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How to connect your Google domain to your Bókun website

This article takes you through the steps of connecting your existing domain to your Bókun website.

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How to connect your Google domain to your Bókun website​

  • Open Google Domains.
  • Sign in with the Google Account you used to buy your domain.
  • Click the domain name you want to manage. If you don’t find your domain name, make sure you’re signed in with the account you used to register your domain.
  • Open the Menu.
  • Click DNS.
  • Under Custom records, add the resource record provided by the third-party service.

Note: We recommend taking a screenshot or writing down the current values in your DNS record table as a backup.

  • Now you have to add two new A records 

    First one:

    Type: A Record
    Host: @
    Value: 35.172.94.1
    TTL: Automatic
    Save by clicking the green check mark.

    Second one:

    Type: A Record
    Host: @
    Value: 100.24.208.97
    TTL: Automatic
    Save by clicking the green check mark.

  • Edit the CNAME value
    Simply click the value in the table and change it to your subdomain.bokun.website domain (not the domain you just purchased).
    Such as johndoetours.bokun.website.

  • Click Save.

It may take up to 48 hours for your domain to be linked to your website, so don’t worry if this does not work immediately

 

I've followed these steps but my site still is not live​

CNAME/A records can take up to 48 hours to propagate, so your website will not usually show up immediately. If your site still isn't showing up after 48 hours, something is probably wrong. To figure out what's going on:

  1. Go to https://www.whatsmydns.net/ and select either “CNAME” or “A” from the dropdown menu.
  2. For CNAME, you will fill out the field using your whole URL i.e www.johndoetours.com
  3. For the A Record, you will fill out the field using the naked domain i.e johndoetours.com.
  4. If you see red X's, or do not see the correct host to the right of each location, this means that either the CNAME record/A record was not set up correctly or the domain host is not propagating.
  5. Check that the CNAME/A record is set up with the correct values as listed above.
  6. If everything is set up correctly and you've waited 48 hours, but your site is not showing, please contact your domain host for more information.
  7. If you see green check marks and the correct host name, your CNAME/A record has been set up successfully.