How to change your domain’s nameservers

Nameservers tell the internet which DNS servers answer for your domain. Changing them is how you point a domain at Texo hosting (or away from it), move DNS to another provider, or re-submit nameservers so a new .co.za domain can go live.

You can only change nameservers here if the domain is registered with Texo (or has been transferred in). If the domain still sits at another registrar, update the nameservers in that registrar’s control panel instead — use Texo’s nameservers below when you want the domain to use Texo DNS.

1. Open My Domains

Log in to your Texo Client Area.

In the top menu, click Domains > My Domains.

2. Open the domain

Find the domain in the list and click the orange View Details button next to it.

3. Open Nameservers

On the domain details page, use the menu on the left and click Nameservers.

4. Enter the nameservers

To use Texo DNS (hosting or email on Texo, or re-submitting so a domain can go live), set:

ns1.texo.co.za
ns2.texo.co.za

Leave any extra nameserver fields blank.

To use another host’s nameservers and DNS, enter the nameservers they provided (usually two or more hostnames such as ns1.example.com).

When the fields are correct, click Change Nameservers.

If you only need to re-submit Texo’s nameservers (for example a new .co.za that has not gone live yet), leave the existing Texo values as they are and click Change Nameservers without editing the fields. That resubmits them to the registry.

5. Wait for propagation

The registry update is often visible within an hour, but full worldwide DNS propagation can take up to 24–48 hours as other networks refresh their caches.

You can check which nameservers the public DNS currently sees with our DNS Checker.

After nameservers point at Texo

Once the domain uses ns1.texo.co.za and ns2.texo.co.za, website and email DNS are managed in cPanel’s Zone Editor — see How to add & edit DNS records.

Notes

• .co.za domains only go live when the registry finds valid DNS on the nameservers. If a domain was registered without hosting (or without being added as an alias/parked domain), re-submit the nameservers as in step 4 after the zone exists on the server. See also How to register a new domain.
• Wrong nameservers will take your website and email offline until DNS is corrected. Double-check hostnames before saving.
• Domain not listed? It may still be at another registrar. Change nameservers there, or transfer the domain to Texo first if you want to manage it in this client area.

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