Connect a domain from Namecheap

Before you start

• Any plan. Connecting a domain you own is free on Free, Launch and Grow, and yaya adds no fee for it.
• A Namecheap login and a published yaya site.
• About 10 minutes, plus waiting for DNS.

Keep the old Namecheap site running until yaya shows Connected. Changing the record replaces it.

Get the record from yaya

1. Open Website > Domain.
2. Type the name in Hostname, for example www.nexumcorp.org.
3. Click Connect domain.
4. Read the DNS steps. Keep the page open. The CNAME target and any TXT value come from yaya, and they differ for each domain.

To use the bare name nexumcorp.org, see Use a subdomain or www.

Add the record in Namecheap

1. Sign in at Namecheap and open Domain List.
2. Click Manage next to your domain.
3. Open the Advanced DNS tab.
4. Delete the old record for the same host. A new Namecheap domain often has a www CNAME that points to a parking page. Delete a URL Redirect record on the same host too.
5. Click Add New Record and choose CNAME Record.
6. Type www in Host. Paste the target from yaya in Value. Leave TTL on Automatic.
7. Click the check mark to save.
8. Add the TXT record if yaya lists one. Choose TXT Record. Type only the part of the name before .nexumcorp.org in Host. Paste the value from yaya.

For the bare name, Namecheap has an ALIAS Record type. Use it with Host @.

Check the connection

1. Return to yaya and click Check again.
2. Wait for Connected. yaya sets up HTTPS on its own.

yaya re-checks every 15 seconds while the page is open. DNS can take minutes to a few hours.

Keep your email working

Change only the web record. Leave MX and TXT mail records as they are. See Keep your email working.

Fix common problems

Advanced DNS shows no way to add records. The domain uses nameservers from another company. Add the record at that company, or switch the domain to Namecheap's own DNS under the Nameservers setting.

The card stays on "Waiting on DNS". See Fix a domain that won't verify.

I want yaya to manage all DNS. See Move your DNS to yaya.