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Manage Domain Connections: Everything You Need to Know

A smooth user experience and continued functionality of your website are guaranteed by managing domain connections, which keep your domain and hosting in sync and promptly fix any problems that could interfere with your online presence. Learn more about how to manage domain connections.

In this article, we will discuss:

What are Domain Connections?

Domain Connections are the products and services (email, website, web forwarding, etc.) you can attach to a domain name. Connecting your domain to your website, email, or forwarding is just a few clicks away using our enhanced Domain Connections tool.

 

Adding a New Service

Follow the steps below to manage domain connections with Network Solutions.

  1. Log in to your Account Manager via https://www.networksolutions.com/my-account/login.
  2. Click Domains on the left navigation menu.

Domains

If you have multiple domain names on the account, click the SETTINGS button next to the domain name you want to manage.

Domain Settings button

  1. Go to the Domain Connections section.
    • To connect your domain to a website, click on + CONNECT WEBSITE.
    • To connect your domain to an email service, click on + CONNECT EMAIL.
    • To connect your domain name to a hosting service, click on + CONNECT HOSTING.

      Domain Connections
Note: In the Connected Services table, you can find all the services connected to your domain. To manage domain connections, click on the MANAGE button beside it.

Manage Connected Service

  1. Select the service you wish to connect to.
  2. Follow the prompts to connect the service to your domain.

The new service is connected to your domain. Please allow 24-48 hours for the connection to update throughout the internet.

 

Disconnecting a Service

Follow the steps below to learn how to disconnect a service.

  1. Log in to your Account Manager via https://www.networksolutions.com/my-account/login.
  2. Click Domains on the left navigation menu.

Domains

If you have multiple domain names on the account, click the SETTINGS button next to the domain name you want to manage. 

Domain Settings button

  1. Expand the Domain Connections section by clicking on it.

Expand Domain Connections

  1. In the Connected Services table, select the service that you want to disconnect.
  2. Click UNASSIGN.

Unassign a Service

  1. Click UNASSIGN in the pop-up.

Unassign Domain Pop-Up

The service has been disconnected from the domain.

 

Review

This article describes how maintaining your domain connections keeps your website functioning properly and guarantees a seamless user experience. It goes through the definition of domain connections, how to use Network Solutions' Domain Connections tool to add new services, and how to disconnect existing ones. This also includes video tutorials for specific connection services and emphasizes the importance of allowing 24-48 hours for connection updates to propagate across the internet.

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