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Name.com

Migrate DNS to or from Name.com, and switch nameservers at Name.com as a registrar.

See how a domain's records would land at Name.com. Free and read-only.

Access we need

Credentials
Username + API token (Core API, HTTP Basic)
Permissions
Name.com API tokens are account-wide with no read-only scope; the same token is used for preview and apply.
Name.com API documentation

What Name.com supports

The same data the translation engine uses when it plans a migration.

Create zones through the API
List zones through the API
Turn on DNSSEC through the API
Apex CNAME (flattening)
Apex ALIAS record
Aliases to cloud resources
CDN proxy on records
Routing policies
Minimum TTL
300s

Record types

  • A
  • AAAA
  • ALIAS
  • CNAME
  • MX
  • TXT
  • NS
  • SRV

Good to know

  • Only A, AAAA, ANAME, CNAME, MX, NS, SRV and TXT records are supported (no CAA or PTR).
  • The minimum TTL is 300 seconds and TXT values are limited to about 512 characters.
  • Only domains registered at Name.com can be managed, and apex NS records follow the domain's nameservers.