# Use your own domain

Show your QKAP page on a domain you own, like shop.yourname.com, with free SSL. A Premium feature.

Source: https://qkap.app/docs/custom-domains

With QKAP Premium you can show your page on a domain you own, such as `shop.yourname.com` or `yourname.com`, instead of `qkap.app/yourname`. Your posts, shop, collections and series all work on the new address, and QKAP sets up the SSL certificate (the padlock) for you.

## Connect a domain

1. Open **Settings → Custom domain** in your dashboard.
2. Type the domain you want to use, for example `shop.yourname.com`, and tap **Connect**.
3. QKAP shows the DNS records to add. Open the website where you bought the domain (GoDaddy, Namecheap, Hostinger, Cloudflare and so on), find its **DNS** settings and add each record exactly as shown: a **CNAME** record for your domain pointing to the address QKAP shows, plus any **TXT** records listed (they prove you own the domain and let us issue the certificate).
4. Come back and tap **Check again**. DNS changes usually take a few minutes, sometimes up to a few hours. QKAP also checks by itself every few minutes.

When the status says **Active**, your page is live on your domain. Old `qkap.app/yourname` links keep working.

## A subdomain or the bare domain?

A subdomain such as `shop.yourname.com` or `www.yourname.com` works with every domain provider.

The bare domain (`yourname.com`) needs a provider that supports **CNAME flattening**, **ALIAS** or **ANAME** records at the root (Cloudflare, DNSimple, Namecheap's ALIAS and others do). If yours doesn't, use `www.yourname.com` and set up a redirect from `yourname.com` to it at your provider.

## Good to know

- One domain per page. If you run several pages, each can have its own domain.
- Search engines are told your domain is the main address of your page, so your page's search ranking builds on your domain.
- Your dashboard, login and checkout stay on qkap.app.
- To stop using the domain, tap **Remove domain**. Then delete the DNS records at your provider.

## If Premium ends

Your domain is kept but stops showing your page: visitors are sent to `qkap.app/yourname` instead. When you renew, your domain starts working again without any setup.

## Troubleshooting

- **Pending for a long time:** check the CNAME points to exactly the address shown, with no extra dots or `http://`. Some providers add your domain to the name automatically, so enter only `shop` as the name for `shop.yourname.com`.
- **Failed:** the reason is shown under the status. Fix the records, then tap **Check again**.
- **Another page uses this domain:** a domain can be connected to only one QKAP page. Remove it there first.
- **Using Cloudflare for your own DNS:** set the CNAME record to "DNS only" (grey cloud).