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Once a domain lands in your account — whether it’s a fresh registration or an inbound transfer — there’s a short list of setup steps that turn it from “owned” to “actually doing something”. This page walks them in the order most people care about. If you haven’t registered yet, the TLD overview lists every TLD we offer and the registry-side rules for each. If you’re transferring a domain in, Transfer in is the dedicated walkthrough; come back here once the transfer completes.

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The first ten minutes

1

Verify the registrant email

For most gTLDs, ICANN requires us to send a registrant verification email after registration or after a contact change. The email subject is “Important: Verify your email address for <domain>” and you have 15 days to click the link. Miss it and the registry will suspend the domain until you do — and then you’ve got a pile of work to bring it back.Check the inbox of the registrant email (set during signup or in the domain panel → Contact details). Click the verification link. Done.Full email reference on Verification emails.
2

Pick where DNS lives

The nameserver section of the domain panel decides which DNS host the registry points at. Three options:
  • In-house DNS. Free with any hosting plan, managed in cPanel’s Zone Editor. Pick this if you’re hosting the site with us. Walkthrough on In-house DNS.
  • Free NS. Free with every Noxity domain regardless of whether you have hosting. Standalone DNS panel, sensible defaults. Walkthrough on Free NS.
  • External DNS. Cloudflare, Route 53, AWS, your own. The domain panel just tells the registry which nameservers to publish; the records themselves live at the third party. Walkthrough on External DNS.
Save the choice. The change pushes to the registry within seconds and resolvers pick it up over the next hour or two (or longer if the previous nameservers had a high TTL).
3

Add the records

Wherever DNS lives, the records to add depend on what you’re pointing at:
  • A record at @ (the apex) → the IP of your hosting account, your CDN, or your application server.
  • A record at www → same target, OR a CNAME of www → the apex.
  • MX records → your email host (cPanel by default if you have a hosting plan, or an external like Google Workspace / Microsoft 365).
  • TXT records → SPF, DKIM, DMARC for email deliverability; Google / Microsoft / Apple verification tokens; site verification for analytics.
For Noxity hosting, the welcome email lists the IP address and the MX records to use. For external hosts, their setup docs spell out the records.
4

Lock down the panel

Three toggles in the domain panel that protect against accidental loss or hijack:
  • Transfer lock — on by default after registration. Keeps the domain at our registrar; flip off only when you’re starting an outbound transfer.
  • Auto-renew — off by default. Toggle on if you want the domain to renew without manual intervention. Mechanics on Auto-renew.
  • WHOIS privacy — on by default wherever the registry permits. Hides your contact data behind a Noxity-managed proxy. No-op on .de, .eu, .it (registry publishes minimum data by policy).
Two-factor on the Members Area account itself adds another layer; turn it on under Profile → Security if you haven’t already.
5

Confirm DNSSEC if it matters

DNSSEC adds cryptographic signatures to your DNS records so resolvers can verify they haven’t been tampered with. Whether you need it depends on your threat model; for most sites it’s nice-to-have rather than essential.If you’re using Noxity DNS (in-house or Free NS), DS records are auto-published at the registry — the chain is set up the moment the zone is signed. If you’re using external DNS, your provider gives you the DS data and you add it manually in the domain panel’s DNSSEC section. Walk-through on Domain panel → DNSSEC.
6

Keep the registration alive

A registered domain is a yearly contract with the registry. The reminder schedule fires regardless of auto-renew, but the lifecycle moves on with or without you:
  • Active → registration in good standing.
  • Expired → grace period, free recovery.
  • Redemption → recovery with a registry fee.
  • Pending delete → 5-day final window; no recovery.
  • Released → public again, anyone can register.
Full walkthrough on Domain renewals.

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After the first ten minutes

Common next steps:

Connect to hosting

If the domain is for a site, the Web Hosting first-steps page is the natural follow-up.

Set up free email forwarding

you@yourdomain.com forwarding to any external mailbox. Free with every domain.

Add a subdomain

Sub-domains for blog., shop., or per-environment URLs. Records added in the same DNS host.

Plan multi-year renewal

Lock the rate and stop touching the renewal flow for up to 10 years on most TLDs.

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Common questions

Three things, in order. (1) Confirm the nameservers at the registry match where your records actually live; the domain panel shows what we publish. (2) Confirm the records exist where DNS is hosted — a missing A record is a common cause of “site doesn’t load”. (3) Wait for propagation — resolver caches honour the previous TTL. Use dig +trace yourdomain.com to see the chain from root → TLD → your nameserver if you want to debug live.
Some registries (notably DENIC for .de) check that the configured nameservers actually respond authoritatively for the domain before lifting the pending state. If your DNS isn’t set up at the new nameservers yet, the flag stays. Add the records, wait a few minutes, then trigger a re-check from the domain panel.
Yes. Either point the nameservers to Free NS and add a single A record to 1.1.1.1 (or any “we’ll figure this out later” target), or just leave the domain on the registry’s default nameservers. The registration is fine either way; only DNS is affected.
Within 14 days, we can refund the registration if the registry permits — most do for the first registration. Past 14 days, the domain is committed at the registry and a refund isn’t possible. Open a ticket as soon as you realise; the sooner the cleaner.

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Need a hand?

Open a ticket

Best for anything that needs an account check or a config change on our end.

Live chat

Faster for quick questions during business hours.