Connect your domain · Site Studio

When your site goes live, it gets an address that ends in .pages.dev, like yourbusiness.pages.dev. It works right away, and it keeps working after you connect your own domain. This guide moves your own web address, like www.yourbusiness.com, over to your new site.

It takes about 10 minutes of work. Help from us is free at every step.

Before you start

Know where you bought your domain. That's your domain provider, like GoDaddy, Namecheap or Squarespace. Look for a yearly renewal email or charge if you're not sure. You need to be able to sign in there.
No domain yet? Buy one from any domain provider. It usually costs $10–20 a year. Then follow the steps below.
Moving from an old website? Add redirects for its old page addresses first and publish, so old links and Google searches land on the right new page.

1. Type your domain in your dashboard

Sign in to your dashboard.
On your site, click Connect your domain.
Type your domain, like yourbusiness.com, and click Connect.

Your site will be at www.yourbusiness.com, and yourbusiness.com will forward there. To use a different address, like shop.yourbusiness.com, type that instead.

Your site is set up for the domain in a few seconds. The page then shows the next steps, with your own values filled in, and follows along as you do them. You can also get there from the editor: choose Domain in the left menu, then Open the Domain page.

2. Open your domain's DNS settings

The Domain page names the company that runs your domain's DNS and shows where to click. Sign in there and find the domain's DNS settings. Each provider names them a little differently:

GoDaddy: your domain list, then the domain, then DNS.
Namecheap: Domain List, then Manage next to the domain, then Advanced DNS.
Squarespace Domains (including domains that used to be on Google Domains): the domain, then DNS, then DNS settings.

Can't find it? Search your provider's help for "add a CNAME record".

3. Add a CNAME record for www

Add a new record with these values. The Domain page in your dashboard (and the Domain screen in the editor) shows them with your site's real address filled in, and a Copy button next to each one.

Setting	What to enter
Type	`CNAME`
Name (or Host)	`www`
Value (or Points to, or Target)	your site's address, like `yourbusiness.pages.dev`
TTL	leave it at the default

There's already a www record? Change it to these values, or delete it and add the new one. You can't have two records named www.
Leave every other record alone. Records of the type MX and TXT run your email. Changing only the www record keeps your email working.
Some providers add your domain to the name for you. Type just www, not www.yourbusiness.com.
Your DNS is at Cloudflare? Set the record's Proxy status to DNS only (a gray cloud).

Once you save it, the Domain page says We see your record. That can take a few minutes.

4. Forward the address without "www"

People also type yourbusiness.com without the www. Send them to your site:

In your domain provider's account, find Forwarding (sometimes called Redirect or URL redirect).
Forward yourbusiness.com to https://www.yourbusiness.com.
If it asks, choose a permanent (301) redirect.

Some providers can only forward links that start with http://. If https://yourbusiness.com doesn't open your site after a day, or your provider has no forwarding, email us. We'll move your domain's DNS to Cloudflare (free) with you, including your email records, and the address without www will work too.

5. We switch your site over

You can close the page now. We check every 15 minutes. When your domain works, we:

set up the padlock (a secure connection), so there's nothing to buy
switch your site's search and sharing settings to your domain, so Google lists your own address
email you that your site is live at your domain

It usually takes under an hour. It can take up to a day, because computers remember the old setting for a while. To see the latest, open the Domain page and click Check now.

If we don't see the record within 14 days, we stop waiting and the Domain page says so. Fix the record, then click Connect again.

If something isn't right

You see your old website. Your browser or network may still remember the old setting. Wait an hour, then try on your phone with Wi-Fi turned off.
The Domain page says your record points somewhere else. There's an old www record. Change it to the values in step 3.
You see an error page from Cloudflare. Open the Domain page and click Check now. If it still shows an error after a day, email help@sitebrite.app.
Your email stopped working. A record other than www was changed or deleted. Email us right away (from another address if you need to) and we'll help you put it back, free.
Your provider's screens look different. Email us a screenshot of the DNS page and we'll tell you exactly what to click.

Domain help from a person is always free. See Getting started for other ways to get help.