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A domain you buy through Foundable uses Foundable’s DNS. Its DNS records are lines that say where each part of it points. Add one when a shop, a calendar or Google’s site check asks for it. If you’re the owner or an admin, Ted can do this for you: ask him to add or change a record. Doing it yourself works for a domain you bought, in a foundable you own. A domain you connected keeps its records at your domain company.
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Open the domain

Open the account menu (your initial or photo at the top right), choose Settings, then All domains. On a phone, press More, then Settings. Press the domain.
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Press Add record

Under DNS records, press Add record.
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Fill it in

Copy in the Type, Host, Value and TTL the service gives you. MX and SRV records also need a Priority. The types are A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV and NS.
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Save it

Press Save.
To change or delete one of your records, open its ⋮ menu. Deleting asks you first. Records with a lock are Foundable’s, like the ones your website and your email need. Point at a lock to see why it’s there.

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Use another DNS company

Nameservers decide which company runs a domain’s DNS. The Nameservers card shows Foundable or Custom, and the ones in use. Keep Foundable unless you want another company to run it. To switch, press Edit on the card. Enter the ones that company gives you, using Add nameserver for more. Then press Save nameservers.
Foundable then stops managing the domain’s DNS. If your website uses it, Foundable asks once more. Your website and any email on it stop working until you reset to Foundable. Press Change anyway only if that’s what you want.
While they’re custom, the domain says so, and you can’t change its records here. Press Reset on the card, or Reset to Foundable in the dialog, to bring them back.

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Check that it worked

Your record shows in the list once Foundable saves it. New nameservers show on their card. If that change stops partway, the domain says it needs a fix. The card says why, with Try again where it can help.

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If something goes wrong

Your website uses those two hosts. Give this record a different host.
Its nameservers point to another company, so its records live there. Change them there, or press Reset to Foundable to manage them here again.
Your nameservers stay as they were. Check the new ones with the other company, then press Edit and enter them again.

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FAQ

No. Foundable points a domain you buy at your website, and keeps those records for you. See Buy a domain.
Not on a domain you bought: Foundable keeps those too. To change your email address, use the Inbox. See Change your email name or address.

Manage your domains

Renew your domains, or stop renewing one.

Connect a domain you own

Add records at your domain company.

Use your own domain for email

Send and receive email at your own domain.