{"id":84,"date":"2020-02-12T10:36:29","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T10:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-add-a-domain-to-your-hosting-package\/"},"modified":"2020-08-10T13:48:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T13:48:58","slug":"how-to-add-a-domain-to-your-hosting-package","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/articles\/how-to-add-a-domain-to-your-hosting-package\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add a domain to your hosting package"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This guide will explain how to add a domain to your LCN\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/web-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">web hosting<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/web-hosting\/wordpress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordPress hosting<\/a>\u202for\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/email-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email hosting<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s get started\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Login to your\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/login.lcn.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LCN account\u202f<\/a>and\u00a0head to your\u00a0<strong>Control Panel<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li>Float your mouse over&nbsp;<strong>Services<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>then click on&nbsp;<strong>Hosting Overview<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li>You will be presented with a list of all your&nbsp;hosting&nbsp;services. Find the package that you would like to use and click&nbsp;<strong>Add domain<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\"><li>Enter your domain in the box for&nbsp;<strong>Site Name.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\"><li>If your hosting provides both email and a web platform you can choose if you would like to activate&nbsp;<strong>Email only&nbsp;<\/strong>or your&nbsp;full&nbsp;hosting&nbsp;package.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container row col-md-24 support-article panel panel-default panel-body\" style=\"background-color: #f6e9db; border-color: #ead9c7; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 1% 2%; background-image: url('\/images\/my_account\/highlight.png'); background-position: left top; background-repeat: repeat-x;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><strong style=\"color: #e77600 !important; font-size: 18px;\">Please Note:&nbsp;<\/strong>If you are using a domain you already have with LCN you can select&nbsp;<strong>Set up DNS?<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>This will enter your DNS for your hosting automatically. If you would prefer to do this later leave this option unticked.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"6\"><li>You can now customise your package from the&nbsp;further&nbsp;options provided. This is helpful if you would like to restrict anything for the domain you are adding.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"7\"><li>Once you are happy with your set up click\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it!\u00a0Your hosting will now be setup and be ready to use!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using a domain at another provider\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If&nbsp;you&nbsp;have chosen to use a domain with another provider, you\u2019ll need to contact your domain registrar and ask them to update your domain\u2019s nameservers to the below:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>ns0.lcn.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>ns1.lcn.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>ns2.lcn.com<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nameserver updates can take up to 24 hours to complete, however, this depends on the domain\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/icannwiki.com\/Registry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registry<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively, you can\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/articles\/how-to-transfer-your-domain-name-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transfer your domain to LCN<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide will explain how to add a domain to your LCN\u202fweb hosting,\u202fWordPress hosting\u202for\u202femail hosting.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get started\u2026&nbsp; Login to your\u202fLCN account\u202fand\u00a0head to your\u00a0Control Panel\u00a0 Float your mouse over&nbsp;Services&nbsp;then click on&nbsp;Hosting Overview&nbsp; You will be presented with a list of all your&nbsp;hosting&nbsp;services. Find the package that you would like to use and click&nbsp;Add domain.&nbsp; Enter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[4],"ht-kb-tag":[27,5],"class_list":["post-84","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-managing-web-hosting","ht_kb_tag-account-management","ht_kb_tag-web-hosting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to add a domain to your hosting package - LCN.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to add a domain name, from your account or another provider to your LCN.com hosting package and get your idea online.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/articles\/how-to-add-a-domain-to-your-hosting-package\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to add a domain to your hosting package - 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