{"id":1215,"date":"2020-09-22T06:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T06:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/09\/22\/4468904-how-to-point-a-domain-to-wix-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:02:43","slug":"4468904-how-to-point-a-domain-to-wix-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4468904-how-to-point-a-domain-to-wix-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Point a Domain to Wix at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you use <b>Wix<\/b> and want to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.wix.com\/en\/article\/connecting-a-domain-purchased-elsewhere\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">connect a domain purchased outside Wix<\/a><\/b>, you need to have their <b>Premium plan<\/b>. If you already have one, you can point your domain to Wix by using <b>Wix nameservers<\/b> or <b>A and CNAME records<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"option-1---wix-nameservers\">Option 1 &ndash; Wix Nameservers<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Open<b> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.wix.com\/en\/article\/connecting-a-domain-to-the-wix-name-servers#step-2-update-the-name-servers-in-your-domain-host-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a><\/b> and follow the instructions on how to <b>find your Wix nameservers<\/b>. Keep in mind that the NS records may be different for you than those in the image. Please use the NS records that you see on your <b>Wix<\/b> <b>domains<\/b> <b>page<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/071de283-642d-4643-bd01-075b7bb6366e.jpg\" alt=\"Wix nameservers list for replacing current domain nameservers in Hostinger\" data-media-id=\"4745\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you copy the given nameservers, 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><h2 id=\"option-2---wix-a-and-cname-records\">Option 2 &ndash; Wix A and CNAME Records<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Alternatively, you can point your domain to <b>Wix<\/b> via <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.wix.com\/en\/article\/connecting-a-domain-to-wix-using-the-pointing-method\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">A and CNAME records<\/a><\/b>. All you need to do is: <\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.wix.com\/en\/article\/connecting-a-domain-to-wix-using-the-pointing-method#step-2-update-the-dns-records-in-your-domain-host-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Gather these records from Wix<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Add an <b><a href=\"\/support\/4468886-how-to-add-and-remove-a-records-in-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">A record<\/a><\/b>  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Add a <b><a href=\"\/support\/4738777-how-to-manage-cname-records-on-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">CNAME record<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you create the required records, <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>Wix<\/b> &#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">IIf your domain is pointed elsewhere by NS records, your <b>DNS zone<\/b> is also <b><a href=\"\/support\/4410887-dns-record-changes-in-other-registrars-hosting-providers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">managed from there<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.wix.com\/en\/article\/connecting-a-domain-to-the-wix-name-servers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Connecting a Domain to the Wix Name Servers<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.wix.com\/en\/article\/connecting-a-domain-to-wix-using-the-pointing-method\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Connecting a Domain to Wix Using the Pointing Method<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pointing a domain to Wix 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-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pointing-domain-to-external-services"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4468904-how-to-point-a-domain-to-wix-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4468904-como-apuntar-un-dominio-a-wix-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4468904-comment-faire-pointer-un-domaine-vers-wix-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4468904-bagaimana-cara-mengarahkan-domain-ke-wix-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4468904-como-apontar-um-dominio-para-a-wix-no-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215","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=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4749,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions\/4749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}