Connecting FastDomain.com domain to Instant Site

You can connect a custom domain purchased from FastDomain.com 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 FastDomain.com 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 FastDomain.com 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 into your FastDomain.com CPanel account.
2. Click the Domains tab.
3. Click the Zone Editor from the sub-menu:

4. In the DNS Zone Editor, scroll down to the Add DNS Record heading:

5. In the Host Record field, enter your custom domain name (e.g. example.com)
6. Leave the TTL field at its default setting.
7. From the Type drop-down, select A.
8. In the Points To field, enter the IP address that you’ve copied from your Ecwid admin.
9. Click Add Record to add the A record.

10. Return to the DNS Zone Editor.
11. In the Host Record field, enter www.
12. Leave the TTL field at its default setting.
13. From the Type drop-down, select CNAME.
14. In the Points To field, enter your root domain (e.g. example.com).
15. Click Add Record to add the CNAME record.

That’s it. Your custom domain is connected to your Instant Site. Now please wait a bit till the changes take effect. It usually takes no longer than two hours for the DNS changes to propagate, but can take up to 24-48 hours in some cases. After that, your Instant Site will be available at your own domain when customers enter the corresponding URL in their browser.