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When you register a domain name on godaddy.com, defaultly, they will set it up on godaddy parked nameservers so a temporary page displays when visitors go to your website. After you determine which hosting provider to use, you can change your domain name’s nameservers to remove the parked page and activate your domain name.

Why Do We Need To Change Name Servers For A New Domain?

As I Talked in above that When a domain is registered the registrar where you bought the domain (such as GoDaddy) will set the name servers by default to their own servers. So, if you want publish your own website or blog you need to set the name server of domain with your host first. This is so that when your domain name is entered into a web browser the Internet will then display your website at your web host and not the parking page at the registrar.

Here is How To Change Your Name Servers At GoDaddy

1. Before proceeding make sure that you have already set up an account for your new domain at your web host.
2. Login to your GoDaddy Account using the Username and Password given to you by GoDaddy when you opened your account with them.
3. In the left hand menu sidebar click on domain, then under my account menu click on domain management.
4. And then list of your domains will be displayed. If this is the first domain you have purchased from Godaddy then only one domain will be listed.
5. Click on the Domain Name for which you wish to change the Name Servers. A page will then be displayed showing all the details for that domain. Halfway down the page on the left of the page you will see the current Nameservers listed.
6. Click on the link next to set Nameservers. A new pop-up window will be displayed which will allow you to choose any choice as show on picture below:
7. Then insert your name server that you have got from the host provider. Then click ok if you want to save it.

You will see another message asking you to wait while the changes take effect. This actually is referring to the change being made by Godaddy. The effect of  this on when the domain starts pointing at your new hosting account will take sometime longer and can take up to 48 hours to be propogated all over the internet. For some reason domains at Godaddy always seem (for me at least) to take a long time, whereas other registrars I use can change in a couple of minutes – so you might have to be patient!

Godaddy will also send you an email to confirm the names server changes you just made. To check whether the namesevrer change has been implemented just enter your domain name into your browser and see if you still see a Godaddy parking page or something else. If you see something else such as an Index page then the change has gone through. If nothing happens after 48 hours call Godaddy support.