If you have a go daddy domain and you want to transfer it to WA here is some training to do that task. Transfer Domain Name from GoDaddy to Wealthy Affiliate SiteDomains

When you say, updated your DNS. Are you referring to changing the name servers to WA's? If so, all you need to do is go to Websites > Site Domains and enter the domain name under Other Domains. WA will verify the site name servers are correct and then you can use the domain here at WA.

Thank you very much for your help. It's now working.

Awesome!

PS.
NS = Name Servers
DNS = Domain Name System

By using the Nameserver change procedure you will also be able to use the Mail features on the WA platform and setup the mail forwarding from there ... Most people will not have a desire to do reroute traffic the way you describe!
The nameserver process works very well, not sure why you are saying it isn't right? Please clarify ...

I’m not disputing the functionality. All I mean is DNS is not NameServers. Those are two very different things.

Thanks ... it is likely the terms are used to keep it simple for new users ... but get it now!

These aren't meant to go in order. They post the instructions for Godaddy, then 1and1, then if you look at the next "Lesson" it is for Namecheap. If you completed the steps for Godaddy, you should be good to go. Check to see if the domain name is visible here now. It says to wait up to 24 hours, but it is often done within a few minutes.
You can see it in Websites, SiteBuilder, choose "on a domain I own" , and see if it is in the dropdown.

Thank you

If after following the steps to the letter you still have issues, contact WA support. WA support is who you should contact. Anyway, always keep in mind that any of us are here to help you out at any time.
Tom

thank you for your help, Tom.

You’re welcome, anytime!

Replace them..that tells web browsers and so on that these servers is where you'll find my services for this domain. Once you have WA's name servers listed and have saved your changes you can then go to Websites > Site Domains and add the domain under Other Domains. WA will verify the servers are set correctly and then you'll be able to use the domain as if it was registered here.

You can also inquire with Site Support to ensure you're transferring the domain correctly.

What he's doing is forwarding the domain but keeping it at his current registrar. Not transferring it but, yes, site support can verify your settings, etc.

Thanks for clarifying. For technical issues, I direct members to Site Support.

Always a good choice!

YejideS,
From the side menu, click on [Websites]
Popup window will open -> click on [Domains]
Do you see your domain name there?
If "yes" then Click on [Setting] far-right against your domain name,
Dropdown menu will open, Select DNS [Name Server]
update your DNS here "http://ns1.mywahosting.com"
"http://ns2.mywahosting.com"
I hope this will help...

Thank you HarenJoshi for your help
I remember this yes and no questions and I clicked on yes, however, I don't remember a drop down window

Can't wait to get back home to get back on laptop to complete this process

Sincere Thanks
Yejide

Hi HarenJoshi

Followed your direction, it was right on point, I also was able to see that my domain has not registered with WA because it is waiting on an e check from paypal
I tried to change to a different payment and/or cancel it to do different payment but no can do

I have patience, it should clear on a business day next week; besides I am riding on this natural high from OUR COMMUNITY HELP !!! This is the best thing since slice bread, with this type of help I can already see and taste the sweet success to direct a lot of people to Wealthy Affiliates !

Thanks a Bunch HarenJoshi

Cheers
Yejide

I would screen dump it and send ticket to site support - they will talk you through getting it set up.

Paul

Donna - the free SiteRubix websites are set up on a subdomain.

As a Premium member, hosting of your own top level (.com) domain is included in your membership fee.

You can purchase your own domain easily and inexpensively here (about $14), and then transfer the content from your SiteRubix to the new domain.

To purchase a domain, click on Websites -> Site Domains, and begin searching.

Once you've purchased it, you can transfer your content there: How to Transfer a SiteRubix Website to Your Own Domain

Thank you, I have purchased my own domain here. I want to move it to WordPress dot come and run it from there.

I see - you want to transfer to a new hosting service.

Marion Black has an excellent guide on how to transfer your domain to another host:

https://marionblackonline.com/move-website-wealthy-affiliate-another-host/

If your domain is a .com and not a soandso.yoursite.com, it's not a subdomain. I made the mistake of putting https://www.mysite.com/ to Google, and it acted like it was a subdomain of mysite.com. It isn't.

I had to redo my Google stuff to https://mysite.com and now it's fine and listed as a domain.

I've been around so long that I didn't start out using this feature, but I found a video that may help you. It was last updated in 2018. The people in the comment section also seem to know what they are talking about. Here is the link: Move On Over, My Brand Has Arrived If this doesn't help, I would recommend going to the "Help Center" and clicking on "Site Support." Let me know how it goes, so that I can help you get the help you need.

-- Joey

You can contact the support to make sure that there is no technical problem. They may complete the process for you as well.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites/support

This may help Transfer GoDaddy Domain to WA

Yes I did, They asked me whats the domain name that I want to host in WA? I think they are trying to figure it out.

thanks but the support answered that I have to wait for echeck from paypal. From 5-10 days. Then I can move it.

Connecting Godaddy Domains With WA Hosting How to change your GoDaddy Domain to WA Servers

Step One: Login to your GoDaddy account and click "Visit My Account" (you will find this to the right of your screen by mousing over the area that has your name.

Step Two: Click the words "Domains" to show the drop down of your registered domains. Then click "Launch" next to the domain name you want to point to your website.

Step Three: Under "Domain Settings" click the "Manage" button under the Nameserver section.

Step Four: Click "Custom" and then add the following nameservers:

NS1.MYWAHOSTING.COM
NS2.MYWAHOSTING.COM

Step Five: Click "Save" and be patient. Sometimes it does not connect the domain and website right away.

Hi -

This should help: How to Transfer a Domain Name to Wealthy Affiliate

Thank you! After I sent the message, I figured it out, but so appreciate your quick reponse!

Hi Julie. In order to point your domain name to WA you need to change the DNS records. Here's a link to help you. How Domains & DNS Work You may need help from Clickfunnels to make this change.If you are not comfortable with this, you can contact WA Support and they will help you.

Jay

Nice'

Hi Kyle again this is my url site pb-enterprises.org/wp-admin i will not be happy to lose the money i payed for this site knore will i be happy to lose my domaine as i had no idea there was any timeline on purchasing a Domain name

Sorry that should say time limit

GoDaddy may allow you to repurchase the domain if it expired less than 30 days ago. Otherwise, it will be returned to the que and another company will probably acquire it and mark it up significantly.

looks like you have to wait the 60 days to transfer it - but you maybe able to point the nameservers to wa to get it hosted here in the meantime.
find out where they are changed and change them to what is in sitedomains at the bottom.
this way you get it hosted here now and can transfer it later .
phil

Thank you Phil, I should be able to host here at WA, I've had domains setup at Godaddy and WIX and hosting with HostGator and made the connections with little trouble, I'll see what I can get done here, Thanks again...

Unfortunately, that's not possible as it is in the hands of ICANN and not Wix or any domain registrar.

If the domain is not something very unique, I would rather start with a new domain instead of waiting until May.

The last thing you want to do is to build your website content on a closed platform like Wix, as you will never be able to transfer the content to any other server.

I hope that's help.

Great to see you taking action from the start, keep going!
Amjad

Thank you Amjad, It looks like I'll just have to dump WIX and start all over with WA. I'm out today but should be able to get started tomorrow, Lou

Ask Site Support.

A Whois query shows it registered at http://enom.com and the current name servers set to http://name-services.com not WA:

Domain Name: http://MICHAELJLIPINSKI.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2234730846_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: http://whois.enom.com
Registrar URL: http://www.enom.com
Updated Date: 2019-03-04T10:15:07Z
Creation Date: 2018-03-03T06:50:07Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2020-03-03T06:50:07Z
Registrar: eNom, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 48
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: http://DNS1.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: http://DNS2.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: http://DNS3.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: http://DNS4.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server: http://DNS5.NAME-SERVICES.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2019-03-16T03:43:22Z <<<

This is nuts! I never set my website up with another host. I've been with WA all the time. You say a Whois query shows it registered at http://enom.com - Has my website been hijacked????

Further help would be appreciated - from anybody?

It looks like you created it on March 3rd, 2018. It was updated on March 4th, 2019.

Updated Date: 2019-03-04T10:15:07Z
Creation Date: 2018-03-03T06:50:07Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2020-03-03T06:50:07Z

Did you get any renewal emails? Did you renew it?

You might want to see if Site Support has any info on how it was moved to this other host.

You need to make the actual WP site through the WA platform and it will be on the name servers you just set. Click here and use the "on a website I own option":

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites/build

That's going to bring all my already created content in? I'm just scared? A whole year of work and posts.

Oh it's already a made site. Nevermind, I though it was a new set up. If you moved your nameservers, the site should transfer. If it doesn't, let site support know:

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites/support

If you can find a way to backup your website before the transfer would be best, that way you can restore whatever doesn't make the transfer. Not sure how to do the backup outside of WA, there are plugins on the WordPress that you can use here.
Hope this is helpful.
Stacie

It will still show on your old registrar but it's ok...

WA has their own domains Dorcas so you don't need to worry about any other providers. Once you get the domain, you can also build your site and have everything hosted here as well.

Thanks my case is a bit different. I am changing the Domain Name that is what I want to do.

You can't change the domain name you already bought, but you can buy the domain name you want. You can just let the other one you want to change to expire.

If you mean though that you already have a website with content in that domain name (old domain), you can transfer the contents to the domain you want (new domain) and redirect the old one to it (new one).

Hi Barry,

I've never used register.com before, so I'm not sure how to do it through that site. I've been using NameCheap & 1and1 in both, there's a domain management setting where I can go in and choose custom, that's where I'm able to update it to the WA servers.

I have never used register but, maybe these videos can help you out. They aren't for register but, maybe it can give you a better idea on how to point the domain server to WA. How To Point Your Domain Name To WA Or maybe register can help you figure out where to look.

I don't know, I've only used Godaddy and Namecheap and they were both usually helpful when I would ask them things like this.

If all else fails it may be time to contact sit support. They may be able to help you.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites/support

I hope this helps...

Thank you. I'll give it a look right now

I'm not sure where you change the name servers at sitebuilder.com. I'd reach out to their support and ask them to change the name servers associated with your domain to WA's. That will point the domain to WA. You can then add the domain under Other Domains in Websites > Site Domains. This will only point the domains here not transfer them.

Is Sitebuilder here or somewhere else?

Somewhere else, I got it figured out now and it's all resolved. Thanks for reaching out.

Hi Edwin
This may help GoDaddy DNS Name Change Transfer Domain Name from GoDaddy to Wealthy Affiliate SiteDomains

Hi Vicki, I discovered that WA doesn't support the .online extension. I did the DNS change to WA. Because of that GoDaddy doesn't support my legal-solutions.online. And when I tried to cancel and transfer it back they said I needed to get a transfer code from WA. Do you know how I can get out of this mess? I should have checked to see if WA supported this extension. Thanks!

WA uses Wordpress and I would think you would be better off here with all the education and training. Did you buy your domain from a registered domain seller. For instance all my domains I buy from Go Daddy and all I then do is change the DNS settings to WA who do the hosting

Yes, I have my domain through a wix account.

So you own the domain - if that is the case you can move the domain to WA and if that is what you want to do I will send through the details on how to do that if you like

Great, I will personal message you. Thank you!

You are very welcome

Yes, but you can't manage it yourself. Just open a ticket with Site Support. For instance, you could map a CNAME to an s3 bucket if you wanted.

Go into your Go Daddy account and on the left hand side of the screen you will see a menu item which says "My products" click on that and you will get a drop down menu with all your domains listed. Down the right hand side of the screen alonfside the domain name you will see DNS and alongside of that Manage - click on Manage and change your hosting to
ns1.mywahosting.com
ns2.mywahosting.com
your hosting will then be done by Wealthy Affiliate and your domains are still registered with Go Daddy. All mine are with go Daddy and I do not have any issues.
Hope that helps
Carol

Go to training and you can review earlier lessons from either the certifications or Affiliate Bootcamp.

As for menus go to your back office of wp and to appearance and you will see menus their and you can view them and correct anything you need to do there.

I don't really know about the rest of your questions but I hope what I have told you will help you out though.

I hope this helps you out

Best wishes
Mary

Yes, you can continue to work on your siterubix and transfer the site to your own domain later. If lifetime has changed the DNS, it should be operative almost instantly. Please reach out to site-support if it is not active.
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites/support


Hope that helps.

Joe

thanks Joe. I will leave it for today maybe tomorrow it works. Have a good day/evening (it is evening here)

My pleasure.

If you want to transfer your domain from GoDaddy then this training is the best one Transfer Domain Name from GoDaddy to Wealthy Affiliate SiteDomains Enjoy your Wednesday.
Robert

but I do not want to transfer it from godaddy. I have it in lifetimehosting

I was clicking the link but it seems the site is not displayed.
Is it built on wordpress?
And the extension looks different. We normally has extension .com, .net but yours is quite special. Please reach site support for help.

Joe

no, there is no site yet. I bought the domain but never made the site.

Alright.

As you say it will be ok within 24 hours so I would continue with your site here at WA and tomorrow you get in touch with Tech Support and they will sort it out for you.
Don't worry, it will be done.
Robert

thanks

No probs, onwards and upwards.
Have a great Wednesday.
Robert

You can transfer a domain to WA using the transfer tool. Have you tried that?

Jason, You must have moved the domain to WA because if you only changed the hosting you would still have been listed on GoDaddy. I have about 12 registered domains with Go Daddy and all I did was go to products in the top right hand corner and clicked on that and got a drop down menu with all my domains and down the right hand side there is, alongside all my domains, manage and DNS and all you needed to do was to change the DNS to WA. I would try and find out what you did by contacting Go Daddy but it sounds as though you moved your domain to WA
Carol

Thanks Carol, I will check that out! I assumed that when you request a transfer code from GoDaddy the domain is transferred as well.

Many thanks!

Jason

You need to go to manage your DNS - if you have trouble Go Daddy have a live chat and they will guide you through. You have to change you DNS setting and point them to WA
Carol

Thanks Carol, I have managed to update my DNS and my domains are pointing to WA.
Just have to wait for it all to happen.
Thanks for all your help
Frazer

You are welcome. Glad I was able to help.
Carol

Has Go Daddy locked your pagesso you cannot change from them?

Hello Sherry. Are you trying to create an email for your website. eg. sherry@yourwebsite com?
You can do this under 'websites' - 'sitemanager' and then 'email' is the last option on the top menu.
I hope this is what you need
Jackie

Oh Thank YOU Jackiex4, Yes this does help , thanks a million, I appreciate your time and assistance, cheers. : )

You're more than welcome
Jackie

Just go back to that e mail and delete it.
Then you can click on create e mail forward with the correct info.

Did this help?
Mike

The capital letters should be fine George. You may have to wait a few hours before the WA servers see the changes.

Ty. You've saved me from my BP razing up.

You will need to open a ticket with SiteSupport to have them do that for you.

thanks onyourownterms!

Follow the website creation video.

He's transferring a domain, not pointing DNS. He needs to get his domain to the SiteDomains before he starts working on the website. I've sent a PM to him about this. Thanks!

Thanks.

Thanks.

Dennis, you have to enter both WA name servers. Are you sure you entered it in the appropriate place at Godaddy. They should have instructions at Godaddy that explains how to transfer the name servers.

Here is the training for transferring DNS from Godaddy to WA. Transfer A Domain From Godaddy To Wealthy Affiliate

You should enter BOTH ns1 and ns2 for your WA hosting.

Here's the correct training: How to change your GoDaddy Domain to WA Servers The other training linked from @verna8767 is to "transfer" which is different from "changing the DNS". At this point, you are not trying to transfer your domain to WA.

This video is a little old, It takes some decoding work to figure it out. Thanks for the reply!

Thanks Nathaniell for updating that information. Appreciate your input.

Dennis, I apologize that I sent you the wrong training. Fortunately Nathaniell caught it.

seems like GODADDY may of changed their page to setup as I'm seeing a similar issue whereby only one address is being asked and the other field is HOST @ (fill in the blank)

I got GODADDY help and i was in the wrong location to set it up.... (its been a while since doing this. LOL!! ) You had to go to NAMESERVERS area and choose CUSTOM.

Thanks for verifying with Godaddy how to point the name servers from Godaddy to WA.

Any registrar you purchase your domain name from should always be able to provide instructions on how to move the name servers from it's registrar.

If you transferred the domain, you will have to wait to create it here until you receive confirmation that the transfer is complete. Had you merely updated the DNS without transfer, it would have been virtually instantaneous.

ok, thanks. I would rather have it hosted here on WA than GoDaddy. I have updated the DNS manually and am now waiting to see if t goes live tonight.
I have another domain on GoDaddy that I will try and update the DNS and see what happens. I'll let you know the outcome.
Thanks,
Cary

If the sites are already live on GoDaddy, you need to back them up prior to changing the DNS. If they are only registered there, you're fine. This gives me another idea for a blog.

They are only registered there. I had bought the domains a couple years ago in anticipation of building them out. I do have "live" sites on GoDaddy but I am leaving them there. They are not affiliate marketing sites.

Thanks onmyownterms! I look forward to your next blog.

Hi Cary,
I just tried it today and to find the Nameservers, you need to go under DNS. Nameservers is at the bottom of the page that comes up. You can then change the default to Custom and cut and paste the primary and secondary info into the boxes and then hit save.
Hope that helps.
Kevin

yes it does. I did that with my second domain before I transferred it and it worked great. I had to open a ticket on the first domain but support had it corrected by the end of the day. IT suppport is quick! I would have waited at least 36 hours on GoDaddy.

I agree with MozMary. You are confusing the WA name servers with a domain name. Your domain name would be the name of the website you created. You had to give a name to your website then go to a domain registrar such as Go Daddy or NameCheap and purchase the domain name.

If you bought the domain name from anywhere other than WA, then all you would need to do is point the domain name servers from GoDaddy name servers to WA name servers.

The DNS name servers are what is used for the hosting of your website (i.e., for your website to be seen on the internet.

If you purchased http://mywahosting.net, you purchased it as a domain name. You did not use it as a name server for WA. So basically, all you can do with that purchase is to use it as a name of a website, but I don't see just how you can use it as a website name effectively.

The WA name servers are http://ns1.mywahosting.com and http://ns2.mywahosting.com. You need to go to wherever you purchased your website domain name and follow instructions from that registrar on how to point the DNS name servers to WA name servers.

Kyle was letting you know that unless you point the DNS name servers to WA name servers he will have to take your website down because as of now Go Daddy has the DNS name servers for your website http://time-table.com still pointing to their DNS nameservers.

That will have to be done before your website can be hosted at WA.

Hope this clarifies the difference between a domain name (which is for the name of your website)and the DNS name servers (which identifies who is hosting your website).

P.S. See Attonito's reply because he is explaining to to change your DNS name servers from Go Daddy to WA name servers.

Verna

you have confused domain names with hosting - don't buy that

if you had a domain name there and wanted to host the website here you would use the dns settings - you clearly are in the wrong aread of godaddy

have you already got a .com with godaddy?

You can access your affiliate links under the referral stats (aeroplane icon). There several affiliate links you can access to ..

:)
Joe

Thanks but I know how to find my affiliate links. What I am curious about is who gets credit if someone clicks on the link "Not Already a Member? Join Today!" or the "Join Wealthy Affiliate Today" icon at the bottom of the page?

To help clarify, visit one of my landing pages at rudyroesel.com. You will see the links. Looking at the html code, they appear to be generic links to another WA landing page. I don't think I will receive credit if someone clicks on these links.

Hi. I am curious, did you ever get a complete answer to affiliate links? I think they do link back to you because I copied a link that was on my page and pasted it on https:// on google and it came back to my site. Try and check it that way.

No, I did not get a complete answer to my question.

Yes, my affiliate links work properly. What I'm saying is they are not being used on the landing pages when you point your domains to the WA servers.

Even though my domain name is being used to advertise WA membership, it appears I will not receive credit if someone joins WA when visiting my site.

I am not sure if you have embedded your affiliate link there correctly. You can test it by clicking it and see your stats. Are you using Pretty Link or is it a raw link because when I clicked it seemed a raw link not an affiliate link.

:)
Joe

Can you share with me your page? PM me if you don;t want to share it here.

The affiliate links are personalized to you. You are logged in to WA, this makes the links shown on any page inside WA that has the affiliate link be customized to your personal link.
So if you go to This page: Getting Rolling! at the top where you see affiliate link (the link Icon with the word Affiliate next to it) and open it, this link is customized to you and will have your unique link attached to the end of the link.

This question is difficult for me to answer. Our community might help out or PM the support team for help. At the top bar of your domain where it is site domain, site comment, you can see site support, click on it and write your ticket for your complaint, they will surely help you.

Thank you very much, I will give it a try.

Yes my dear. You can transfer your domain from another host to WA. check this I hope it might be of help to you How to Point Domains Hosted in Hostpapa servers to WA servers

Ah thank you, thats really helpful c

You are not transferring your domain you are transferring your hosting to WA.. You should not be locked out you do not have to transfer the domain.

You may want to ask site supports help with this they should be able to help you fill in the blanks

Thank you! How do I get to site supports?

Click on the big blue to the left that say site rubix, that will pull up a side bar click on the top box, this will open a new box up on the right top corner you will see site support. Click on it and you will send it like a regular email. Just be through.

If you log in to that Domain Shield website where your domain was purchased, you only need to replace the name servers into the one above that Kyle mentioned :
Primary: ns1.mywahosting.com
Secondary: ns2.mywahosting.com

Then wait about 15-45 minutes for it to take effect.

You can just point the servers here to WA and do the transfer later. It is because you just purchased the domain so they restrict the transfer but not changing the servers. It is in this training but if you need guidance many are familiar with godaddy.

In addition to what MsMerry said, all registrars have that 2-month freeze on transfers. If you cancel the domain, they might hold on to it for an undetermined period of time. So if you really want that domain name, and you cancel it, it might be held up in limbo.
Or someone else could snap it up if they like the name.
Your best course of action is to do what MsMerry says and point the domain to Wealthy Affiliate, and transfer it later.

Is your domain name unlocked and you have a transfer code? Check this out: How to Transfer a Domain Name to Wealthy Affiliate

No. That's the problem, fluerallen. I purchased the DN @five days ago, so it's "locked". I called a tech, three times and each one had a different story. None would give me a transfer code. Supposedly, I can't transfer for 60 days.

One tech @GoDaddy showed me how to type in the "values" of the hosting company-WA- but the one I typed in is "invalid"; the ns1.mywahosting.com

So, the tech said, "Find out what the 'values' are and how to place them". Ok!

It's getting more complex, for me.

Hey hang in there Clare, I had similar hassles when transferring over multiple domains from a variety of providers. Send a message to site support here as they help you to walk through the whole thing. Persistance is the key, you will succeed - I hear you!

Thank you. You're so cool.

I'll try sending to "support", then. (Didn't know we had this.)

Hi
Have you entered all sites into google search console?
Not sure if this will help - but you should claim all possible site URLs and verify ownership
i.e.
http://mysite.com
http://www.mysite.com
https://mysite.com
https://www.mysite.com

Then you can select within google search console which is your preferred domain and all traffic will be sent to your preference
either
www.mysite.com
or
mysite.com

Thank you Jason. All these I have done. When they refused to give me ownership of mysite.com I made www.mysite.com my preferred URL. Now they are telling me that my DNS is not rooted in the host DNS.
Don't really know what else to do. Any suggestions that can help is really welcomed