{"id":3143,"date":"2026-07-10T08:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/?p=3143"},"modified":"2026-07-11T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:06:47","slug":"how-to-set-up-free-dns-for-a-new-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/tutorial\/how-to-set-up-free-dns-for-a-new-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up Free DNS For A New Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>You just registered your domain. Now what? It is not pointing anywhere yet, and that is exactly where DNS comes in.<\/div>\n<div>DNS, short for Domain Name System, is the part of the internet that translates your domain name into the actual server address where your website and email live. Without it set up correctly, your shiny new domain is just a name with nowhere to go.<\/div>\n<h2>What DNS Actually Does, In Plain Terms<\/h2>\n<div>Think of DNS as a phonebook for the internet. When someone types yourbusiness.com.ng into their browser, DNS looks up which server that name belongs to and sends the visitor there.<\/div>\n<div>The same system also tells the internet where to deliver your business emails, and it powers a handful of other background checks that keep your domain secure and trustworthy.<\/div>\n<h2>The DNS Records You Need To Know<\/h2>\n<div>You do not need to memorize every record type, but these five come up constantly:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>A record: Points your domain to a specific server&#8217;s IP address. This is what makes your website show up when someone visits.<\/li>\n<li>CNAME record: Points one domain name to another domain name, often used for things like &#8220;www&#8221; pointing to your main domain.<\/li>\n<li>MX record: Directs your email to the correct mail server. Get this wrong, and your business emails simply vanish or bounce.<\/li>\n<li>TXT record: Holds verification text, often used to prove domain ownership to services like Google Workspace or for email security setups like SPF.<\/li>\n<li>NS record: Tells the wider internet which nameservers are authoritative for your domain, essentially who is managing its DNS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Step 1: Decide Where Your DNS Will Live<\/h2>\n<div>Most registrars, including HoganHost, offer free DNS management as part of your domain registration. This means you do not need a separate paid service just to point your domain somewhere.<\/div>\n<div>You have two common options:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Use your registrar&#8217;s free DNS management panel. Simple, no extra sign-up, works for most small business needs.<\/li>\n<li>Use your hosting provider&#8217;s nameservers. If your hosting company assigns you nameservers, you point your domain to those instead and manage all your DNS records from the hosting control panel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>If you are just getting started and want the least complicated setup, using your registrar&#8217;s free DNS panel is usually the easiest path.<\/div>\n<h2>Step 2: Point Your Domain To The Right Nameservers<\/h2>\n<div>If you are using your host&#8217;s nameservers instead of the registrar&#8217;s own DNS, this is the step where you tell your domain to trust that host.<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your domain registrar&#8217;s dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Find the nameserver settings for your domain.<\/li>\n<li>Replace the default nameservers with the ones provided by your hosting company.<\/li>\n<li>Save the changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>This step alone can take anywhere from a few minutes to about 24 hours to fully take effect across the internet, a process known as propagation.<\/div>\n<h2>Step 3: Add Your Core DNS Records<\/h2>\n<div>Once your nameservers are set, or if you are managing DNS directly at your registrar, add the records your website and email actually need:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>An A record pointing to your hosting server&#8217;s IP address for your main domain<\/li>\n<li>A CNAME record for &#8220;www&#8221; pointing back to your main domain, so both versions work<\/li>\n<li>MX records provided by whichever email service you are using, whether that is your hosting provider&#8217;s webmail or a service like Google Workspace<\/li>\n<li>Any TXT records required for email authentication or domain ownership verification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Your hosting provider&#8217;s dashboard, or your registrar&#8217;s support documentation, will usually give you the exact values to enter for these.<\/div>\n<h2>Step 4: Give It Time To Propagate<\/h2>\n<div>DNS changes are not instant everywhere at once. Different internet service providers and devices update their cached records on their own schedule, controlled partly by a setting called TTL, or time to live.<\/div>\n<div>A short TTL means changes spread faster, but it also means your DNS server gets checked more often. Most changes fully settle within a few hours, occasionally stretching to 24 hours.<\/div>\n<h2>Step 5: Confirm Everything Is Working<\/h2>\n<div>Once you believe the changes have propagated:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit your website in a normal browser window and again in a private or incognito window, since your own browser may cache the old address.<\/li>\n<li>Send a test email to your new business email address and confirm it arrives.<\/li>\n<li>Use a WHOIS or DNS lookup tool to confirm your nameservers and A record show the values you expect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Common Mistakes To Avoid<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Editing DNS in two places at once. If you manage DNS at your registrar but also point to your host&#8217;s nameservers, changes in one place will not show up. Pick one source of truth.<\/li>\n<li>Forgetting the &#8220;www&#8221; version. Visitors type both yourbusiness.com.ng and . Both should work.<\/li>\n<li>Deleting the wrong record while cleaning up. Removing an MX record by mistake is one of the fastest ways to lose all incoming business email without realizing it right away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Final Thought<\/h2>\n<div>DNS looks intimidating from the outside, but it really comes down to a handful of records pointing to the right places. Get the nameservers, A record, and MX records correct, give it time to propagate, and your domain will work exactly as expected.<\/div>\n<div>Want free DNS management that just works from the moment you register? <a href=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/\">Set up your domain and DNS with HoganHost<\/a> and get your website and email pointed correctly without the extra cost.<\/div>\n<div>Here is an amazing part of this: you can manage your <a href=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/home\/freedns\">DNS records on HoganHost Free<\/a>, even when your domain is from another provider, you still get the free tools to manage it right from the HoganHost DNS Dashboard<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You just registered your domain. Now what? 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