Buy a domain or bring your own
A domain is the address of your website. You rent it from a registrar. Englang works with domains at Cloudflare, Namecheap and GoDaddy. A domain at any other registrar works too: you point its name servers to Cloudflare once.
Two words to know
The registrar is the company where you rent the domain and pay for it every year.
The name servers are a setting of the domain. They tell the internet where your website and your email are. You can change them without moving the domain away from your registrar.
Buy a new domain
Search for a name in Domains in Englang. You buy it from Cloudflare, in your own Cloudflare account. Cloudflare sells domains at cost. A domain bought there is ready for your website at once.
Bring a domain you already have
What you do depends on where the domain is.
- At Cloudflare. Nothing to do. Englang finds it in your Cloudflare account.
- At Namecheap or GoDaddy. Connect your registrar in Account → Linked Accounts → Domain registrars. Then Englang can change the name servers for you.
- At any other registrar. You change the name servers yourself, on your registrar’s website. Use a domain from another registrar
Why the name servers point to Cloudflare
Your website runs on Cloudflare. To show it at your own address, also without “www”, Cloudflare must answer for the domain. The domain itself, and the yearly payment, can stay at your registrar.
How long it takes
A change of name servers usually reaches everyone within a few hours, sometimes up to a day. When it is done, the domain shows Cloudflare DNS in Englang.
