The records are the same for GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare, Squarespace and every other registrar.

## Steps

1. Open **Domain & Email** from **Dashboard**, or **Tools** on a phone.
2. Click **Connect existing domain**. Read the notice, tick the box and click **I AGREE**. You make the changes at your registrar yourself.
3. Type your domain without `http://` and without `www`, for example `example.com`, and click **Connect Domain**. Buildy opens **Connect your website** with two records. These instructions stay open until the website is verified.
4. Sign in to your registrar and open the DNS settings for the domain. Add the two records exactly as Buildy shows them: an A record and a `www` record.
5. Delete any other A record on `@`. If your old host's record stays, your domain points at two places and the site fails for some visitors.
6. Save at the registrar. Back in Buildy, click **Verify**. DNS changes can take from a few minutes to a few hours to spread. If it still shows **Pending Verification**, click **Verify** again later.
7. After verification, the instructions collapse into **Website DNS details**. Your domain has an **External domain** label. When it shows **Verified**, click **Publish & Share**.

## Registrar notes

- **Cloudflare:** set the cloud icon on both records to **DNS only** (grey), not Proxied (orange).
- For help finding the DNS page, use the registrar links Buildy shows under your domain.

## Common problems

### Stuck on "Pending Verification"

See [My domain is stuck on Pending Verification](/docs/domains-email/pending-verification).

### "The domain doesn't belong to you"

See [The domain doesn't belong to you](/docs/domains-email/domain-doesnt-belong-to-you).

### "Please remove the www. prefix"

Type the domain without `www.`. Buildy makes `www` work with the CNAME record.

### "Some visitors may not reach your website"

Buildy found extra A records. Remove the ones it lists at your registrar, keep the one Buildy shows, and click **Check again**.

## Related

- [My domain is stuck on Pending Verification](/docs/domains-email/pending-verification)
- [Set up email sending](/docs/domains-email/email-sending)
- [This site can't provide a secure connection](/docs/domains-email/ssl-error)