There are two different ways to connect a domain to our hosting, and which one applies to you depends on whether your domain is registered with us or elsewhere.
Option 1: Domain registered elsewhere, hosting with us
If you're keeping your domain registration with your current registrar but want the site itself hosted by WebAcumen, you don't need to transfer the domain at all — you only need to update its DNS records (or nameservers) to point at our servers. We'll provide the exact records or nameservers to use once your hosting account is set up, and you (or your registrar, if they manage this for you) apply them from your registrar's control panel.
Option 2: Moving the domain registration itself
If you'd also like us to manage the domain registration going forward, that's a separate process — a domain transfer between registrars — with its own steps (an authorization code from your current registrar, and a confirmation email you'll need to approve). This is optional; plenty of clients keep their domain registered elsewhere and simply point it at us.
Nameservers vs. individual DNS records
Changing nameservers hands over full DNS management to us — every record (website, email, subdomains) is then controlled from our side. This is the simpler option if WebAcumen is handling everything.
Changing individual DNS records (just the A record or CNAME for your website, for example) lets you keep managing DNS from your current registrar while only redirecting the specific record that controls where your website lives. This is the right choice if you're keeping email or other services with a different provider.
How long the change takes to go live
DNS changes aren't instant — they propagate across the internet gradually as other servers' cached copies expire, typically within a few hours and occasionally up to 24–48 hours depending on your domain's TTL (time-to-live) setting. Your site and email continue working from the old location throughout this window; nothing goes offline during propagation.
Not sure which option applies to you
Submit a support ticket with your domain name and we'll tell you exactly what to change and where, based on how your domain is currently set up.