Connecting a domain means telling the internet where the website lives. You do that with DNS. You do not upload the domain as a file. If the name and the host are already on the same Hostinger account, Hostinger often finishes this for you.
Last reviewed: September 2026. Official Hostinger steps: How to point a domain to Hostinger and where to find nameservers.
If the site is on Hostinger, copy the nameservers or records from hPanel and paste them at the registrar. If the site is a Shopify shop, use Shopify’s domain screen instead. Wait for DNS. Then turn on HTTPS.
Two common methods on Hostinger
Nameservers. Hostinger’s current docs say this is the usual method and that values can be unique per website. In hPanel, open Websites, find the site, and use Connect domain or Check guide. Copy the two nameservers shown. At the registrar, replace the old nameservers and save. If the domain is already registered on the same Hostinger account, they say you often need no manual change.
A record. You keep DNS at the registrar (or at Cloudflare) and point @ and www at the hosting IP Hostinger shows. Use this when you must keep DNS elsewhere. Hostinger also notes that some AI Builder setups do not use a simple A record. Check the guide for the kind of site you built.
hPanel connect-domain screen showing nameserver values (manual capture, blur account IDs). ALT: Hostinger hPanel showing nameservers to connect a domain.
| Site type | Where you click |
|---|---|
| Hostinger website / WordPress | hPanel → Websites → connect domain |
| Hostinger AI Builder | Same area, plus the AI Builder domain article if they show extra limits |
| Shopify shop | Shopify admin → Domains. Use Shopify’s records |
After it connects
Wait. Then open the site on a phone using the real name. Check HTTPS. If email stays at another provider, do not blindly change nameservers without copying MX records first. That is how inboxes vanish for a day.
What hosting is: what is web hosting. What the name is: what is a domain name. Partner help: Hostinger partner page.
We can connect this as part of a website build. Say where the domain lives now.
