Connecting a third-party subdomain to Shopify

A subdomain is a subset of your root domain that you add as a prefix to your root domain. If you want to use your root domain for another website, and a subdomain for your Shopify store, then you can connect the subdomain from your third-party provider account.

When you purchase a domain, you buy a root domain, such asjohns-apparel.com．You can also have subdomains such aswww.johns-apparel.comorshop.johns-apparel.com, wherejohns-apparel.comis the root domain, andwwworshopis the subdomain. You have to purchase a root domain before you can add a subdomain.

Step 1: Change your CNAME record on your third-party domain provider's account

In this procedure, you change the value of the host or alias to that of your subdomain. Depending on your third-party provider, how you enter your subdomain might change. For example, if your subdomain starts withwww, then you might have to enterwww, orwww.with a dot (.) at the end. Use the existing entry as a guide, or follow your provider's instructions.

You don't need to assign your subdomain an A record for Shopify even if you're using it as your primary domain.

Before you begin

To complete this procedure, you need to have the following information:

• your login information for your third-party domain provider account
• your subdomain
• the CNAME record for your subdomainshops.myshopify.com

Steps:

1. On your domain provider’s website, log in to your account.
2. Find the DNS settings or domain management area.
3. Do the following:
   1. In theHostorAliasfield, enter the subdomain that you want to connect to your Shopify store.
   2. In theTypeorRecord Typefield, enterCNAME．
   3. Point the CNAME record for your subdomain toshops.myshopify.com．
4. Save your changes.

Step 2: Verify that your subdomain is connected to Shopify

1. From your Shopify admin, go toSettings>Domains．

2. To confirm that your subdomain is connected to your Shopify store, clickVerify connection．

It might take up to 48 hours for your domain to be verified. After it's verified, your domain is listed in theTHIRD-PARTY DOMAINSsection of theDomainspage with the statusConnected．

Next steps

After you connect your subdomain to Shopify, you canmake it the primary domain．