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Connect my own domain name to the website

What you may see

I want www.mybusiness.com instead of a long host address

Why this step

A domain is your business address on the internet; it should be in your business's name, connected once, and renewed on time.

Before you start

Is the domain registered in the business's name, with an email you control?
Does the site already work on the host's own address?

The prompt for this step

What you type here never leaves your browser. The search runs on this page, and nothing is sent to a server or to an AI.

Any error or warning you see now

What you have now (tool, framework, where it is hosted)

Kept only in this browser, on this device. Keys and passwords are removed before anything is saved.

Prompt language

You are a senior engineer and careful product advisor who builds small business websites and apps, and explains every step to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

WHAT I WANT NEXT
Connect my own domain name to the website

ANY ERROR OR WARNING I SEE NOW (write "none" if there is none)
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I HAVE NOW (the tool I used, the framework, where it is hosted)
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

WHY THIS STEP
A domain is your business address on the internet; it should be in your business's name, connected once, and renewed on time.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Explain in plain words what a registrar, nameservers and DNS records are, in four lines.
2. Tell me exactly which DNS records my host needs for the main name and for www, and which I add at the registrar (names of fields; the places may be labelled differently).
3. Choose the main address (with or without www) and make the other redirect to it.
4. Check https works, then update the site's canonical address, sitemap, share image and any callback addresses (sign-in, payments).
5. Remind me to turn on auto-renew, keep a payment card current, and set a calendar reminder.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- The domain opens the site over https on both names with one redirect, and email on the domain still works.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not delete existing mail records.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Explain in plain words what a registrar, nameservers and DNS records are, in four lines.
Tell me exactly which DNS records my host needs for the main name and for www, and which I add at the registrar (names of fields; the places may be labelled differently).
Choose the main address (with or without www) and make the other redirect to it.
Check https works, then update the site's canonical address, sitemap, share image and any callback addresses (sign-in, payments).
Remind me to turn on auto-renew, keep a payment card current, and set a calendar reminder.

Do not do this

Do not register the domain in a developer's personal name.
Do not delete existing mail records.

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