A domain you bought in Lovable

A domain you bought through Lovable uses Lovable’s nameservers, so you add its DNS records in Lovable, not at another company. You add them under Advanced, then DNS records, on the domain’s page, and you must be a workspace admin or owner.

Checked against Lovable’s help pages on November 12, 2026.

If a lookup says Name.com, not Lovable

A lookup of a domain bought in Lovable shows Name.com. It does not mention Lovable anywhere. We saw this on November 12, 2026, on domains bought in Lovable: the public registration record names Name.com as the registrar, and the records are kept on Name.com’s nameservers. Lovable’s help pages don’t say this.

So if a lookup tells you your domain is at Name.com and you bought it inside Lovable, you did not buy it from Name.com and you have no Name.com account to log in to. Your domain’s settings are in Lovable. Add your records there, with the steps below.

Before you start with a Lovable domain

You need the record from the company that runs the tool you are connecting, such as a newsletter, a booking tool or a client portal. It gives you a type, a name and a value.

Lovable says where you change a domain’s records depends on the nameservers the domain uses, not on where you bought it. A domain bought through Lovable uses Lovable’s nameservers by default. If you later pointed it at your own nameservers, Lovable says to add records at that provider instead.

New to this? The Learn guide Add a record to your domain explains the idea in plain language. For what Surmado does and does not handle, see Your domain and Surmado Sites.

Steps to add a record to a Lovable domain

You need to be a workspace admin or owner.

1. Go to Workspace settings, then Workspace domains.
2. Open the domain.
3. Expand Advanced, then DNS records.
4. Click Add record and fill in the form.
5. Click Add record again to save.

To check which case you are in, look at that same page. Lovable says an Add record button means Lovable maintains the domain’s records. A read-only list means you add and correct records at your provider.

The Lovable fields: Type, Host, Answer, TTL

The Lovable form has these fields:

• Type: you can add A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV and NS records.
• Host: the subdomain the record applies to. Use @ for the root domain, such as yourdomain.com, or a label like www or mail.
• Answer: the record value provided by the service you are setting up.
• TTL: the record’s time to live in seconds. The minimum is 300.
• Priority: shown only for MX and SRV records.

The Host rule at Lovable

Enter the label, not the whole address. If the tool company gives you portal.yourbusiness.com, the label is portal. Lovable’s examples for Host are @ for the root domain, and labels such as www or mail.

Locked records at Lovable

Lovable says it creates and maintains the records your project and its email senders need. Records Lovable manages show a lock icon and can’t be edited or deleted. Lovable says you can add your own records alongside them, except on a name Lovable already manages.

To change a record you added, open its three dots menu, select Edit, and click Save changes. To remove one, select Delete and confirm.

Check your new Lovable record

After you save, look at the list under Advanced, then DNS records. To check that the record is live on the internet, use the Learn guide Did my record work?.

To look the record up, type it into Surmado’s free DNS record checker. It says whether the record is saved and whether the rest of the internet can see it yet.

How long a Lovable DNS change takes

The Lovable pages listed below give no time for a single new record to take effect. For setting up a domain you bought, Lovable says setup usually finishes within 30 minutes, but can take up to a day.

Pointing a Lovable-bought domain at a different website

The records that point your domain at your Lovable site are the locked ones, so you can’t edit them to point somewhere else. The way through is to disconnect the domain from the Lovable project first. After that, you can add records for the domain itself in Lovable’s list. You don’t have to move your nameservers or transfer the domain, so the 60-day rule doesn’t get in the way.

Lovable’s pages describe the disconnect step but don’t say the records open up afterwards. That part is from doing it with customers, as of November 2026.

1. Have the new records ready. Get them from the company that will run your website. Your domain stops showing your Lovable site once you disconnect, so don’t start until you have them.
2. Disconnect the domain from the Lovable project. Open Project, then Settings, then Domains, use the three dots menu next to the domain, click Disconnect, and confirm. Lovable says this removes the connection from the project and does not cancel your registration: the domain stays in your workspace. Wait while it shows Disconnecting.
3. Add the new records in Lovable. Open Workspace settings, then Workspace domains, open the domain, expand Advanced, then DNS records, and click Add record. The fields are the ones described above.
4. Check it. Type the record into Surmado’s free DNS record checker.

Two other routes exist, and you don’t need either for this:

• Switching to your own nameservers moves your domain’s list of records to another company. Lovable warns that any connected project and its email stay offline until you recreate those records there.
• Transferring the domain out moves the registration to another company. Lovable says a domain within 60 days of registration can’t be transferred yet.

If you are moving your site to Surmado, ask Scout before you start. See Your domain and Surmado Sites.

What is particular to Lovable

Switching to custom nameservers. Lovable says you can point a domain bought through Lovable at your own nameservers, for example Cloudflare. You do this under Advanced, then Nameservers, then Edit. Lovable says that when you switch, it stops managing the domain’s DNS, and any connected project and its email stay offline until you recreate those records at your provider. Reset to Lovable restores Lovable’s nameservers.

Transferring the domain out. Lovable says you can transfer a domain bought through Lovable to another registrar. Open the domain, then use Transfer out from the three dots menu on the Lovable manages registration card. Lovable says a domain within 60 days of registration can’t be transferred yet: ICANN requires that lock on new domains, and Lovable cannot override it. The dialog shows the exact date the domain becomes eligible.

After a transfer out. Lovable says it disconnects the domain from any connected projects when the transfer completes, and that you update DNS records at your new registrar to point the domain where you want it.

Questions about your Surmado site

For anything about your Surmado site, or a domain Surmado got for you, see Your domain and Surmado Sites. Scout is the best place to start, and you can always contact us.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do I add a DNS record for a domain I bought in Lovable?

In Lovable: Workspace settings, then Workspace domains, open the domain, expand Advanced, then DNS records, and click Add record. You must be a workspace admin or owner.

A lookup says my domain is at Name.com. I bought it in Lovable. Where do I log in?

In Lovable. A domain bought in Lovable shows Name.com in a lookup, not Lovable. You have no Name.com account. Add records in Lovable under Workspace settings, Workspace domains.

I bought my domain in Lovable less than 60 days ago. Can I point it at a different website?

Yes. Disconnect the domain from the Lovable project, then add the new records in Lovable under Workspace settings, Workspace domains. That is not a transfer, so the 60-day rule doesn’t apply. The 60-day rule only stops you moving the registration to another company.

Why can’t I edit or delete a record at Lovable?

Lovable says records it manages show a lock icon and can’t be edited or deleted. You can add your own records beside them.

What do I put in the Host field at Lovable?

@ for your root domain, or a label such as www or mail. For portal.yourbusiness.com, the label is portal.

Can I move my Lovable domain to another company?

Lovable says you can transfer it out, except within 60 days of registration. You can also switch to custom nameservers to manage records elsewhere.

Where do I add the record if I switched to custom nameservers?

At your DNS provider. Lovable says it no longer manages the domain’s DNS once you switch.

Sources

• Set up a custom domain, Lovable
• Buy a domain through Lovable, Lovable

Checked against Lovable’s help pages on November 12, 2026.