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Here's a list of the most frequented Help articles about domains. Use it as your guide to learn more about working with domain names.

Discover domains

Learn the difference between a domain and a website, how to register a domain name, and watch domain videos. (Back to top)

• What's the difference between a domain and a website?
• Registering Domain Names
• How to use your domain to setup an email account
• Get started with Domains

Renewals

Monitor your domain registrations with renewals, expirations and cancellations (Back to top)

• Renew my domain
• Turn off auto renew
• Renewing my expired domain name
• Recovering expired domain names
• Cancel my domain

Privacy and protection

Safeguard your domain with Privacy and Protection (Back to top)

• Change domain contact information
• Add Private Registration
• Cancel Private Registration
• What is Protected Registration?
• Add Protected Registration
• Cancel Protected Registration

Organize

Fine-tune domain organization with profiles and folders (Back to top)

• Create a Preset Profile
• Add a domain to a Preset Profile
• Delete a domain from a Preset Profile
• Delete a Preset Profile
• What is Delegate Access?
• Organizing Your Domain Names in Folders

Transfer between registrars

Take control of your domain by transferring to or from another registrar (Back to top)

• Unlock my domain for transfer
• Transfer my domain to GoDaddy
• Get an authorization code to transfer my domain away from GoDaddy
• Transfer my domain away from GoDaddy
• Check the status of my domain transfer

Transfer between accounts

Move a domain from one account to another (Back to top)

• Move my domain to another GoDaddy account
• Accept a domain name account change
• Cancel an account change
• View pending domain account changes

Nameservers and DNS

Customize your domain routing through DNS (Domain Name System) (Back to top)

• What is DNS?
• Manage DNS zone files
• Change nameservers for my domains
• Create a subdomain
• Add a CNAME record
• Add an MX record
• Add an A record

Parking, forwarding, and monetizing

Park your domain until you use it, forward to another site or monetize through CashParking (Back to top)

• Park a domain registered with GoDaddy
• Forward my domain
• Getting Started with CashParking
• Listing domains on GoDaddy Auctions from the Domain Manager