How To Setup BlogSpot Custom Domain

When you start a blog on BlogSpot.com, you usually get a domain name like (name.blogspot.com) and this is what we call as a free domain name. Where as custom domain name is something like name.com. A good example is BlogSurf.net which is a custom domain name.

Here I’m sharing the complete step by step guide which you can follow to add a BlogSpot custom domain to your blogger blog.

In this case, I’m assuming you have purchased domain name from namecheap and you have access to your BlogSpot blog.

Guide to Setup BlogSpot With your Custom Domain Name:

Very first thing which you need to do is to purchase a domain name, which will usually cost around $11 for one year. The advantages you will get with custom domain name is worth your investment on domain name.

More over, think about what sounds much better:

TechOnBlogs.blogspot.com or TechOnBlogs.org.

If you have never purchased a domain name before, here are guides which will help you to select the right name for your blog.

I recommend you to read it, and decide the name of domain which you want to buy. I highly recommend you to try buying .com domains instead of any other (.info, .org). In 2016, you can also consider buying new domain name extensions with .guru or .video.

Once you have decided upon the domain name, head over

to GoDaddy or namecheap and purchase your domain.

Now, I assume you have two things with you:

Your BlogSpot blog up and running
You have access to your domain name

We have to make changes at two places, and once you setup the custom domain feature of BlogSpot, Google will take care of all traffic migration and you will not lose any traffic Or backlinks.

Add Domain Name To Your BlogSpot Blog:

First login to your BlogSpot dashboard, and head over to Settings > Basics and you will see an option which says Publishing >Blog address > + Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog

Here you need to add the domain name that you have purchased, and after adding the domain name, it will give two CNAME records and 4 A records which we will be needing in the next step.

Click on + Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog, and add the domain name which you have purchased.

Once you have added the domain name with www, you will see an error saying “We have not been able to verify your authority to this domain. Error 12..” and you will get the CNAME record that you need to configure (See below screenshot)

Now. once you have these CNAME details, it’s time to login to your domain control panel, and make changes.

Setting up CNAME and A Record for BlogSpot Custom-Domain Name:

Click on the domain name which you have purchased inside your dashboard, and you will be on Manage domain page.
On the next page, click on DNS zone file to start adding the record.

Click on Add record & from the pop-up select CNAME record & add both the record one by one from your BlogSpot setting screen. Here is both the image to make it easy for you to understand the setup.

Adding 1st CNAME record

Click on Add another & copy the second CNAME record from your BlogSpot page.

Adding 2nd CNAME record

Click on finish & on the next page you need to click on Save changes.

Adding A records to your Domain DNS:

This is the last step where you just need to add 4 I.P. Address into your A record. The process is going to the be the same as above, all you need to do is add A record instead of CNAME. I’m sharing one screenshot which will show you how to add A record, and similarly you can add all 4 A records.

Click on Add record, select A name under record type. In the Hostname part add @ and on Destination IPv4 address add 216.239.34.21

Here is the final screenshot of my A record page on Godaddy:

One last thing:

Also, you need to click on Edit here, and redirect non www version of your domain to www. Simply click on Edit and check the options which says “Redirect xxxx.com to www.xxxx.com”

I hope that through this article, you will know how to apply the custom domain to the Blogspot.

How To Setup BlogSpot Custom Domain

Guide to Setup BlogSpot With your Custom Domain Name:

Add Domain Name To Your BlogSpot Blog:

Setting up CNAME and A Record for BlogSpot Custom-Domain Name:

Adding A records to your Domain DNS:

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