Pointing your domain to Squarespace with Anycast DNS

Note: This article describes how to point a domain that is NOT in your cPanel account (as a primary or addon domain) to Squarespace. We have this guide for clients pointing their domain to Squarespace with cPanel.

Login to the Serversaurus Client Area, if you have forgotten your password, just request a password reset.

1. Navigate to the Services menu and then select DNS Manager from the drop down menu.

2. Add the new domain to the Zone Name field, select Create

3. The new domain will now appear within the area to the left titled Your DNS Zones – select Edit

4. Within the A (IP Address) fields, add the four IP addresses exactly as below, select Create after each entry. Include the @ symbol in the Host field, and insert 86400 in the TTL field.

Host                  IP Address                     TTL

@                     198.185.159.144                86400

@                     198.185.159.145                86400

@                     198.49.23.144                  86400

@                     198.49.23.145                  86400

5. Within the CNAME (Canonical Name) add the following records including the Host, Hostname and TTL values:

Host         Hostname                               TTL

www          ext-cust.squarespace.com               86400

IMPORTANT: Domain verification with Squarespace

Squarespace requires you to validate that you own the domain – this usually requires creating a CNAME record as above, however the Host field will have a special code provided by Squarespace, along with verify.squarespace.com within the Hostname field, and 84600 in the TTL field. This step must be done otherwise Squarespace will not allow you to point the domain to its services.