Connect your own domain

Who pays

Custom domains are part of Pro, which costs €9 a month and is billed through Stripe. You also pay your domain provider for the domain itself. It stays yours, registered with them. See upgrade to Pro.

Connect it

1. Open Domains in your dashboard.
2. Type your domain in Domain, like yourname.com or shop.yourname.com, and click Add.
3. Sign in at your domain provider and open its DNS settings.
4. Create the CNAME record the page shows. Its target is stores.dockstall.com. Its name is @ for yourname.com, or shop for shop.yourname.com.
5. If the page also shows a TXT record, create that as well.
6. Back on Domains, click Check now. We also check by ourselves every 5 minutes.

When it works, the domain's status changes to active. We don't send an email when it's done, so check back here.

HTTPS is set up for you once your DNS points to us. It usually takes minutes, sometimes up to an hour.

Using yourname.com

A root domain needs a provider that allows a CNAME on @. Some call it ALIAS or ANAME, and Cloudflare does it for you.

If yours doesn't, connect www.yourname.com instead, and redirect yourname.com to it from your provider.

Good to know

• Only the address you connect is served. yourname.com doesn't cover www.yourname.com, so redirect the other one from your provider.
• One domain per store. To switch, click Remove, then add the new one.
• Your free address keeps working at yourname.dockstall.com.
• Checkout stays on dockstall.com, even when buyers come from your domain.
• If you see Activation pending on our side, you can still add your domain. It activates by itself once our setup is finished.

If you leave Pro

We warn you by email, your domain keeps working for 14 days after your Pro period ends, and then it's disconnected. Your store stays live on its dockstall.com address. See move back to Free.

If something's wrong, see my custom domain isn't working.