How to Change Name Servers on Bluehost
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How to Change Name Servers on Bluehost

Whether or not you need to connect tools like CLOUDFLARE or EZOIC to your Bluehost site, you will need to know how to change Name servers on Bluehost in case of any reasons necessary. Sometimes, Name Servers need to be changed in order for your site to point to a particular server or tool asides the server on which your site is hosted (your web host).

WHAT ARE NAME SERVERS?

Name Servers are basically addresses that handle the location of the domain name of your website. It is more commonly used to refer to a hosting provider’s web server where it manages and maintains the domain names for their customers. Name servers make it easier for us to visit our favorite websites without having to memorize a string of numbers. These string of numbers are the IP addresses unique to every website.

Name servers make up the DNS (Domain Name System) of any website. DNS is often referred to as the Phonebook of the internet. DNS is composed of nameservers that connect IP addresses to domain names so we don’t have to.

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WHY ARE NAMESERVERS IMPORTANT?

A name server is the location of your website.

Take Starbucks for example. Just like how Google Maps point to a particular location on the Map as the location of a Starbucks Franchise, Name Servers point to a particular IP address on the internet as the location of your website. Name servers ease up the process of people having to find your website on the internet.

And just the way those Starbucks workers should know the location of where they work, you should know the location of your website. Hence, you should know your name servers.

There are numerous reasons why you should want to know your name servers.

  • If you bought a domain name from a different place from your web hosting platform, you’ll need to point your domain name servers to the web host.
  • If you’ve changed web hosting companies and want to point your domain name to the new web hosting provider.
  • If you want to set up CDN tools like CLOUDFLARE or Adsense Tools like Ezoic and you want your website to now point to them.

NAME SERVERS LOOKUP

Still don’t know how to find your name servers? That’s alright. It happens to the best of us. It could be that you newly migrated your website and are finding it difficult to navigate the new provider. The following sites allow you to look up which name servers your domain is pointing to.

HOW TO CHANGE NAME SERVERS ON BLUEHOST

STEP 1

The first step is to Log into your Bluehost account. Proceed to click to the Menu button on the top right corner of your screen.

STEP 2

Click on the DOMAINS button which is the fifth option on the list. Click on MY DOMAINS in the drop down menu.

STEP 3

You’ll be taken to a page. Click on MANAGE DOMAIN.

STEP 4

A page will load and with the current settings of Bluehost, you’ll find yourself on the Renewal section. Scroll till you find the DNS section.

STEP 5

The first thing on the DNS page is your name servers and where they are pointing to currently. You may decide to make it point to Bluehost’s servers. Or you could type EDIT and insert your own custom name servers.

When you’re finished, do a nameserver check to make sure it’s configured correctly. If for any reason it keeps showing error or it’s refusing to save your custom name servers, go back to where you typed in your name servers and ensure there are no empty spaces within the digits you inputed.

Changing Nameservers from other Registrars to Bluehost

While each Web Host Provider has his own unique way of changing nameservers, typically, you’ll go to the place on your hosting company’s dashboard, where you can make DNS changes. From there, you can modify your website’s records to point to Bluehost.

This is a link to show you Bluehost’s official Nameservers and how you can change from numerous registrars to Bluehost.

How Long Does It Take for Nameservers to Update?

For any change made to DNS records, it takes time for the update to take effect across the internet. This process is called DNS propagation, and it can take up to 48 hours.

Changes can be seen soon after you update, but it could still be updating in other areas. So please allow up to 48 hours for your nameservers to propagate fully. 

You can always check the status of your update on tools like DNSchecker.org.

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