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How to Point Your Domain to Hostinger

This guide shows you how to make a domain open a website hosted at Hostinger. You can change nameservers or edit the A record.

Domains and DNS2 min read11 steps

What does "point a domain" mean?

A domain is your website's address. DNS is like a phone book for the internet. It turns that address into a number that computers understand. Pointing a domain means telling the phone book to send visitors to Hostinger's servers.

Hostinger is another hosting company. Use this guide when your domain is managed in a Hostvento account, or elsewhere, and your site is on Hostinger.

Before you start

  • In your Hostinger account, find the nameservers and the server IP address of your hosting. An IP address is the number address of a server.
  • Copy them exactly. Do not guess.
  • Save your current DNS records. A wrong change can break your site or email.

Method 1: change nameservers

Nameservers are the computers that answer questions about your domain. This gives Hostinger control of your DNS.

  1. Log in where the domain is registered. For a Hostvento domain, use https://secure.hostvento.com/clientarea.php.
  2. Click Domains and then My Domains.
  3. Pick the domain. Open Management Tools and then Nameservers.
  4. Select custom nameservers.
  5. Type in the Hostinger nameservers.
  6. Click Change Nameservers.

Method 2: edit the A record

Use this to keep email or other services in their current place. An A record points a name to a number address.

  1. Open the DNS zone editor where your nameservers currently point.
  2. Find the A record whose host is @. It stands for the bare domain.
  3. Replace its value with your Hostinger IP address.
  4. Set the www record to a CNAME that points to your bare domain. A CNAME record points one name to another name.
  5. Save.

Add the domain in Hostinger

Hostinger must also know the domain. In your Hostinger panel, add the domain to your hosting plan as a website. Choose the folder for your files.

Tip: Changes need time to spread. This is called propagation. It can take minutes or up to a day or more. Test in a private window.

Need help? Open a ticket at https://secure.hostvento.com/submitticket.php.

Quick recap

  • Get nameservers or an IP address from Hostinger.
  • Change nameservers, or edit the A record.
  • Add the domain in the Hostinger panel.
  • Wait for propagation, then test.