You can keep a domain registered at NameUK while hosting the website at SiteGround. Choose either SiteGround DNS delegation or the specific website records SiteGround supplies. Copy values from your own account and preserve existing email before changing the connection.
Before you begin
- Copy settings from your own SiteGround account.
- Choose DNS delegation or a record-based connection.
- Preserve and test email.
Choose how DNS will be managed
A nameserver move makes SiteGround the active DNS host for the domain. A record-based connection can leave DNS with the current provider while pointing the website at SiteGround. Choose the approach that fits your existing mail and other services.
Get the current server details and domain instructions from the SiteGround account hosting the site. Do not copy an IP address from a tutorial or another website. The correct destination is the one assigned to your actual service.
Prepare a nameserver move carefully
If you choose SiteGround nameservers, copy the required existing zone records into the destination setup before the switch. Include mail routing, sender authentication and third-party verification entries. Review DNSSEC with the providers if it is enabled.
In NameUK, open the registered domain’s nameserver controls and enter the complete server set supplied for your setup. Save the change, then verify the delegation. Once SiteGround is authoritative, future active DNS edits belong in SiteGround’s DNS editor.
If you keep the current DNS host
Use SiteGround’s website-record instructions and leave unrelated services in place.
- Find the correct website IP or other required destination in SiteGround.
- Update the requested root and www records at the active DNS host.
- Review any older AAAA record that may still send some visitors elsewhere.
- Keep mail records unless the mail service is also deliberately moving.
- Confirm the site and HTTPS setup in SiteGround.
Test before cancelling the old service
Open the website through the root and www addresses, check HTTPS and send mail in both directions. A successful homepage load does not prove that email survived a nameserver change. Keep the old service available until the relevant migration checks are complete.
Record SiteGround as the website host and, if applicable, DNS host in your domain inventory. The name can remain registered and renewed at NameUK. Hosting and domain renewal are separate costs, so keep both schedules visible.
Prepared with AI-assisted drafting and illustration, then checked against the linked sources and NameUK’s current service. The artwork is conceptual; setup values must come from your own provider.
Further readingSiteGround: point a website to SiteGround ↗SiteGround: managing DNS records ↗NameUK registration and renewal prices ↗Extension rules and provider processes can change. Check the current registrar instructions before a registration, transfer or renewal.
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