Domains

Serve a store at shop.yourwebsite.com or yourwebsite.com instead of its item.store address.

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Adding a domain

Add domain opens Add a domain. Enter the domain, for example yourwebsite.com, and select Add domain to save it. A new domain starts as Needs DNS records, with the records to add listed on its card: an apex domain like yourwebsite.com needs an A record plus a CNAME for www, and a subdomain like shop.yourwebsite.com needs one CNAME. Add them at your domain registrar, then select Check status. Itemstores checks a domain’s status only when you open this page or select Check status, so changes at your registrar can take a few minutes to show and you may need to revisit this page.

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Picking which store uses it

A domain is assigned from the store itself, not from this page. Open the store’s settings and select Configure custom domain next to its Website field. See Stores. A domain can serve only one store at a time. You can pick a domain that hasn’t finished connecting; it goes live once it does. Existing item.store links for the store keep working and redirect to the new domain.

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Removing a domain

Remove asks you to confirm, then disconnects the domain immediately. If a store was using it, the store goes back to its item.store address and links using the domain stop opening it. You can add the domain again later.