Bluehost Nameservers

Bluehost uses one fixed pair for every customer: ns1.bluehost.com and ns2.bluehost.com. Point a domain registered elsewhere at these two to host its DNS with Bluehost.

Default nameservers (the same for every customer)

ns1.bluehost.com
ns2.bluehost.com

Checked against Bluehost's own documentation on October 14, 2026. Sources are listed below.

Where to see Bluehost's nameservers

They are the same for every Bluehost account. In the Bluehost Portal, the Nameservers tab under Domains shows what a domain uses now.

Check which nameservers a domain uses right now

Your account shows what you configured. The registry shows what the internet actually uses, and the two can differ while a change is in flight. To see the live answer, query the NS records:

dig NS example.com +short

Or run a free DNS scan, which reads the delegation and every record from each authoritative nameserver, and use the DNS propagation checker with the NS record type to watch a change reach resolvers worldwide.

How to change Bluehost nameservers

1
Log in to your Bluehost Portal.
2
Click Domains in the left-hand menu and select the domain.
3
Select the Nameservers tab.
4
Click Change Nameservers and enter the new nameservers.
5
Click Save. Allow 24 to 48 hours for the change to spread.

Good to know

Custom (private) nameservers are only available on Bluehost VPS and Dedicated plans.

What breaks when nameservers change

Changing nameservers moves every DNS record for the domain to a new provider at once. The common failures:

Email stops arriving because the MX, SPF and DKIM records were not copied to the new provider.
The website or a subdomain goes dark because one A or CNAME record was missed.
The domain fails to resolve for validating resolvers because an old DNSSEC DS record no longer matches.
For a day or two, some resolvers still ask the old provider, so edits made there keep showing up for some users.

DNS Spy checks every record on every authoritative nameserver at least every ten minutes and alerts you the moment one changes or disappears, so a migration mistake shows up before your customers notice. See how DNS monitoring works.

Sources

Custom nameservers (Bluehost)

Frequently Asked Questions

The Bluehost nameservers are ns1.bluehost.com and ns2.bluehost.com. They are the same for every Bluehost customer, so you can enter them at any registrar to host a domain's DNS with Bluehost. Bluehost says to allow 24 to 48 hours for a nameserver change to take full effect.

Log in to the Bluehost Portal, click Domains in the left menu and select the domain. Open the Nameservers tab, click Change Nameservers, enter the new pair and click Save. Copy any DNS records you need to the new provider first, especially MX records for email.

Only on VPS and Dedicated hosting plans. Bluehost limits private nameservers, such as ns1.yourdomain.com, to those plans. Shared hosting customers use the standard pair, ns1.bluehost.com and ns2.bluehost.com, which works the same way for resolving the domain. Private nameservers mainly matter to resellers who want clients to see their brand.

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