When will my domain start working?

Domain activation is often referred to as propagation.

Once your registration has been accepted, your domain will be assigned its Nameservers which will point to your hosting account. It can take up to 72 hours for this to take full effect.

Name server changes usually take 24 to 72 hours to start working. This is known as propagation. Because of propagation, not all visitors will follow your new name servers to your new hosting account. For example some visitors will continue to follow your old name servers to your old hosting account.

How quickly visitors follow the new name servers depends on many factors, none of which unfortunately are under Small Business Centre's control. Once propagation is over, your site will begin appearing on our server and your email will be fully functional.

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