Where to set DNS parameters for domains purchased in namesilo.com?

[ric-li-c]

I have purchased my domain from namesilo.com. Originally I used nameserver from Cloudflare and everything worked fine. Then I saw Vercel notification that I should not use Cloudflare before Vercel. Then I changed nameserver address in namesilo.com from Cloudflare to Vercel. Below error occurred.

Originally when using Cloudflare, the DNS values were set there. But after I changed nameserver to Vercel, I cannot find the place to configure DNS.

After reading Vercel documentation, I deleted the domain in the project and add it from domain tab of my projects’ page. The error changed to below.

Please advise. Thank you very much.

[neversitdull (Josh Dunsterville)]

I ran a dig on your domain and it doesn’t look like you have any CNAME or A records set up. You should be able to add those on namesilo.

Here’s Vercel’s domain troubleshooting docs too:

Troubleshooting domains

[neversitdull (Josh Dunsterville)]

It does show that you’re using cloudflare’s name servers which you can still use with Vercel. It’s just typically recommended to turn off cloudflare’s proxy (orange cloud icon) as it can interfere with Vercel’s caching and other optimizations. You’ll still just need to set up the A and CNAME records to point to Vercel

[ric-li-c]

Thank you for your prompt reply. I have set up CNAME and A records on namesilo.com as indicated below:

But when I was doing the set up, namesilo actually warned me that since I am not using their nameservers (I used Vercel nameservers), my DNS set up on namesilo.com will not actually take effect.

This makes sense because when I was using Cloudflare nameservers, the DNS settings were done on Cloudflare web site. So if I am using Vercel nameservers, I should set up DNS on Vercel web site instead of on namesile.com.

And this is exactly my question: where shall I set DNS settings on Vercel web site. (I have read through Vercel documentation and could not find relevant information. Btw, some of the documentation pages were outdated already.)

[ric-li-c]

Yes, I have done that. Thank you for your clarification. But I suppose the right way is not to use Cloudflare at all. And I am not sure where to set DNS settings without Cloudflare.

[anshumanb (Anshuman Bhardwaj)]

Hi @ric-li-c, from the image you shared it looks like you’re using A record method to use custom domain, which should work. However, I see two _vercel TXT records, you should only have 1 such record if you’re just using the A record.

Now coming to the docs, I suggest you follow the Adding & Configuring a Custom Domain guide. You can choose the nameservers method or the A record method. Both will work fine.

Let me know if you run into any issues.

[ric-li-c]

Thank you for your reply. I finally figured out my issue. I have used Vercel nameservers while using A record method.

One thing I want to point out before closing this thread. As shown on below picture, nameservers method was not feasible because unlike Vercel documentation, my page never had “Nameservers” tab.

[anshumanb (Anshuman Bhardwaj)]

Hi @ric-li-c, glad to see it worked for you. Thanks for sharing the solution.

It’s possible that the nameservers options might not be appearing here because you have configured Vercel NS already.

Also, it can be that some domains are not supported for Nameserver configuration.

[ric-li-c]

Acknowledged. Thank you very much. @neversitdull @anshumanb