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Hi Community,
I have spent the last two weeks trying to connect my google .com.au domain to my shopify account withouth success. Both Shopify and Google guidelines seems to be outdated and I was not able to get this thing set up properly till today. Therefore, I am just sharing what I did in order to save you from the trouble in case you are facing the same challenge I did. Hope it helps.
On Shopify, go to Settings> Domains > Connect existing domain.
Then
1- Add your domain
2- Click on verify connection
3 - The Parameters you see under A record and CNAME record are the ones you need to enter on google domain DNS settings as per below.
4 - Hang tight, I know it annoys you as you read this, but it will make sense in a minute.
1 - Log in into google domain - https://domains.google.com/
2 - On the left hand side, click on the DNS section
PS.: You would probably be looking for "A" record and CNAME but they are a bit hidden
3 - Under the section "Custom Records" you will see 4 blank fields (Host name, Type, TTL and Data). They are the ones you need to populate.
4 - From the A record data you got from Shopify - Host Name: copy the name from Shopify and paste it into the field, Type: Select the option A from the dropdown list, TTL leave it as is, Name: copy the numbers from Shopify and paste it into the field.
5- From the CNAME data you got from Shopify - Host Name: copy the name from Shopify and paste it into the field, Type: Select the option CNAME from the dropdown list, TTL leave it as is, Name: copy the numbers from Shopify and paste it into the field.
6 - Save it
PS.: After adding the name "@" onto the host name from the "A" record field, I was not able to save it so I just left it blank and it worked.
After doing this, my domain was connected in 5 minutes! Good luck
Super helpful and exactly what I've been looking for.
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