Customer Guides
Step-by-Step for Everything in Your Account
Step-by-step walkthroughs for tasks on NameBright: changing nameservers, initiating transfers, setting up two-factor authentication, and managing account roles.
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Quick Guides
Transfer a Domain to NameBright
Confirm the domain is unlocked at its current registrar and get its auth code from them. Copy the domain authorization code from the current registrar.…
Search for an Available Domain
Go to namebright.com and, using the domain search bar, enter a domain name or keyword. Review the result for the exact name you searched. Select Add to…
Change a Domain's Nameservers
NameBright's default nameservers are ns1.namebrightdns.com and ns2.namebrightdns.com. You can point a domain to a different set instead, or reset it back…
Account Setup & Access
Create your account, log in, secure it with two-factor authentication, and set up delegate accounts for staff or clients.
8 articlesDomain Search & Registration
Search for a domain and register one or many at once.
2 articlesDomain Management
Switch between Simple and Advanced views, search and filter your portfolio, bulk-edit settings, review a domain’s history, change its letter casing, or delete it.
7 articlesManaging Contact Information
Set contact information for a domain, a category, or your whole account, and verify a contact NameBright hasn’t confirmed yet.
3 articlesDomain Transfers
Move a domain to or away from NameBright, transfer in bulk, move domains between two NameBright accounts, and resolve a stalled or rejected transfer.
9 articlesDomain Renewals
Turn on auto-renew, set the account-wide renewal timing, renew domains one at a time or in bulk, and recover a domain after it expires.
4 articlesDNS & Nameserver Management
Add and edit every DNS record type NameBright supports, change your nameservers, set up subdomains and URL forwarding, and turn on DNSSEC.
15 articlesWHOIS Privacy
Look up WHOIS information for any domain and turn on privacy protection for your own.
2 articlesAccount Billing
Manage your payment method, read an invoice, and pre-fund your account for at-cost pricing.
3 articlesCategory Management
Create categories, move domains into them, and apply shared settings to a whole category at once.
4 articlesAccount Security
Review your account’s security log, respond to a hold, generate a support code, update your login email or password, and set up GDPR Privacy.
5 articlesNameBright API
Generate an API key, make your first call, bring an existing portfolio into NameBright, and automate DNS changes at scale.
4 articlesEmail
Set up an email plan for a domain, add mailboxes, configure a mail client, apply email settings across a category, and forward mail instead of hosting it.
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