Connecting with Squarespace
You need the record Puko showed you in Settings — a name and a target. Keep that tab open; you will paste both.
Where to go
Domains → your domain → DNS Settings. Open Squarespace
Steps
- Sign in and open Domains, then your domain.
- Open DNS Settings and scroll to Custom Records.
- Choose CNAME as the type.
- Put the record name in Host, and the target in Data.
- Press Save.
Watch out on Squarespace. Domains bought through Google Domains moved here, so this is the panel if you registered with Google.
The host field
Enter only the part before your domain. Most panels add the domain for you, so pasting the full name creates a record like _abc.example.com.example.com — which never resolves and looks exactly like a record that has not propagated.
Then
Go back to Puko and press Check. If it is not found yet, wait a few minutes and press it again — the record has to spread before we can see it. Do not edit it in the meantime; that restarts the clock.
Once it verifies, everything else is automatic. You do not need to come back to Squarespace.
If it will not verify
Use Domain Connect Helpin your site’s Settings. It sends us what your domain is actually doing right now, so nobody has to guess.