---
title: "Add a domain"
description: "Add a domain you own to E2E DNS in MyAccount, with the address for its website, and see the SOA, NS, A, and MX records E2E creates for it."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "dns"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/dns/how-to/add-a-domain/"
---

# Add a domain

Adding a domain puts it on E2E's nameservers, with a starting set of records that send the domain
and `www` to the address you give. You then add the rest of its records and point the domain to
E2E at your registrar.

## Before you begin

- You own the domain, registered at a domain registrar. E2E hosts domains and does not register or
  sell them.
- You know the IPv4 address the domain's website runs on. It can be any public address,
  such as a node's public IP or a server at another provider.
- Your role in the project lets you create resources, which is what shows **Add Domain**.
- Your account setup is complete. Otherwise **Submit** opens the profile setup first.

Domains belong to a project, so add the domain in the project where you want to manage it. The
domain is not tied to a region: it shows the same with Delhi or Chennai selected.

## Add the domain

1. In MyAccount, under **Network**, click **DNS**. If you have no domain yet, click **Get Started**.
   **Manage DNS** opens.
2. Click **Add Domain**.
3. In **Domain**, enter the registered domain, such as `example.com` or `example.co.in`. Use the
   domain itself, with no `www` or other subdomain in front: a subdomain such as `shop.example.com`
   becomes a record inside the domain later.
4. In **IPV4 Address**, enter the address for the domain's website, such as `203.0.113.10`.
5. Click **Submit**. It is available once both fields are valid.

**Domain has been created successfully.** confirms it, and the domain appears in **Manage DNS**,
written with a dot at the end, such as `example.com.`.

**Domain** takes letters, digits, hyphens, and dots, with at least one dot, up to 100 characters.
These messages tell you what to change:

- **This field cannot be empty**, or
  **The domain name entered is not valid. Please check and try again**: check the spelling.
- **A subdomain is not allowed when adding a domain**: enter the registered domain, such as
  `example.com`, rather than `www.example.com`.
- **The TLD (top level domain) is not valid**: the ending, such as `.com` or `.co.in`, is not a
  real domain ending. Check it.
- **Please enter valid ip address.**, or
  **Please Enter a Valid IPv4 address. eg. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx can be a number from 0-255**:
  enter an IPv4 address, four numbers from 0 to 255 separated by dots. An address that starts with
  255 is refused.
- **Domain 'example.com.' already exists**, with your domain in place of `example.com.`: the domain
  is already on E2E DNS. See
  [Domain already exists when you add a domain](/myaccount/dns/troubleshooting/dns/#domain-already-exists-when-you-add-a-domain).

## The records E2E creates

To see the domain's records, click **Actions**, then **Manage**, in its row on **Manage DNS**. The
domain opens on **Edit DNS Record**, on its **Domain Name System Record** tab, which holds these
records:

| Record     | Name               | Value                                      | TTL           |
| ---------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | ------------- |
| SOA and NS | The domain         | E2E's nameservers                          | Set by E2E    |
| A          | The domain         | The address you entered                    | 14400 seconds |
| A          | `www.example.com.` | The address you entered                    | 14400 seconds |
| MX         | The domain         | `10 example.com.`: priority 10, the domain | 14400 seconds |

The SOA and NS records stay as they are; their **Actions** menu is not available. Change the A and
MX records as you need, or delete them. If another server or provider handles the domain's email,
the MX record must name that server instead. See
[Set up email records](/myaccount/dns/how-to/set-up-email-records/).

**IP Address** in **Manage DNS** keeps showing the address you entered here. It stays the same when
you later edit or delete the domain's A record, so read the records list for the current value.

## Find a domain later

**Manage DNS** lists five domains a page, with **Domain Name**, **IP Address**, and **Actions**.
**Items per page** shows 5, 10, 15, or 20. **Search DNS** finds a domain by its name or its IP
address. The search box in MyAccount's header also finds **Manage DNS**.

The domain is on E2E DNS, and E2E's nameservers answer for it already. Next, add the records it
needs, then
[point your domain to E2E nameservers](/myaccount/dns/how-to/point-your-domain-to-e2e-nameservers/).
For help with any message, see [Troubleshooting DNS](/myaccount/dns/troubleshooting/dns/).