1&1 - DNS instructions

Step 1. Login to your 1&1 account. From the left menu select 'select product' and then 'domains & SSL'.

2. Locate the domain name you'd like to configure, click the settings icon and then 'DNS' in the menu.

3. At the top of the page locate the drop down indicated on the screenshot below and select the option 'display all records'.

Note: When referring to the creation of DNS records below, to create a DNS record you will need to click the 'add record' button at the top left of the page.

Note: When referring to editing a DNS record, you should click the settings icon on the right of the table and click the 'edit record' link.

4. Look for an existing record (row in the table) which has a Type of A and where the Host Name is @. An example of what this might look like is shown below. If there isn't one, go to step 5.

If there is one, click to edit it.

You should change the Points To value to be 54.247.109.89.

Click to save your changes.

5. Only follow this step if there isn't already an A Record for @. Click to add a new record and select the A type.

6. Enter the values as follows

Type	A
Host Name	@
Points To	54.247.109.89

As shown in the example below

Click to save your changes.

6. Look for an existing record which has a Type of CNAME and where the Host Name is www. If there is one, click to edit it. If there isn't, go to step 8.

7. You should change the Points To value to be dns.shopwired.io.

Once you've finished and the record looks like the above click to save your changes.

8. Only follow this step if there isn't already an CNAME Record for www. Click to add a new record and select the CNAME type.

Enter the values as follows

Type	CNAME
Host Name	www
Points To	dns.shopwired.io

As shown in the example below

Click to save your changes.

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The above two records will point your website's DNS records at our servers to show your website at your domain name.

Next, you should follow the guide here to verify your sending emails.