Cannot verify domain

I have a domain which was previously on another Vercel project. Tabledressers.com

I removed it from the other project, added it to my project and now get a message to verify the domain.

Now, trawling through docs and question, I’m unclear as in four places your instructions differ.

One says create a TXT record with no name, another says use @ as the name (you can’t), another says _vercel as the name sand yet another says use _vercel.tabledressers.com for the name.

This is what I tried:

Type Name Value
TXT vc-domain-verify=tabledressers.com,4ea7af50609e116a6189
TXT @ vc-domain-verify=tabledressers.com,4ea7af50609e116a6189
TXT _vercel vc-domain-verify=tabledressers.com,4ea7af50609e116a6189
TXT _vercel.tabledressers.com vc-domain-verify=tabledressers.com,4ea7af50609e116a6189

What is the name for the TXT records as I’ve tried them all? None of which worked.

Would appreciate help.

Hi there,

I checked the DNS record and can confirm we aren’t getting the expected value: DNS Checker - DNS Check Propagation Tool

Ideally it should point _vercel.tabledressers.com to vc-domain-verify=tabledressers.com,4ea7af50609e116a6189

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Hi, thanks for the reply.

This is what I see when I add the TXT record here on Vercel, where the domain is hosted:

Then when I apply the change, this is what I see. Should it not say _vercel.tabledressers.com?

If the domain used Vercel’s name servers and appeared on your team’s dashboard then you shouldn’t need to do any additional verification step. The domain doesn’t seem to use Vercel name servers, so you wouldn’t be able to add a record from your Vercel dashboard (Whois tabledressers.com).

You need to add the TXT record with your domain registrar or whichever service you currently use to manage DNS records. Please let me know if it still doesn’t work after trying that. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi, thanks for the reply.

The domain is currently held on Vercel. Do I change the nameservers to Vercel? Please be clear because there is so much conflicting information. Some say use original nameservers, others say use Vercel nameservers.

I have now changed to Vercel nameservers so will see if any changes. Should I remove the TXT entry?

This is now all working.

Here’s how I fixed it:

I deleted the domain from the project, then added it back on.

I changed the name servers to vercel.

I added txt records as described and the domain validated.

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Thanks for coming back and sharing what worked! :pray:

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