Domain Connection to Shopify | FAQ on Wiki

3.6.20. Domain connection to Shopify

Attention!

The domain must be served on our NS... If the domain is served on third-party NS, the actions need to be performed not with us, but in their owner's panel.

To connect your domain to Shopify, do the following:

Signin to your Shopify account.
Go to the section "Online Store → Domains»:
Click "Connect existing domain»:
Enter the required domain (without www) in the field “Domain" and press "Next»:

Set up your main domain or subdomain to work with Shopify:

Setting up the primary domain
Setting up a subdomain

To direct your main domain to Shopify, do the following:

Delete address records of type A and AAAA for main domain and www subdomain:
Add two DNS-records with the following data:

Subdomain A type Data

First recording Leave blank A 23.227.38.65

Second entry www CNAME shops.myshopify.com
Wait for the update DNS cache... This usually takes several hours (maximum 24).

	Subdomain	A type	Data
First recording	Leave blank	A	`23.227.38.65`
Second entry	`www`	CNAME	`shops.myshopify.com`

To direct a subdomain to Shopify, do the following:

If there are any records like A, AAAA and CNAME, remove them.

Add two DNS-records with the following data:

	Subdomain	A type	Data
First recording	Subdomain name (for example, `sub`)	CNAME	`shops.myshopify.com`
Second entry	Subdomain name with www (for example, `www.sub`)	CNAME	`shops.myshopify.com`

Wait for the update DNS cache... This usually takes several hours (maximum 24).

After the changes in the domain settings are updated on the side DNS-server, click "Verify connection»:
If all actions were performed correctly and the domain records were successfully verified on the Shopify side, then the following page will be displayed, indicating the successful addition and configuration of the domain: