Redirecting my primary domain to my own website on Shopify Lite plan

[Butserkite]

Hi,

I'm on the Shopify lite plan so have created buy buttons to create a shop on my own website that I already had before joining Shopify, so my products are all set up on Shopify system but the platform I sell them on isn't. I don't have access to the Shopify storefront on the Lite plan. The only issue I've now encountered with this is that the primary domain that appears on my customers receipts is the default myshopify.com which under the Lite plan doesn't actually link to anywhere.

After sending out my first gift card to someone I've also discovered this is an issue when they click on the visit online store button to spend their voucher it directs to nowhere as it's linked to the myshopify.com default which as I say doesn't have a store front because I'm on the Lite plan. Is there a way I can change the domain it links to or redirect the default myshopify.com address to my own website where I have my shop with the Shopify Lite buy buttons?

Not particularly au fait with the innards of tech stuff so apologies if this is confusing. But am I right in thinking if I try to link the domains associated with my website in the way suggested in this Shopify article https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/domains/domain-type/change-primary-domain it would disconnect it from my own website which would not be what I want to do.

Really appreciate any help with this.

Jess

[g33kgirl]

Hi @Butserkite,

Yes, you are right. Once you connect the primary domain, it will disconnect from your main website. 

There should be an option to modify the customer invoice, so you should be able to replace the myshopify domain with your actual website: Settings -> Notifications -> Order invoice.

[Butserkite]

Thanks for your response. Do I have to edit the code to alter this? and am I able to edit the code similarly on the Gift Card settings to direct it to my website. If so where in the code should I put my website address to direct there?

[g33kgirl]

Yes, you have to edit the code. Look for this part:

 <h1 class="shop-name__text">
                        <a href="{{shop.url}}">{{ shop.name }}</a>
                      </h1>

Replace shop.name with your shop name and shop.url with your actual store url

 <p class="disclaimer__subtext">If you have any questions, reply to this email or contact us at <a href="mailto:{{ shop.email }}">{{ shop.email }}</a></p>

Replace shop.email with your email address.

You can do the same with the Gift card email under Notification settings.

[Butserkite]

Thanks, have pasted the my website in the shop url in the gift card code and sent a test but for some reason the 'Visit online store' button isn't clickable in the test I sent. Here's a screenshot of the code section below

[g33kgirl · Accepted solution]

Remove the {{ }} from your replacements. There should be no space or curly brackets. It should be href=“https://..”

[Butserkite]

Thank you so so much for the help, working a treat now! 😄