Domain setup & registration
- Registering your domain on the right platform — Cloudflare recommended
- Pointing your domain at your website hosting
- Nameserver configuration, done once and done right
- SSL certificate setup and verification
Worldwide remote — sessions available this week
DNS & domain setup help — sorted by a real developer.
Domain pointing nowhere? Emails going to spam? Just bought a domain and have no idea what to do next? I'm a senior developer who sorts DNS and domain problems with you, live, over a remote session — records configured correctly, email authentication that keeps you out of spam, everything tested before we hang up. Anywhere in the world, any registrar, fixed price agreed before you pay a penny.
No jargon. No Fiverr lottery. No handing over passwords.
Senior developer — not a platform gig, not a call centre
You keep full ownership — every account in your name
Cloudflare specialist — the best DNS home for a small business
Sound Familiar?
Is any of this you?
You bought a domain and it's just… sitting there. You don't know what to point it at, or how.
Your business emails keep landing in spam — or aren't arriving at all.
Your website went down and you don't know if it's DNS, hosting, or something else entirely.
A developer handed your site back with a list of DNS records you've never heard of.
You want to move your domain away from GoDaddy, 123-reg, or IONOS — but you're scared of breaking something.
You've heard Cloudflare is the better home for your domain, but you don't know how to get there.
Someone said you need SPF, DKIM, and DMARC — and you have no idea what any of those mean.
You're setting up a new business online and want the foundations done right, first time.
Any of the above — that's exactly what this service is for.
The Scope
What's covered.
The specific jobs, in plain terms. If yours isn't here, ask anyway — the pre-screen exists so you get a straight answer either way.
DNS records
- A, CNAME, and MX records configured correctly
- SPF, DKIM, and DMARC — the email trio that keeps you out of spam
- TXT verifications for Google, Microsoft 365, and other platforms
- Subdomains for apps, landing pages, and services
Domain migration
- Moving your domain from any registrar to Cloudflare — or wherever suits
- Website and email tested before AND after, so nothing breaks in transit
- Renewal and auto-renew sanity-checked so the domain never lapses
- Premium domains locked down properly — if it's valuable, it's protected
Email deliverability
- Diagnosing exactly why your emails go to spam
- SPF, DKIM, and DMARC set up properly — not copy-pasted from a forum
- MX records for Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or any provider
- Verified working before the session ends — sent, received, inboxed
The honest scope line: DNS and domain configuration is the job. If your website itself is broken, or your email platform needs work beyond its records, I'll tell you straight at the pre-screen — and point you somewhere sensible instead. Bigger infrastructure work lives under my hosting & DevOps service. Full mailbox migrations between providers are a separate job — mention it on the form if that's what you actually need.
The Spam Problem
Why your emails go to spam.
Mail providers stopped giving senders the benefit of the doubt. Google's sender guidelines now require email authentication — and mail that fails SPF, DKIM, and DMARC checks gets filtered to spam or rejected outright, no matter how legitimate your business is.
The fix isn't new software, and it isn't a marketing tool. It's three DNS records, written correctly, in the right place — then tested against real mailboxes. That's under an hour for someone who does it every week, and an afternoon of guesswork if it's your first rodeo.
By the end of the session your domain says, cryptographically, "this mail really is from us" — and the inbox believes it.
Straight Answer
Why Cloudflare? Here's my honest take.
Not an ad, and not an affiliate pitch — I don't earn a penny from the recommendation. It's where my own domains live, and where I move clients who are open to it. Five reasons:
Wholesale pricing, forever.
Cloudflare registers domains at cost — what the registry charges, nothing more. No renewal markup, no year-two price creep. Namecheap used to be my go-to; Cloudflare replaced it completely.
Enterprise protection, free.
A web application firewall, DDoS protection, and a global CDN come with every domain. That's infrastructure big companies pay serious money for, included at no cost.
Free email forwarding, built in.
Want hello@yourbusiness.com landing in your existing Gmail without paying for Google Workspace? Cloudflare's email routing does it for nothing.
The clearest DNS panel in the industry.
Making a change and confirming it propagated is straightforward — which matters when you're the one living with the setup after I'm gone.
Peace of mind for domains that matter.
If your domain is your business, you want it somewhere that takes custody seriously — not sitting on auto-renew at a registrar that lets it lapse.
And the honest caveat: I can't force you onto Cloudflare, and I'll happily work with whatever registrar you're on today. But if you're starting fresh — or open to moving — it's what I'd choose for my own business, and I can migrate you there as part of the session.
Process
How the session works.
Most DNS problems are solvable in under an hour. Here's how we do it:
Tell me what's broken
Fill in the short form below, in plain English — no jargon needed. I reply within one business day with an honest assessment, the scope, and the price.
I prepare in advance
Before we meet, I review your domain's public records and come in with a plan. You're not paying for me to figure it out live.
Live remote session
I remote in, or you share your screen — PC, Mac, Android, iPhone. We fix it together; you see every change as it happens and stay in control throughout.
Verified, then handed over
The session doesn't close until everything is tested and confirmed working. Every account stays in your name — I leave nothing behind that you don't own.
Why Me
Why not just use Fiverr?
You could — and sometimes it works out. But DNS is the one part of your business where a botched job doesn't look botched until your website vanishes or your invoices stop arriving. This is what you get instead:
No platform middleman.
You're not posting a job into a lottery and hoping. You talk directly to the developer doing the work — before any money changes hands.
Experience, not guesswork.
DNS, domains, email deliverability — I've dealt with every flavour of broken setup over a senior development career. I arrive prepared, not exploratory.
You keep everything.
Every account is set up in your name. No shared master passwords — access that you grant and you revoke. Nothing ends up locked to a third party.
Remote-first, worldwide.
I'm UK-based and work with clients anywhere. If you have an internet connection, location doesn't matter — and time zones are workable.
You can actually reach me.
Email a person, get a person. No ticket queue, no tier-one script, no 'your request has been escalated'.
What it costs
£110
Fixed price. One remote session.
- Scope confirmed at the pre-screen — you know exactly what's covered before you pay
- No hourly creep — if it takes longer than expected, that's on me
- Bigger jobs — full migration, deliverability audit, multiple domains — quoted before payment, never after
Roughly $140 USD — I work with businesses worldwide.
Tell Me What's BrokenThe middle ground
Agencies bundle this into monthly retainers you don't need. Gig platforms are a lottery. This is the sane point between the two:
- Agency retainer DNS bundled into a monthly contract you don't actually need
- Gig-platform lottery £15 listings, shared passwords, and copy-pasted records — maybe
- This service £110 — a real developer, a fixed price, and a tested result
Questions
Common questions.
Including the honest one — whether your problem is even DNS at all. Anything else, ask away: straight answers, same day.
My website is down — is this definitely a DNS problem?
Not always. DNS is one common cause, but hosting failures, expired SSL certificates, and server faults can look identical from the outside. Tell me what you're seeing in the form and I'll give you a straight answer on whether it's DNS — before you book anything.
Do you need access to my registrar account?
For most jobs I'll need to make changes inside your DNS settings. You can either grant temporary access that you revoke afterwards, or share your screen while I guide the changes live. You never hand over a master password — that's a hard rule, not a preference.
Can you set up DNS for Google Workspace or Microsoft 365?
Yes — MX, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records for either platform is one of the most common jobs I do. If your business emails are going to spam or not arriving, this is usually exactly why.
What's the difference between a registrar and DNS hosting?
Your registrar is where you bought the domain. Your DNS host is where the records live that tell the internet what the domain does. They're often the same company — GoDaddy does both, for example — but they don't have to be. My usual recommendation: move the whole thing to Cloudflare and simplify your life.
I'm not in the UK — can you still help?
Yes. Everything is remote. If you have an internet connection and can share a screen or grant access, location isn't a barrier — the £110 fee is roughly $140 USD.
How long does a session take?
Most jobs — pointing a domain, setting up the email authentication trio, migrating to Cloudflare — take 30 to 60 minutes. Multiple domains or an obscure deliverability mystery can take longer; you'll get an honest estimate at the pre-screen, not a surprise afterwards.
What if it isn't fixed in one session?
Rare, because I scope before we start. If something unexpected genuinely extends the work, I tell you before charging anything more — and I don't close a session on a half-fixed problem.
Can you set up my Google Business Profile too?
Yes — that's its own fixed-price, done-with-you service. A correctly configured domain and a verified Business Profile are the two foundations of being findable online; plenty of clients sort both. Google Business Profile Setup — done with you →
Free Assessment
Tell me what's going on.
Short form — plain English is fine, "I don't know" is a perfectly good answer. I'll come back within one business day with an honest assessment, the scope, and the price.
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Real person Fixed price Tested before we hang up Anywhere in the world