I keep getting an incorrect A record with a GoDaddy website

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    jdstock1 · Member ·

    Dear Forum,

    I want to set up my website – http://www.seracom.biz to run through WordPress.com – I have paid the $13.00 fee to map it. http://www.seracom.biz is a google domain. I just want to map the website to http://www.seracom.biz, and leave the mail and app functionality on Google.

    I have followed the instructions to set up the A Record name servers in my GoDaddy DNS Zone file as follows:

    A (Host)
    Host Points To TTL
    @ 192.0.74.9 1 Hour
    @ 198.181.116.9 1 Hour
    @ 198.181.117.9 1 Hour
    www 192.0.74.9 1 Hour
    www 198.181.116.9 1 Hour
    www 198.181.117.9 1 Hour

    I had to use IP addresses, because the A records do not accept host names, i.e. NS1.WORDPRESS.COM

    I also tried to add NS1.WORDPRESS.COM to my CNAME record under www – but I get the following error:

    “The specified record already exists. CNAME – WWW”

    What am I doing wrong here?

    Any help would be much appreciated!

    Kindest regards,

    Justin

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    rachelmcr · Member ·

    Hi Justin,

    To map the domain seracom.biz to your WordPress.com site, you will need to update the domain to use the WordPress.com name servers:

    • NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
    • NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
    • NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

    You can follow GoDaddy’s guide to make that change:

    https://support.godaddy.com/help/article/12317/setting-custom-nameservers-for-domains-registered-with-us

    Or you can get in touch with GoDaddy support for help changing the name servers there. Please let me know if you have any questions about that. :)

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