Tips for Purchasing a Domain from Shopify
An important part of the online store is the domain. A domain acts as your home's address, much like your online store does. So that your customers may visit the store, you definitely need a domain. Shopify features a useful feature that enables you to purchase a domain if you don't already have one. This article on How to buy a domain from Shopify is written to help you acquire a domain, which is a crucial component of your online business.
Understand what a domain is before purchasing one from Shopify. If you already know, move on to the post's main body without reading this section.
What is a domain?
Note
: You can consider which domain you like most and decide to purchase. Even if you leave Shopify, you still keep ownership.
How to buy a domain from Shopify
Step 1: Go to Domain
After logging in your Shopify account, click on Online store
in the SALE CHANNELS section. Then, select Domain
.
Step 2: Click Buy new domain
Tap on Buy new domain
button on the right of the screen.
Step 3: Enter the domain
Step 4: Choose suitable domain
Step 5: Buy the domain
After reviewing thoroughly, click Buy
to get the domain you expected.
Note
: If you want to buy anything from Shopify, remember your online payment in Shopify must be activated. If not, visit these posts to carry out How to set up Shopify Payments or How to activate a credit card payment provider
Step 6: Take an overview of the purchase
In this step, take an overview of the purchase:
Review personal information: Shopify will automatically get your information from the Shopify account you've logged in.
Check
Auto-renew this domain every year
to have the domain renewed before it expires.Confirm if the domain offers WHOIS Privacy. WHOIS Privacy is a useful service to help you keep the privacy of your information. In other words, if you don't have it, people can look up the information of the owner of the domain. Therefore, make sure that the domain selected has WHOIS Privacy. If not, you can click
Cancel
to choose another domain which isn't on the WHOIS Exception list.Read the ICANN policy and the Domain Registration Agreement.
Step 7: Complete buying the domain
Make sure that everything is accurate. Choose Buy domain
to get it. Finally, Shopify will send you an email confirming your purchase. Your new domain takes about 48 hours to start working.
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