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MailShrine Domains How-Tos
Step-by-step help for everything in the MailShrine Domains dashboard.
Buy a Domain on MailShrine and Get Email in Minutes →
The exact five-screen flow on MailShrine: search, cart drawer with 1 to 10 year term, Stripe or Paystack checkout, the Orders tab, and the dashboard defaults to leave alone so your first email sends today.
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Add DNS Records in the MailShrine Dashboard →
How to add A, AAAA, CNAME, TXT and SRV records in the MailShrine DNS editor, what the host and TTL fields mean, which mail records to leave alone, and how to confirm propagation before a vendor verifies.
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Transfer a Domain Into MailShrine →
Unlock, get the auth code, start the transfer in the Transfer tab, approve, and switch DNS only after completion. What it costs, what the 60-day rule blocks, and how email stays up for all five days.
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Switch Your MailShrine Domain to Another Email Provider →
Use the email provider switch under My domains to move a MailShrine domain to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365: the records it rewrites, the DKIM key you still fetch yourself, and the order that loses no mail.
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Get Your Auth Code and Transfer Out of MailShrine →
Where the auth code is in My domains, why it hides behind the transfer lock, the registry rules that can still refuse a transfer, and the order that keeps website and email online while the domain leaves.
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Renewals, Reminders and Grace Periods on MailShrine →
The full renewal timeline on MailShrine: reminders at 30, 7 and 1 day, auto-renew on the expiry date, the registry grace period where renewal still costs the normal price, and redemption after that.
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Pay for a Domain in Naira with Paystack →
Choose Paystack at MailShrine checkout to pay for a domain with a Nigerian card, bank transfer or USSD. How the Naira total is shown, how transfers complete, and how to keep auto-renew working in Naira.
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Registrant Details: What We Ask For and Why →
Every registrant field MailShrine collects at checkout, what the registry does with it, how WHOIS privacy hides it from the public, and how to set the organisation and email so the business owns the domain.
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