Getting the A record

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  mistertravel22 · Member · Oct 22, 2022 at 6:00 am

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  Hello, i have purchased a domain here on wordpress.com but my hosting service is on hostgator.com. I would like to get my A record so that i could point my domain to hostgator. May i know how i can do it? Thank you

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  supernovia · Staff · Oct 22, 2022 at 6:35 am

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  Hi! You’re pointing it to HostGator, right?

  I’d recommend using their name servers if they’re your host:
  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/change-name-servers/

  But if you need to edit the DNS directly yourself, please get the IP from HostGator, then follow these steps:
  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/custom-dns/

  Hoping this helps!

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  supernovia · Staff · Oct 22, 2022 at 6:36 am

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  Oh, I should add, you also have an option to transfer the domain if it’s at least 60 days old. Here’s how:
  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/transfer-domain-registration/

  Cheers!