Your site at your own domain
Connect a domain you already own. Add two records, and Shingle sets up HTTPS.
Connect it in four steps
Type your domain
Open your site's settings, find Domain and type it. A root like bakery.com connects as www.bakery.com.
Add two records
Copy a TXT and a CNAME record into your DNS, where you manage the domain. Leave your email records alone.
Shingle checks
It looks for your records by itself for seven days, and says which it has found. Or press Check now.
Your site goes there
Once secured, a live site is published again for your domain in about two minutes, at no credit.
Buy your domain elsewhere
You can't buy a domain in Shingle yet. Get one from any provider, then connect it.
One proves it, one points it
The TXT record proves the domain is yours. Only someone who controls the domain can add it, and Shingle does nothing with your domain until it sees that record. That's what stops a stranger claiming your domain because an old record was left pointing here. The CNAME record then sends your visitors to your site.
Most domains connect within minutes, and some providers take up to 48 hours. If a record still hasn't turned up after seven days, the domain says Needs attention and names what's missing, so you can fix it and check again. You don't buy or renew a certificate. Shingle secures the site and keeps it that way.
If you type a root domain, Shingle connects the www version, because that works with every provider. To catch people who type bakery.com, forward it to www.bakery.com in your provider's settings, which most call forwarding or a redirect. Your email keeps working as long as its records stay as they are.
What's included
You get
- HTTPS, set up and renewed for you
- Your domain as the address search engines are given
- Your Shingle address, which keeps working
- Tag Manager and custom code, which run only on your domain
- No Report this site line on pages at your domain
You don't get yet
- You can't buy a domain in the app yet
- You can't connect a second domain to one site
- A bare root domain can't be the address, so it forwards to www
Common questions
Can't find your answer? Read Shingle Help or email [email protected].
Not yet. Buy it from a domain provider such as GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace or Porkbun, then connect it here. You keep it in your own name at that provider, and you or your client renew it there. Shingle only needs the two DNS records.
The plan, at $49 a month, which starts with a 7-day trial for $1 that includes your own domain too. Each site can have one domain, and connecting it uses no credits.
It shouldn't. You add a TXT record and a CNAME record, and your email records stay as they are. The one thing to check is an existing record named www, which has to go first, since a name can hold only one CNAME. Your email provider isn't involved.
Most domains connect within minutes, and some providers take up to 48 hours. Shingle checks for you, then secures the site, which usually takes a few minutes, then publishes it for your domain in about two minutes. Whoever connected it gets an email when visitors can see it there.
It keeps working, so older links don't break. Search engines are told your domain is the site's address, so that's the one that should show up in results. If you ever remove the domain, the site stays at its Shingle address and the domain stops showing it straight away.
Yes, and it's a good idea. The domain stays wherever they bought it, and you or they add the two records. Shingle never holds the domain, so they keep it if they ever leave. On the plan you can also download the site's code to host somewhere else.
Read next
- Local SEOTitles, business data, a sitemap and Search Console.
- CheckupA score and a fix list for search and accessibility.
- IntegrationsAnalytics, ads, webhooks, embeds and your own code.
- Download the codeTake a site away as an ordinary Next.js project.
- Small business ownersBuild your own site, with only your own facts on it.
- Pricing7 days for $1, then one plan at $49 a month.
Build your first site
Start from a Google listing or a few notes. Demos usually take 5–15 minutes.
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