Now:
- Find DNS registrar credentials (i.e. GoDaddy)
- Login and find your website URL’s settings dashboard
- Note if your URL is controlled by the registrar nameservers (i.e. ns1.domaincontrol.com and ns2.domaincontrol.com) or custom nameservers (ns1.americaneagle.com and ns2.americaneagle.com)
- Review your registrar’s help documentation (linked below)
- No additional actions or changes needed at this time, but you’ve just ensured a smoother launch by validating these important inputs!
Just before:
You will receive an email a few days before your launch. This email will contain the go-live instructions including the A-record you’ll point your domain to. Please do not update your domain’s settings sooner, as we are coordinating support on the SportsEngine side.
Night before launch:
- Login to your DNS registrar and add the A-record (more details below)
- Please email a screenshot of the A-record update to usys@sportsengine.com. Know that the SportsEngine team will need to make a few updates to finalize the process.
The records should look like this (you will have a different a-record):
| Site record | Record Type | A record |
| domain.com | A | 192.0.66.182 |
| www. | A | 192.0.66.182 |
Launch:
Day of your scheduled launch, SportsEngine will be updating additional settings at noon CST and we will communicate with you along the way.
- If your domain URL is currently controlled with custom nameservers, you will need to reset the nameservers that your current site is hosting elsewhere, back to the domain provider.
- Do not do this any earlier than noon CST on your launch date; this will remove your old site.
- If you have a custom email (that includes your domain), you may also need to configure your MX Records after resetting nameservers.
- If you lose access to your email during launch, begin working with your registrar’s help desk and email usys@sportsengine.com with a separate, working address.
Propagation (new settings taking effect across the internet) for the new site as well as the site’s security certificate may take up to 24 hours. SportsEngine will be actively verifying stable sites and will send you a confirmation email once your new site is fully stable and live.
Many factors influence when your new site will display for a new visitor– browser cache, website cache, device type, using wifi, using data– but over the next 24-72 hours, your new website will display to the world!
Do not schedule press releases/social media posts until propagation is confirmed (we will email you.)
After launch:
- Celebrate on social media
- Add Google Analytics (Customizer–> Tracking Scripts and Snippets)
- Continue to update content throughout the site to keep it relevant and meaningful to your users
Common Third-Party Domain Registrars
| Third-Party Provider | Login Link | Updating A-Records | Updating eMail eXchange | Customer Support Contact |
| GoDaddy: | Login | Update an A Record | Update a MX Record | Help Desk |
| Network Solutions | Login | Update an A Record | Update a MX Record | Help and Support |
| Domain.com | Login | Update an A Record | Update a MX Record | Support Center |
| Tucows/Hover | Login | Update an A Record | Update a MX Record | Help Center |
| Register.com | Login | Update an A Record | Update a MX Record | Help Center |
Q&A:
We recorded the Batch 2 Q&A session, click below to watch
We recorded the Batch 1 Q&A session, click below to watch
Batch Launch Dates
Batch 1 States are launching on 9/12, 9/13, and 9/14.
Batch 2 States are launching at 12pm CT on 9/19, 9/20 and 9/21.
Batch 3 States are launching at 12pm CT on 1/9, 1/10 and 1/11.