Domains purchased through Godaddy are fully supported on InMotion Hosting servers. To get a Godaddy domain working on your InMotion Hosting server, the nameservers will need to be updated to point the domain to our DNS server. This can be done in Godaddy's Account Manager. Below are the steps for setting up a domain purchased at Godaddy to point to our nameservers.

Changing the nameservers at GoDaddy

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. change-nameservers-godaddy-1Clicking "My Account" button on the top left to access the account page.
  3. change-nameservers-godaddy-2 Click "Launch" next to the Domains on the Products tab.
  4. change-nameservers-godaddy-3 Select the check box next to the domain name to modify.
  5. change-nameservers-godaddy-4 On the Nameservers icon drop menu, Select "Set Nameservers".
  6. change-nameservers-godaddy-5Select the "I have specific nameservers for my domains radio button" to display the nameservers. In the snapshot to the left, the Godaddy nameservers are shown in the Nameserver fields.
  7. change-nameservers-godaddy-6 Change the Nameserver 1 and Nameserver 2 to the following nameservers.

    NS.INMOTIONHOSTING.COM
    NS2.INMOTIONHOSTING.COM

    Click OK.

    change-nameservers-godaddy-7 Your changes have been submitted pop up will display. Click OK.

    Congratulations, the nameservers were updated successfully. The Nameserver change should take effect within 24 hours.

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momora 2012-10-03 1:23 am
Someone should go to GoDaddy, the interface has been changed and it is rather confusing to use your instructions. It will be impossible foe a newbie.
jamesr Community Support technician 2013-01-23 2:36 pm
Thank you for your comment. We updated this article to reflect Godaddy's current interface. Thank you for the input.

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2012-12-26 09:30 am
This article was revamped per customer request. Godaddy changed their interface.

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