Setting Up GoDaddy with Cloudflare SSL (or equivalent non-Cloudflare domains)
Godaddy
1. Sign into GoDaddy
Purchase a domain if you have not already done so
2. Click on My Account
3. Click on My Products
4. Find your desired/purchased domain and click on Manage
5. Click on Manage Domain
6. Click on Manage DNS
7. Scroll down below the DNS records and click on Change (Nameservers)
8. Click on Enter My Own Nameservers (advanced) to create this pop-up
You will want to keep this page open in its own tab. You will return to these fields after going to Cloudflare (see next step)
9. Go to Cloudflare
10. Click on Log In
11. Click on Sign up (if you have not registered already)
12. Click on Websites
Cloudflare
13. Click on Add a Site
14. Enter your site - Example: "paperlesstestdomain.com" and then click the Blue Add site Button
15. Scroll down and click on Free
16. Click on Continue
17. Click on Continue again
18. Click on "Click to copy"
19. Go back to the open tab for GoDaddy
20. Enter Nameserver 1 (copied from Cloudflare)
21. Go back to Cloudflare and copy second Nameserver
22. Enter Second Nameserver
23. Click on Save
24. Check the box for "Yes", I consent to update Nameservers for the selected domain(s).
25. Click on Continue
26. Go back to Cloudflare
You are done with GoDaddy!
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO DELETE ANY OF YOUR GODADDY DNS RECORDS FOR THIS PROCESS TO WORK. ONLY UPDATE YOUR NAME SERVERS AND THEN PROCEED TO CLOUDFLARE
27. Click on DNS
28. Remove any Existing Records
29. This can be done by clicking Edit
30. Click on Delete
31. Click on Add record
Once you have confirmed there are no existing records
32. Click on dropdown trigger
33. Click an option - CNAME
34. Type "@"
Under the required Name field
35. Target to "hosting.myagent.site"
Under the required Target field
36. Click on Blue Save Button
37. Add Another Record
Only one more record to go!
38. Click on dropdown trigger
39. Click an option - CNAME
40. Type "www"
Under required Name field
41. Type "@"
Under Required Target field
Godaddy
42. Click on Blue Save Button
43. Click on SSL/TLS
44. Select "flexible" (REQUIRED)
Accounts are most often defaulted to "Full"
You are done with Cloudflare!
Cloudflare
Godaddy
46. For AMC Members: Click on AgentID Personal Website from Overview Page
47. For Marketing Club Members: scroll down to Step 2: The Right Tools for the Job and Click on your AgentID Personal Website
48. In the WordPress Editor: click on Set Up Personal Domain
If the WordPress editor does not load correctly and takes you to an error page, immediately contact support@thepaperlessagent.com or amc@thepaperlessagent.com (for AMC Members)
49. Click on Set up my Personal Domain again
50. Type in Your Domain - Example: "paperlesstestdomain.com"
51. Click Finish Setup
Cloudflare
52. You are DONE!
Please wait up to 48 hours for the domain name to activate
