Considerations for setting up international domains
Before you set up international domains, review the following requirements and considerations:
- You need to use custom domains. You can use both Shopify-managed domains and third-party domains, but you can't use your default
myshopify.comdomain. - You can create a URL for each individual market, such as
johns-apparel.defor a Germany market orjohns-apparel.com/en-eufor a European market. - To display your store in multiple languages, you need to translate the content of your online store by usingthe Translate and Adapt app, or by using acompatible third-party app.
- If you already use multiple languages with your online store with the URL format
johns-apparel.com/fr, then your current URLs continue to work. Language-only subfolders such as/fror/encan only exist on your primary market. On your secondary markets,subfoldersmust combine the language code with a country code to display customized content in local languages and currencies. For example,/fr-caor/en-eu. Learn more about使用multiple languages with Markets. - If you use international domains or subfolders for a market and then remove content from that market, then ensure you're usingURL redirectsso that customers aren't sent to a non-existent page.