Set Up Vanity Nameservers

A vanity nameserver is a nameserver that is branded, or whitelabled, to a domain of your choice, instead of inmotionhosting.com or servconfig.com. While custom nameservers operate separately from our nameservers, vanity nameservers still use the IP addresses and physical servers of our nameservers.

Vanity nameservers can make your site appear more professional by masking the fact you’re using our nameservers. When someone does a Whois lookup on your domain, they can see the nameservers that your domain points to. For instance if your domain was domain.com here is what you would see:

Before vanity name servers:

NS1.INMOTIONHOSTING.COM
NS2.INMOTIONHOSTING.COM

Using vanity name servers:

NS1.DOMAIN.COM
NS2.DOMAIN.COM

Here we detail the steps to set up vanity nameservers using your domain.

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Vanity Nameserver Setup

1. Log into cPanel
2. Navigate to Zone Editor, located under the Domains section
   
3. Next to the domain you wish to use for your nameservers, Click the +A Record button
   
   
4. In the Add an A Record popup, enter the following values:
   1. Name: ns1
   2. Address: 74.124.210.242
      NOTE: For reseller hosting, use 216.194.168.112 for the Address.
      
      NOTE: The domain will be filled in automatically in the Name field when you click or tab away from it.
      
5. Click the Add an A Record button
   
6. Click the +A Record button again and create another record with the following values:
   1. Name: ns2 
   2. Address: 70.39.150.2
      NOTE: For reseller hosting, use 70.39.146.236 for the address.
7. Create glue records at the domain registrar
   NOTE: If the domain is registered with InMotion, follow the below steps to create the glue records in your Account Management Panel (AMP). For domains registered elsewhere, refer to your registrar's documentation for instructions on creating glue records.

Create Glue Records in AMP

1. In AMP, Navigate to Domains -> Manage Domains
   
2. Click the domain you will be using for your nameservers
3. Click Create Custom nameservers
   
4. Enter the details for your new nameservers
   1. Host Name: ns1.domain.com
   2. IP Address: 74.124.210.242
      NOTE: For reseller hosting, use 216.194.168.112 for the Address.
   3. Host Name: ns2.domain.com
   4. IP Address: 70.39.150.2
      NOTE: For reseller hosting, use 70.39.146.236 for the address.
      REPLACE: domain.com with your domain name.
      
5. Click the Submit button
   
6. Point your domain to the new nameservers
   1. If the domain is registered with InMotion, see the guide on updating your domain's nameservers in AMP
   2. If the domain is registered elsewhere, refer to your registrar's documentation for instructions on changing your domain's nameservers
      NOTE: DNS changes are subject to propagation. It may take up to 4-24 hours for this change to fully take effect.