How to Point Your Domain's Nameservers to RepublicNodes

Once you've ordered a DNS Hosting plan, your domain needs to actually be told to use our nameservers before any record you add will take effect for visitors. Here's how to do that, wherever your domain is registered.

1. Find your nameservers

After checkout, your service page shows your two assigned nameservers — something like ns1.republicnodes.com and ns2.republicnodes.com. The same two addresses are shown at the top of your DNS management panel.

2. Update them at your registrar

Every registrar calls this something slightly different — "Nameservers," "DNS Management," or "Name Server Settings" — but the idea is the same everywhere:

1. Log in to wherever you registered the domain (this is not necessarily RepublicNodes — it's wherever you originally bought the domain name itself).
2. Find the nameserver settings for that domain.
3. Replace whatever nameservers are currently listed with the two we gave you.
4. Save the change.

If your registrar asks for a minimum of two nameservers and you only have two to give, that's normal — two is exactly what's expected.

3. Wait for propagation

Nameserver changes don't take effect instantly everywhere — DNS resolvers around the world cache the old answer until it expires, which can take anywhere from a few minutes to about 24-48 hours in rare cases, though a few hours is typical.

Your DNS management panel shows a live, real nameserver-delegation check — not a cached or cosmetic status — so you can watch it change from "not pointed here yet" to "correctly pointed" as propagation completes, without needing to guess or refresh external tools.

4. Add your records

You don't have to wait for propagation to start adding records — set up your A, MX, TXT and other records in the dashboard right away. They'll already be live on our nameservers; they just won't be visible to visitors until their resolver picks up the nameserver change too.

A word of caution

Once you switch nameservers, any DNS records you had with your old provider stop being used — nothing carries over automatically. If you already have a live site or working email on this domain, recreate those same records (A record for your site, MX/TXT for your mail) in your new DNS Hosting panel before or immediately after switching, so there's no gap in service.

Need a refresher on what each record type does first? See our guide on DNS records explained.