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How to connect a domain to a website: a simple explanation

Updated November 7, 2026 · 2 min read

In short

You connect a domain to a website through the DNS settings at the place you bought it (GoDaddy, Namecheap and similar): add or change an A or CNAME record that points to the website's server. Don't touch the MX records, so your email keeps working. The change usually takes effect within a few hours.

What DNS is, in short

The domain is the name (bazsite.com), and the website sits on a server with a numeric address. DNS is the phone book that connects the two. When you connect a domain to a website, you're really writing in that book where the name points.

Three kinds of records worth knowing

RecordWhat it doesDo you touch it?
APoints the domain to a server's IP addressYes, to connect the website
CNAMEPoints a name (like www) to another nameSometimes, as the instructions say
MXDecides where email arrivesNo, if your email already works

How to connect it, step by step

  1. Log in to your account at the registrar where you bought the domain.
  2. Find the domain's DNS management (at GoDaddy: "DNS" or "Manage DNS").
  3. Update the A record (and www too, if needed) as the instructions from the website say.
  4. Save, and wait for the change to take effect.

How long it takes

Usually minutes to a few hours, and sometimes up to a day. If the website still doesn't show up, try a private browsing window or your phone without Wi-Fi.

With BazSite

In the website settings you enter the domain, and you get exactly the record to set at the registrar. As soon as the setting takes effect, the website goes up on the domain and the SSL certificate is created on its own, and you get an email that everything is ready. If an old record gets in the way (an AAAA record pointing to the previous server, for example), the system shows a warning and explains what to delete.

Common mistakes

  • Deleting MX records. Email stops working. Don't touch them.
  • Two conflicting A records. Keep only the new one.
  • Forgetting www. Add it too, as the instructions say.

Built into BazSite, no plugins

In WordPress, Wix and Shopify most of these take plugins or apps, each with its own settings, updates and fees, and most only work when someone runs them by hand. In BazSite they're part of the system, included in the plan and run on their own.

SEO analysis and one-click fixes On plans with SEO

An SEO score for every page and article, and with "Help me fix it" the AI writes the fixes themselves: the Google title and description, a missing paragraph, questions and answers. You approve each suggestion with a click.

In WordPress: An SEO plugin (like Yoast or Rank Math) that gives a score, and you write the fixes yourself.

Descriptions (alt text) for every image On plans with SEO

The system shows which images on the website are missing a description, and with one click the AI looks at each image and writes its description in the website's language, for Google and for blind visitors.

In WordPress: Writing them by hand, image after image, or yet another plugin.

Change text in plain words

Write "shorten the About page and add the opening hours", and see before and after for every part of the page. It works on the whole website at once too, and nothing goes live without your approval.

In WordPress: Editing by hand in the block editor or a page builder.

Change the design in plain words

Write "rounder buttons and dark blue headings", and see the page before and after, on desktop and on a phone, before you approve.

In WordPress: CSS code, theme settings or a page builder.

Ready for AI search (GEO)

Every website is open to the crawlers of ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity, with an llms.txt file that sums up for them who the business is, how to reach it and what's on the website, and with structured data about the business, its questions and answers and its articles. Every new article opens with a direct answer, exactly what AI engines quote.

In WordPress: An SEO plugin (like Yoast) for structured data and llms.txt, and setting it up.

New articles every month On plans with SEO

The system picks topics from keywords that aren't on Google's first page yet, writes the articles and sends them to you for approval, or publishes on its own if you chose that.

In WordPress: Writing by hand, or an AI plugin that writes an article when asked, with no link to your Google rankings.

Built-in catalogs Depending on the plan

Listings for a realtor, treatments for a clinic, memberships for a gym: your own fields, a page for every item, a list with filters and a map. Adding an item is like filling in a form.

In WordPress: A content type with ACF or Pods, a loop built in Elementor and a filter plugin, each needing setup and updates.

A weekly website check-up

Once a week the system goes over the website and emails you about broken links, heavy images, pages without a Google title and a contact form that doesn't work.

In WordPress: A plugin or an outside monitoring service.

Accessibility check

The system goes over every page of the website against the accessibility standard (WCAG 2.1 AA) and shows what to fix: images without a description, colors without enough contrast, fields without a label and more. A color that fails is fixed with a click. Every website includes an accessibility statement.

In WordPress: An accessibility plugin or an outside scanner.

The full comparison: what's built into BazSite and what needs a plugin elsewhere →

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