How To Connect Squarespace Domain To Hostinger 2026 Easily

Log in to Squarespace and go to Domains, then select the domain you want to move. The overview page shows the domain's status as Active, its provider (Squarespace, in this case, since it was purchased there), and its expiration date, along with a left-hand menu that includes Overview, DNS, Website, Email, Activity, Permissions, and Billing. The DNS tab in that sidebar is where nameservers actually get changed, so note its location now — you'll come back to it in a few steps.

In a separate tab, sign in to your Hostinger account, which opens on a dashboard with a sidebar for Websites, Domains, Horizons, Emails, VPS, and Billing. Hostinger's nameserver addresses are what you'll paste into Squarespace, and they're listed under the Domains section of this same sidebar rather than anywhere in the website-building tools — if your Hostinger plan came with a free-trial builder or Horizons prompt, that's unrelated to this step and can be dismissed.

Back in Squarespace, open the DNS tab you noted earlier and look for the nameserver settings, which by default point to Squarespace's own servers. Switch this to custom nameservers and enter the Hostinger addresses exactly as shown, without extra spaces or missing characters — a single wrong character here is the most common reason this whole process stalls. Save the change; Squarespace will typically warn you that anything hosted through its own site-building tools will stop resolving once custom nameservers are active, which is expected since you're intentionally moving hosting elsewhere.

Nameserver changes don't take effect instantly — the update has to spread across DNS servers worldwide, which can take anywhere from a few minutes to 24-48 hours depending on your domain and previous settings. Avoid repeatedly re-saving the nameserver fields during this window; it doesn't speed anything up and can occasionally reset the propagation clock.

Open your website's dashboard in Hostinger and look near the top for a status banner — while the domain is still pointing elsewhere, Hostinger displays a clear red notice reading "Domain isn't connected to your website," along with a Check guide link and a Domain card marked "Action required." This banner is the most reliable signal you have; once the nameserver change has fully propagated, it clears and the Domain card should reflect that the connection is live.

As soon as the connection banner clears, go into Hostinger's SSL settings for the site and make sure a certificate is issued and active — most Hostinger plans provision this automatically shortly after the domain resolves, but it's worth confirming rather than assuming. Load your domain in a browser and check for the padlock icon before calling the migration finished; a site that loads but throws a certificate warning still needs this step completed.