{"id":411,"date":"2025-02-10T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2025\/02\/10\/10531094-understanding-domain-connection-what-it-is-and-how-long-it-may-take\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:11:58","slug":"10531094-understanding-domain-connection-what-it-is-and-how-long-it-may-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10531094-understanding-domain-connection-what-it-is-and-how-long-it-may-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Domain Connection: What It Is and How Long It May Take"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"h_9c5930794a\">What are DNS records<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">DNS records are essential for connecting a domain to a website. Think of them as an address book of the internet.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">When someone types in your domain name into a browser, DNS records tell the internet where to find your website. In your case &ndash; at Hostinger.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_0dea352669\">How domain connection works<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">When you want to connect a domain that&rsquo;s registered at another provider to a site that you&rsquo;ve built at Hostinger, you need to update its DNS (Domain Name System) records.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once updated, the changes to the DNS records take up to 24 hours to process. Afterwards, your website will become accessible via the domain. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_c93bfaced7\">How long does it take for your site to go online<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">When you change the DNS records of a domain to connect it to a site, the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) worldwide must update the information that they have about that domain. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Some providers do this quickly, while others take longer. This means that it might take anywhere <b>from 30 minutes to 24 hours<\/b> for your domain to fully update and for your website to start working. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">This process is automatic and, unfortunately, it can&rsquo;t be sped up.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_e4d338936f\">What happens during the time it takes your domain to connect<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Changes to DNS records do not affect website editing. You can continue making changes to your site as usual.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">What is affected is your site&rsquo;s accessibility: <\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">During the connection process, your site may be inaccessible online for up to 24 hours.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Your site might be accessible to people in some locations, but not in others. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Your site might be accessible on some devices, but not on others.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Once the 24 hours have passed (usually much sooner), your site will be accessible to everyone &ndash; globally and on any device. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article explains what DNS records are, how they work, and what to expect when connecting a domain from another provider to a site at 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":[182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-information-dns"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10531094-understanding-domain-connection-what-it-is-and-how-long-it-may-take\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","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=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}