In most cases you have to create two a records for your domain name.
Hostinger domain subdomain is already in use. If you use google suite you would also take a closer look of your cname records. One with the www subdomain and one without. This process goes through a registrar like hostinger. You can use this to map a subdomain such as www or mail to its content from the main domain name.
A record maps a domain name to its appropriate ip address. In the name enter the hostname for the record. Registering a domain name is a way to make sure that you have the rights to use that domain name for a set period. By the way you don t need to be an existing customer to buy a domain name or use our domain checker.
Therefore if you want to point your domain name to hostinger you can modify these records by replacing the old ip address with the one from hostinger. Org is recommended for organizations biz is an alternative to com for businesses me is a good domain name extension for personal websites and info should be used if the main purpose of the website is to provide information. When you register a domain name from an approved registrar like hostinger you effectively secure the rights to use that domain name for a set period of time. Because of that they are a great tool for sectioning a website that has a lot of content.
The changes can take up to 72 hours. A subdomain functions as a separate site but the users still see that it s related to the main domain. When you ve registered your domain name the next step is to point it to the server which hosts your website. Just type in your desired domain name in our domain name search tool and you will see a list of all available.
You can see that there are two listings in our hostinger s dns zone editor. They are like an additional level to a domain name. If you already have a domain name that you love you can easily point it to our servers and begin using our web hosting service. A canonical name or simply cname can be used to map an alias name to a true domain name.