I have my app hosted on railway, I am finding it impossible to add the DNS record from railway in other to point my domain I got from vercel to my app. Railway provided the record that looks something like this: "@" - CNAME - dfbx9kxe.up.railway.app, I get an error message in vercel domain record form saying: "Please specify a name or use an ALIAS Record instead, if you're attempting to set a CNAME value for the apex domain."
Hello,
Instead of using @ as name, you can keep the field blank (which does the same job) to add DNS records.
, thanks for replying. I forgot to mention that the field doesn't take blank input, It shows this same message when I try to leave it blank: "Please specify a name or use an ALIAS Record instead, if you're attempting to set a CNAME value for the apex domain."
I think you need to set it on your www instead of the apex domain
I have a setup for my www already which is working fine, but visitors will need to enter the www. before being directed my site which is not a good experience. I want visitors to be directed to my site even by typing mysitename.com, but currently this doesn't work.
If I'm understanding correctly, it should look something like:
For www.yourdomain.com:
Type: CNAMEName: wwwValue: your-railway-app-urlFor yourdomain.com (apex domain):
Type: ALIASName: @ (or leave empty) Value: your-railway-app-urlALIAS records are specifically designed to handle apex domain redirects, while CNAME records cannot be used at the apex domain due to DNS specifications.
Does that help?
, you are correct. I was able to add the row to the domain record in vercel, now am going to wait for it to propagate. I appreciate your help.
Keep us updated! 
It might be too soon for this meme, but I had to share:
, Lol. DNS strikes again! Guess we're back to square one, zero days and counting! 😂
It's working perfectly now, thank you!
So glad that worked out for you 
See you around the community!