Connect your domain at Namecheap
Two small changes. About 5 minutes.
Do not change MX or email records. Change only the two records below, and your email keeps working.
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1. Point www to your new site
- Type
- CNAME
- Name
- www
- Value
- the address in our email
- Sign in, click Domain List, then click Manage next to yourdomain.com.
- Open the Advanced DNS tab and look at Host Records.
- If a CNAME Record for www points to parkingpage.namecheap.com, edit that one instead of adding another.
- Otherwise, click Add New Record and choose CNAME Record.
- Type www in Host and the address in our email in Value.
- Click Save All Changes.
2. Forward your domain to www
- From
- yourdomain.com
- To
- https://www.
yourdomain.com - Type
- Permanent (301)
- On the Advanced DNS tab for yourdomain.com, look at Host Records.
- If a URL Redirect Record for @ already exists, edit it instead of adding another.
- Otherwise, click Add New Record and choose URL Redirect Record.
- Type @ in Host and https://www.
yourdomain.com in Value. - In the Redirect Type menu, choose Permanent (301).
- Delete any other A, CNAME, or ALIAS record for @ with the trash bin icon.
- Click Save All Changes.
Tip: These tools need Namecheap BasicDNS. If your domain uses Namecheap Web Hosting DNS, use the cPanel steps instead.
Stuck? Reply "help me" to our email, or write to [email protected]. We walk you through it.
Steps checked on 2026-10-15 with Namecheap help pages:
- www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9646/2237/how-to-create-a-cname-record-for-your-domain/
- www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/385/2237/how-to-set-up-a-url-redirect-for-a-domain/
- www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9837/46/how-to-connect-a-domain-to-a-server-or-hosting/
- www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/299/44/i-forgot-the-password-username-to-my-namecheap-account-what-should-i-do-now/