How to Point a Domain to Your Server
To make a domain show your hosted website, you point it at the server — either by setting your hosting nameservers, or by pointing its A record at the server IP.
Step-by-step
- Find your hosting details in your EconomicalHost welcome email — the nameservers and your server IP address.
- Decide the method. Nameservers (recommended) hand all DNS to your hosting; an A record points just the domain while DNS stays elsewhere.
- For nameservers, log in at your domain registrar and set the domain's nameservers to those in your welcome email — see changing nameservers.
- For an A record, at your DNS host set the @ (and www) A record to your server's IP address.
- Add the domain in cPanel if it is a new site — see adding a domain.
- Wait for propagation (a few hours) then load the domain — see DNS propagation.
💡 Good to know
- Nameserver pointing is simplest because cPanel then manages all records for you.
- Use A-record pointing only when you must keep DNS at another provider.
- AutoSSL issues a certificate automatically once the domain resolves to the server.