Unable to point my custom domain to InfinityFree nameservers

[RH_A_F]

Website URL

ns1.infinityfree.com

Error Message

“Authorization error. V096 Domain name is not registered to your tag”.

Other Information

I realised that the infinityfree.com nameserver was experiencing downtime earlier today after I tried to point my domain to ns1.infinityfree.com & ns2.infinityfree.com. The nameserver is now apparently operational but I’m still not able to update my domains primary & secondary nameservers.

[EdwardSkunk]

What is your domain name?

[dan3008]

You may need to do cname verification, rather than name server verification.

There are a few additional steps needed but all the info is here:

How to add your domain with CNAME verification

If you want to host your own domain name with InfinityFree, the default way to verify your domain is to set the nameservers first. However, there are cases where setting the nameservers ahead of time is not desirable (for example if you have an existing site which cannot go down) or if your domain provider does not let you set our nameservers. Fortunately, InfinityFree now has the ability to host your domain name with us without having to change your nameservers ahead of time! This guide explai…

[RH_A_F]

@dan3008

You may need to do cname verification, rather than name server verification.

There are a few additional steps needed but all the info is here:
How to add your domain with CNAME verification …

Thanks, that post is very informative. However, I do not see any error messages on my screen whenever an attempt to add my custom domain fails. Also, the instructions it provides actually isn’t very clear to be honest so not sure if I’m doing it properly.

Do I put 51f7aafae58a2ffa5f183c754a2c49c0.example.com or just 51f7aafae58a2ffa5f183c754a2c49c0?