Two Ways to Connect a Domain
When your domain and hosting are ready, you must connect them. There are two methods, and choosing the right one saves confusion later.
Method 1: Change Nameservers
Nameservers decide who answers all DNS questions for your domain. When you point nameservers to your hosting provider, the hosting server controls every record: website, email, subdomains, everything.
- Best for: customers who keep website and email on the same cPanel hosting plan with us.
- How: open the domain in the client area at app.techguru.co.in, choose Nameservers, and enter the nameservers listed in your hosting welcome email, for example ns1 and ns2 of your hosting brand.
- Effect: any DNS records previously set at the old provider stop applying. Note down existing mail records before switching.
Method 2: Keep Nameservers, Change the A Record
An A record maps a single hostname to a server IP address. If your DNS is managed elsewhere, for example at the registrar or on a CDN service, you can simply update the A record for the bare domain and for www to your hosting IP.
- Best for: customers using external email such as Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, or a CDN, who only want the website moved.
- How: find your hosting IP in the welcome email or cPanel, then edit the A records in whichever panel currently manages DNS.
- Effect: only the web traffic moves. Email and other records stay untouched.
Propagation and Testing
DNS changes take time to spread, typically from a few minutes up to 24 hours. Test with an online DNS checker tool such as dnschecker, and clear your local cache if the old site still loads.
Quick Rule of Thumb
Everything with us: change nameservers. Website only: change A records. Still unsure? Open a support ticket and tell us where your email is hosted, and we will advise the safe option.
