Easy Guide On How To Redirect Your Domain To Bluehost Servers

You will need to do domain redirection if you have purchased Bluehost hosting and your domain name was purchased from another domain registrar, e.g, Go Daddy, namecheap, network solutions, ipage, tucows, dreamhost, enom, fastdomain, register.com, moniker etc.

Bluehost have a number of options available for hosting, transferring, redirecting or even transferring the registration of your existing domain name to point to bluehost servers.

If you have registered your domain name through another domain registration company and it is not currently on bluehost Domain Name Servers (DNS), you can contact your domain name registrar and request they change the Name Servers to point to bluehost hosting service.

Bluehost Domain Nameservers
Request your domain registrar to replace DNS settings with the following DNS;

ns1.bluehost.com
ns2.bluehost.com

In many cases, you can even do this on your own through your domain name registrar's Control Panel. Log in to your domain control panel and look for DNS setting. You will see names of you regisrar. Delete those and replace them with;-

ns1.bluehost.com
ns2.bluehost.com

Example of Redirecting Domain From Go Daddy To Bluehost 

To modify, add, or delete name servers (DNS) for your domain(s):

Step 1:
Log in to the GoDaddy.com Account Manager.

Step 2:
Select Manage Domains from the Domain Names dropdown menu or the Manage Your Account list.

Step 3:
Select the domain name you wish to modify using the checkboxes and then click Set Name Servers .

Step 4:
Enter your updated name server information in the spaces provided under the blue Name Servers heading on the right side of your page and click Save Changes at the bottom. Your entries should looke like this:
NS1.BLUEHOST.COM
NS2.BLUEHOST.COM

This will allow you to maintain your domain name registration with your existing registrar, but still host your domain name on bluehost servers. Standard Propagation time is 24 to 48 hours. This means after 24 hours the domain name should be correctly pointing to your Bluehost account.

This can be completed along with the transfer of your website files so that the transition from your old hosting provider to bluehost.com appears seamless, without any downtime in between.

To avoid the above hassle I always recommend you transfer your domain name registration from your current registrar to bluehost.com. Bluehost will then manage your domain name and yearly renewal, as well as host your website. You can transfer your domain name registration at any time, as long as your domain name has not expired.