Connect your own domain

Add the domain

1. In your Zepsell dashboard, open your store and go to Domains.
2. Under Connect a domain you own, type the domain, for example www.yourbrand.com, and press Add domain.
3. Zepsell shows the DNS record to add. Keep this page open.

Add the DNS record

Sign in where your domain's DNS is managed. That's usually the company you bought the domain from, or Cloudflare. Zepsell detects which provider you use and links to its DNS settings.

1. Add a new record with the Type, Name and Value that Zepsell shows. For a www address this is a CNAME record.
2. Save it.
3. Back in Zepsell, the domain says Waiting for DNS. It connects by itself once the record is found, or press Check now.

On Cloudflare, set the record's proxy status to DNS only (the grey cloud).

Using a domain without www

A root domain like yourbrand.com needs an ALIAS or flattened CNAME record. Cloudflare, Namecheap, Porkbun, Gandi, Vercel, DNSimple and Name.com support these, and Zepsell shows the right record for them.

If your provider doesn't support them, connect www.yourbrand.com to Zepsell and set up forwarding from yourbrand.com to it at your provider.

How long it takes

DNS changes usually take a few minutes, and sometimes longer. Zepsell checks every minute for the first hour, then every few minutes, for up to 14 days. Once the domain connects, the HTTPS certificate follows within a few minutes.

When it says Connected, press Make primary to make it your store's main address. Your zepsell.com address keeps working too.

Questions