Connect a GoDaddy domain

Setup type: Automatic (API token). You paste a scoped GoDaddy API token once and the app writes the records for you; nothing to copy by hand.

GoDaddy connects with a scoped access token you generate once, and CustomDomain™ writes the records for you. GoDaddy speaks the Domain Connect standard, but it has not onboarded our one-click templates yet, so a token (or adding the records by hand) is the way in today.

What you'll need

• A domain whose DNS is managed at GoDaddy.
• Access to your app's CustomDomain™ dashboard (it shows the exact target for your account).
• A scoped GoDaddy API token (see below).

The records

CustomDomain™ gives you the authoritative records for your account in the dashboard, typically a CNAME (or apex A/ALIAS) pointing your domain at the edge. Use the values shown there; the shape is always the same, the target is per-account. There is no separate ownership TXT to add on this path: control is proven by the rail itself, or by the records appearing in your own authoritative DNS. See Setup types.

Setting it up on GoDaddy

1. Create a Personal Access Token on GoDaddy's Personal Access Token page, with only domains.domain:read and domains.dns:update and a short expiration.
2. Paste it into the console's connect flow, under API key. (The widget doesn't take provider keys from your customers; it shows them the records to add by hand.)
3. CustomDomain™ writes the records for you and verifies them.

GoDaddy specifics

• Use a Personal Access Token (a gd_pat_... key) from developer.godaddy.com. Any GoDaddy account that holds a domain can create one. Older key and secret pairs still work, but GoDaddy has deprecated them for the Domains API.
• One-click setup (Domain Connect) is waiting on GoDaddy to onboard our templates (none of our 18 served on 2026-09-28), and GoDaddy offers no sign-in to third parties.
• GoDaddy has no ALIAS or ANAME record, so a root domain needs A records; or connect www instead.

How you know it worked

CustomDomain™ polls public DNS and issues the TLS certificate automatically. When the dashboard shows the domain live, HTTPS is serving. Drift monitoring then watches the records so a later change at the provider doesn't silently break the domain.

FAQ

Where do I get the GoDaddy token?

On developer.godaddy.com, create a Personal Access Token with only domains.domain:read and domains.dns:update. Paste it into the connect flow once; it's used only to add the records for the domain you're connecting.

Can I avoid the token entirely?

Not with one click yet: GoDaddy has not onboarded our Domain Connect templates and offers no sign-in to third parties. You can add the records by hand in GoDaddy's DNS panel instead; the app shows them and verifies them.

Related

• All DNS providers, the full connection catalog.
• How custom domains work