{"id":1129,"date":"2020-12-21T17:48:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/12\/21\/4739443-how-to-point-a-domain-to-siteground-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:12","slug":"4739443-how-to-point-a-domain-to-siteground-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4739443-how-to-point-a-domain-to-siteground-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Point a Domain to SiteGround at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">There are two ways to point your domain to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">SiteGround<\/a><\/b>: using <b>SiteGround<\/b> <b>nameservers <\/b>or an <b>A record<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"option-1---siteground-nameservers-\">Option 1 &ndash; SiteGround Nameservers <\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To find the required nameservers, <b>log in <\/b>to your <b><a href=\"https:\/\/my.siteground.com\/websites\/list\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">SiteGround account<\/a><\/b>. Once there, go to your <b>Client Area <\/b>&rarr; <b>Websites <\/b>&rarr; <b>Site Tools<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You&rsquo;ll find the necessary <b>nameservers <\/b>in the <b>Site Information<\/b> section.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Copy the given nameservers, and specify them in your <b><a href=\"\/support\/1696789-how-to-change-nameservers-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">domain&rsquo;s DNS zone<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is pointed elsewhere by NS records, your <b>DNS zone<\/b> is also <b><a href=\"\/support\/4410863-how-to-manage-dns-zone-on-siteground\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">managed from there<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"option-2---siteground-a-record\">Option 2 &ndash; SiteGround A record<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Alternatively, you can point your domain to <b>SiteGround<\/b> via <b>A record<\/b>: you can copy it from the <b>Site Information<\/b> &rarr; <b>Website IP<\/b>. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you have the required IP address, <b><a href=\"\/support\/4468886-how-to-add-and-remove-a-records-in-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">create an A record<\/a><\/b> in your domain&rsquo;s <b>DNS zone<\/b>. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After you add a new A record, <b><a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">DNS propagation<\/a><\/b> will start. This process can take <b>up to<\/b> <b>24 hours<\/b>. During this time, it&rsquo;s expected that your website won&rsquo;t work, but give it some time, and it will get online soon.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">That&rsquo;s it! Now you know two ways of pointing your domain to <b>SiteGround<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/kb\/point-website-domain-siteground\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">How to point my website to SiteGround?<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pointing a domain to SiteGround through Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pointing-domain-to-external-services"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4739443-how-to-point-a-domain-to-siteground-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4739443-comment-faire-pointer-un-domaine-vers-siteground\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4739443-bagaimana-cara-mengarahkan-domain-ke-siteground\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4739443-como-apontar-um-dominio-para-siteground\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}