Can Shopify use its own domain name? How to buy a domain name?

After building a Shopify website, sellers need to prepare a second-level domain name. Shopify second-level domain names can be purchased directly on the website, or purchased outside the site, and then bound, which is also very convenient. Can Shopify use its own domain name?

Can Shopify use its own domain name?

Can.

How to purchase a domain name in Shopify backend:

Go to the Shopify backend, click "Online Store-Domain Name", click Buy New Domain Name, and enter the domain name you want to purchase.

The system will then automatically generate a domain name and display the corresponding price. The seller can then purchase it according to his or her needs.

You also need to fill in your personal information, email address, domain name renewal information, etc., and then confirm the WHOIS privacy terms and related agreements to complete the purchase.

After successfully purchasing the domain name, the platform will send an email to confirm the purchase. The new second-level domain name will take 48 hours to take effect and does not require manual binding.

Third-party domain name binding process:

Log in to Shopify backend, find "Domains", and then click "Connect existing domain"

Then enter the domain name you purchased to link to the mall;

Third-party domain names also need to be resolved first, which is usually done at the place where you purchased the domain name.

If you do not want to continue operating the current website, you can re-register a new website and transfer the current sub-domain name to the new website. The operation process is as follows:

First, you need to operate as the owner of the original website

1. Log in to the Shopify store backend where you want to transfer the domain name and find "Online Store-Domain Name"

2. Click to open the domain name settings to be transferred and click Transfer domain name.

3. Click Transfer to another Shopify store.

4. Make sure the registrar information and email are correct, because the platform will send a link to transfer the secondary domain name to Imagine. You need to click the URL in the email and send it to the store owner to complete the transfer;

5. Then ask the registrant of the new website to log in to his Shopify store via email, and the domain name will be transferred within 24 hours.

Remember that email forwarding and DNS records will also be transferred along with the domain name!

When adding a third-party second-level domain name to connect to Shopify, you must pay attention to the two records of A record and CNAME record. If any record is missing, the platform will also remind you that it needs to be completed before salary binding can be performed.

Shopify's domain name is very important for sellers, so you must choose according to your own situation to successfully bind. Merchants who don't know how to operate can refer to the above content to operate, hoping to solve everyone's problems.

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