> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add Molin DNS records on Cloudflare

> Publish the NS records Molin shows you when connecting a custom sending domain.

When you connect a custom sending domain in Molin, the wizard shows you 4 NS records to add at your registrar. This guide covers adding them in Cloudflare's DNS dashboard.

<Note>
  You only need this guide if Cloudflare manages DNS for the domain you're connecting. If your domain is registered at Cloudflare but uses another DNS provider's nameservers, follow the guide for that
  provider instead.
</Note>

## Prerequisites

* A Cloudflare account with the domain you want to use already added
* The exact records Molin shows you in the [email setup wizard](https://molin.ai/app/channels/email) (4 NS records)

## Steps

1. Open the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select the domain you want to use
2. Click **DNS → Records** in the left sidebar
3. For each **NS** record shown in the Molin wizard:
   1. Click **Add record**
   2. Set **Type** to `NS`
   3. Set **Name** to the value shown in the wizard's **Name** column — this is the subdomain you chose to connect (e.g. enter `molin` if you connected `molin.yourshop.com`, or `@` for a root domain)
   4. Paste the nameserver value (e.g. `ns1.molin.ai`) into **Server**
   5. Click **Save**
   6. Repeat for the remaining 3 NS records

## Critical: keep the proxy off

Cloudflare's orange-cloud proxy must be **off** for NS records. NS records cannot be proxied at all (Cloudflare will reject the save).

For each record you add, ensure the proxy column shows the grey cloud (DNS only), not the orange cloud (proxied). New NS records are forced to grey by default; double-check after saving.

## Verify

1. Return to the Molin email setup wizard
2. Click **Verify now**
3. The wizard polls every 30 seconds automatically, so you can also wait — verification typically completes within 5 minutes of saving in Cloudflare

If verification fails, Cloudflare DNS changes take effect in under a minute, so the cause is almost always a typo in the subdomain or a missing record. The wizard tells you which specific record didn't match.

## Reference

For Cloudflare's own documentation, see [Add DNS records](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).