iFastHostingCan I use a domain I bought somewhere else?
Yes — a domain registered anywhere can be hosted with us without ever moving its actual registration.
Yes. A domain registered with any other company can be used with our hosting without ever transferring its registration. Registration and hosting have never had to be with the same provider — all that connects the two is DNS, and pointing that at us takes a few minutes regardless of who the domain is registered with.
What you actually need to do
Log in wherever the domain is registered and either change its nameservers to ours, or update its A record to our hosting IP address, exactly as described in how to point a domain to your hosting. Whichever method you choose, the domain's registration stays exactly where it is — nothing about who you renew it with, or its expiry date, changes as a result.
| Method | What it moves |
|---|---|
| Changing nameservers | DNS management moves to us; registration and billing stay with your current registrar |
| Changing an A record only | Only the website moves; DNS management, registration, and anything else on the domain stays exactly where it is |
Do you ever need to transfer it to us?
No, not to use it with our hosting. Transferring a domain's registration is a separate, optional step some people take purely for convenience — having the domain, the hosting, and the billing all in one account — rather than a requirement for the domain to work with our servers. See how to transfer a domain to a new registrar if you decide you would rather consolidate everything, but there is no functional need to.
What about email?
If you also want to run email through your hosting, the same principle applies: it depends on DNS, specifically the MX records, rather than on where the domain is registered. Changing nameservers to point at us moves everything, including email, together; using only an A record leaves email exactly where it currently is, which is worth deciding deliberately rather than by accident if email is already working somewhere you want to keep.
If you are not certain whether the domain's nameservers currently point at its registrar, a previous host, or somewhere else entirely, a quick check avoids editing the wrong panel. See what nameservers are for how to find out.
Is there any downside to keeping registration and hosting separate?
Not functionally. The only practical trade-off is convenience — two logins and two billing relationships instead of one — rather than anything affecting how the site or email perform. Plenty of long-running websites operate this way indefinitely with no issues at all.
Related reading
The two ways to connect a domain to a hosting account, when to use each, and how to tell the change has actually taken effect.
What are nameservers?They decide who gets to answer questions about your domain — and changing them hands your whole domain to a different company.
How to transfer a domain to a new registrarThe steps to move a domain to a new registrar, the checks to do first, and why the transfer itself never touches your website.
Every DNS record type, explained plainlyWhat each DNS record type actually does, in plain terms, and the handful you will realistically ever need to touch.