So... I have a handful of .co.nz domains registered through crazydomains.co.nz
In hindsight, I perhaps wouldn't have gone with them, but that's done, and my next step may be to suck it up and transfer registrar, however I was hoping there would be some wise folk here who could just tell me I'm doing it all wrong.
As mentioned, a handful of .co.nz domains registered through crazydomains.co.nz and I have a hosting service with GoDaddy.com
I want my handful of domains to point to my hosting service.
I thought that all I needed to do was create the domain in my hosting service, take the DNS servers of that hosted domain and apply them into the registered domain. Thereby replacing crazydomains dns with GoDaddy domains that are designated to that hosted domain.
Did that, doesn't work. Contacted crazydomains and they said I need to change the A record of the domain registered with them, and the ONLY way to do that is to upgrade to their add-on DNS service, which is another $24 per domain.
So lesson learned all that, it turns out crazydomains don't provide DNS service with their domain registrations as all other registrars do. I ddn't think to check as I've never known it not provided as a core service before.
Irrespective of that, and whilst it is a tad annoying, I was also under the impression that if you amended a registered domains DNS to that of those identified for the hosted domain by the hosting service, then that would take care of the redirection, but it isn't working.
Before I get in touch with crazydomains to ask why it's not working, I needed to know whether I'm right or wrong. The alternative is I'm going to transfer my registration. Not happy with crazydomans, and I am not happy with myself, but I've never heard of a the DNS service being an optional add-on with price up-lift.
Any help appreciated.