Update DNS Records

🧰 What You’ll Need:

• A domain management account (Shopify, GoDaddy, Namecheap...). - The domain you want to Protect
• The IP address of the server you want to point to (this is provided by your hosting/server/web service).
• • In this case: 184.107.185.12 (You need to point the A record to this IP address for Blockify Fraud Filter and Blocker to help protect your domain).

Definitions:

• Protect domain:

The main domain that receives the highest amount of traffic and is most likely to be targeted by attacks. For example, example.com.

• Primary domain:

The main domain that is configured to point to Shopify, often used as the official website address. Typically, this is www.example.com.

1️⃣ Shopify Domains

📌 Note:

Shopify does not support pointing a domain to an external IP address (A record) if the domain is purchased via Shopify. Shopify only allows CNAME pointing for www, and it automatically manages A records internally.

👉 In this case, you need to:

• Transfer your DNS management to a third-party service like Cloudflare,
• Or purchase the domain from another provider (such as GoDaddy or Namecheap).

2️⃣ GoDaddy – Pointing an A Record

🔹 Step-by-step:

Step 1: Log in to GoDaddy

• Visit: https://godaddy.com
• Click Sign In to log in to your account.

Step 2: Access domain DNS settings

• Go to My Products after logging in.
• Find the domain you want to edit.
• Click the DNS button next to it.

Step 3: Add or edit the A record

• Scroll down to the Records section.
• Look for a record with:
• • Type: A
  • Name: @

→ If it exists, click Edit to change the value.

→ If it doesn't exist, click Add Record and fill in:

→ Click Save.

✅ Done!

3️⃣ Namecheap – Pointing an A Record

🔹 Step-by-step:

Step 1: Log in to Namecheap

• Go to https://namecheap.com
• Click Sign In to access your account.

Step 2: Go to your domain management page

• Click Domain List from the left menu.
• Find your domain and click Manage on the right.

Step 3: Open the Advanced DNS tab

• In the domain management page, go to the Advanced DNS tab.

Step 4: Add or edit the A record

• Look for the Host Records section.
• If there's already an A record with Host = @, click the pencil icon ✏️ to edit it.
• If not, click Add New Record, then fill in:

→ Click Save All Changes.

✅ Done!

⏱ Notes After Updating:

• After adding the A record, DNS propagation may take anywhere from 5 minutes to 24 hours to update globally.

⚠️ Important Notice:

We highly recommend that you save the original A Record value you modified. While we do our best to keep the system running as smoothly as possible, we cannot guarantee 100% uptime. In rare cases where our servers encounter issues (such as timeouts or "not found" errors), your website may become temporarily inaccessible.

Don’t worry! In such situations, you can quickly fix the issue by reverting the A Record to its previous value. This will restore access to your website while you wait for us to resolve the problem.

Updated on: 11/08/2025