Netim Direct
Updated on 17 April 2025

Link my domain name to my Squarespace website

1 Connect your domain to Squarespace by updating your DNS zone file records
1.1 Step 1 on Squarespace: Adding your domain
1.2 Step 2 on Netim: Update your DNS zone file records

To link your domain name purchased from Netim to your website created on Squarespace, you need to modify the DNS records of your domain in your Netim Direct customer account. Your DNS records will remain hosted with Netim, but your domain name will point to your Squarespace website. Your Netim email addresses as well as DNSSEC will remain active.

Connect your domain to Squarespace by updating your DNS zone file records

Step 1 on Squarespace: Adding your domain

Before updating your DNS zone file records at Netim, you must first add your domain to your Squarespace account. To do this, you can follow the steps provided in the Squarespace tutorial, or the instructions below:

  1. In your Squarespace account, Open the Domains panel
  2. Click Use a Domain I Own
  3. Enter the full domain name you’re connecting in the Enter Domain field, such as  mysuperwebsite.com , then click the arrow
  4. Click Connect Domain
  5. Select your domain provider from the drop-down menu. For Netim, select Other
  6. Click Connect Domain, then on the Continue button in the message that appears
Exemple Squarespace
Screenshot of Squarespace instructions: Example of a list of records

Step 2 on Netim: Update your DNS zone file records

To finalise the association of your domain name with your Squarespace site, you need to update the DNS zone file records (2 CNAME and 4 A records) of your domain in your Netim Direct customer area. To do this:

  1. Keep the Squarespace instructions page open as described above
  2. In a new tab, log in to your Netim Direct account 
  3. In the Domains menu, click on My domains
  4. Click on the domain name you wish to link to your Squarespace  site
  5. In the My domain name configuration window, click on Zone file
My Domains
Zone File
  1. Click on the Create a new record button, and select CNAME from the drop-down list
  2. Complete the form with the information provided on the Squarespace instructions page (1st line, type CNAME):
    In the Name and Target fields, enter the values indicated by Squarespace
  3. Check the information, then click on Confirm
  4. Create a second CNAME record. To do this, repeat the last 3 steps (6, 7 and 8) using the information of the 2nd line (CNAME type) of the Squarespace instructions page
Create Record
CNAME Record
  1. Again, click on the Create a new record button, and select A from the drop-down list
  2. Complete the form with the information provided on the Squarespace instructions page (3rd line, type A):
    In the Name field, enter ‘@’, then in the Target field, enter the value specified by Squarespace
  3. Check the information, then click on Confirm
  4. Repeat the operation for the 3 other type A records. To do this, repeat the last 3 steps (9, 10 and 11) using the information on lines 4, 5 and 6 (type A) of the Squarespace instructions page
A Record

Once these steps are completed, the setup is finished. The DNS record updates may take up to 48 hours before your site is visible and accessible everywhere.