Your domain tells browsers where your website lives. Connecting it to your hosting is what makes your site appear when someone visits your domain.

WordPress hosting setup

If you use xCloud or my white-label hosting, I handle:

  • DNS configuration
  • A record setup
  • SSL installation
  • Domain routing and verification

Your site goes live without you touching a control panel.

Shopify domain setup

Shopify hosting is built in. Your domain needs to point at your store:

  • CNAME record pointing to shops.myshopify.com
  • A record pointing to Shopify’s IP

I configure this and test it.

Common issues

These come up from time to time:

  • DNS propagation delays (changes take time to spread)
  • Old host conflicts
  • Incorrect caching
  • Duplicate DNS records

I handle these when they occur. See Understanding DNS for the basics.

If you are changing hosting, see Changing hosting providers.

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