Connecting Network Solutions domain to Ecwid Instant Site

You can connect a custom domain purchased from Network Solutions with your Ecwid Instant Site, so that customers can enter your unique URL in their browser and get right to your site.

Once connected, your Ecwid Instant site will open at your domain name, via secure HTTPS connection. You don’t need to separately purchase an SSL certificate as Ecwid provides free SSL for Instant Site users. Visit your Network Solutions account to manage all the domain settings and to pay for the domain name, or renew it.

Step 1. Setting up your domain in the Ecwid admin

To link your domain with your Ecwid Instant Site, you should first specify your custom domain name in your Ecwid admin.

To specify a domain name:

1. From your Ecwid admin, go to Website → Domain.
2. In the Domain name and site address block, click Connect Existing Domain.

3. In the Specify a domain name field enter your custom domain name (without www):

   

4. Click Save and Continue.

You will see instructions that contain an IP-address. Copy that IP-address. You will need it to set up your domain in your registrar account.

Step 2. Setting up your domain in the Network Solutions account

To finish linking your Ecwid Instant Site with your domain, you should make changes in your domain settings and point the domain to your Ecwid site. For that, you need to add an A record and a CNAME record in your domain host account.

To point the domain to your Ecwid site:

1. Log in to your Network Solutions account.
2. On the left side of the page, select Domains.
3. (if you have several domain names) Select the domain name you want to edit.
4. On the domain details page, scroll down and click Advanced Tools, then click Manage next to Advanced DNS Records:
   
5. On the opened page, click Add Record.
6. Enter the following data:
   • In the Type dropdown, select A
   • In the Refers to dropdown, select @ 
   • In the Points to field, enter the IP-address that you copied from your Ecwid admin.
   • In the TTL dropdown, select any value.
7. Click Add.
8. To ensure your site opens with the address starting with "www", click Add Record again and add the following data for a CNAME:
   • In the Type dropdown, select CNAME
   • In the Refers to dropdown, select www
   • In the Alias to field, type your custom domain name, without “www”. For example, mywebsite.com
   • In the TTL dropdown, select any value.
9. Click Add.

You are good to go! Give the settings about 24 hours to come in effect, and your site will become available at your custom domain via a secure HTTPS connection.