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Connect a custom domain

Point your own domain at your CurateOne site — guided DNS records, live status polling, and automatic SSL.

Updated 2026-07-16

You can serve your site from your own domain — an apex like example.com or a subdomain like www.example.com. Custom domains are a Pro and Team feature.

02Connect your domain

  1. Open /deployments and enter your apex domain or subdomain.
  2. CurateOne registers the domain with its hosting layer and shows you the exact DNS records to add — an A record for an apex domain, a CNAME for a subdomain.
  3. Add those records at your domain registrar, copying the values exactly as shown.
  4. Watch the panel — it polls DNS live and shows the current state as your records propagate.
  5. When DNS resolves, SSL is provisioned automatically. Nothing to install or renew.

03Apex vs. subdomain

An apex domain (example.com) needs an A record pointing at an IP address. A subdomain (www.example.com or shop.example.com) needs a CNAME record pointing at a hostname. The domain panel always shows you which record type and value your specific domain needs — use exactly what it shows.

04How long it takes

DNS propagation is out of anyone’s hands and can take up to 48 hours, though it’s often much faster. The live-polling panel means you don’t have to guess — it reflects the current state of your records.

TipCopy record values directly from the domain panel rather than retyping them — a single stray character is the most common reason a domain doesn’t connect.

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