We hope you\u2019ve been enjoying using your online retail shop through Shopify. Maybe you have been selling for a while or have just finished setting up your shop and domain name yesterday. In either case, you may want to now, or in the products future, change the domain for your Shopify store.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s possible your brand changed or your image or the type of that you sell but in any case, knowing how to change the domain for your Shopify store could come in handy. So let\u2019s keep reading so you can learn how to do this in case the need ever comes up.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure most of you know what a domain is but just in case someone reading this doesn\u2019t know let\u2019s just briefly explain what a domain is exactly. A domain name (or you can also refer to it as just \u201cdomain\u201d) is the name that site visitors see in the address bar when they are on your site. It is also how people can find you on the internet in general so they can access your site.<\/p>\n
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Here we are going to talk about 2 things. The first is how to set your primary domain and the second is how to remove your custom domain.<\/p>\n
Starting with setting your primary domain, these are the steps you will need to follow to do this:<\/p>\n
Visitors to your store will now see your primary domain<\/p>\n
Next up let\u2019s discuss how to remove your custom domain. Here\u2019s what you need to do:<\/p>\n
Please note that these instructions are to manage a custom domain that was added to your Shopify store. Shopify does not allow users to change their myshopify domain. After you have finished registering for a store with a specific myshopify domain you can not change it on the existing store.<\/p>\n
If you want to change your myshopify domain you will have to create a new Shopify store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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