How can I connect my Domain.com purchase to my new store?

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Hi, @DiamondAlways ! Congratulations on your new store, and welcome to Shopify!

After you purchase a domain from a third-party domain provider, you need to connect your domain to your Shopify store. Connecting your domain points your URL to your Shopify store so that customers can enter that URL into their web browser to visit your online store. The first step in this process is to edit this domains DNS settings to point to your Shopify store:

  1. On your domain provider’s website, log in to your account.

  2. Find the DNS settings or domain management area.

  3. Change the following records:

    1. Point the A record to the Shopify IP address 23.227.38.65.
    2. If necessary, change the Host name to the @ symbol.
    3. Delete any other A records on the domain if there are any present.
    4. Point the CNAME record with the name www to shops.myshopify.com.
    5. Save your changes.

After this, you can then connect this domain to your via your store’s admin:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Domains.

  2. Click Connect existing domain.

  3. Enter your domain, and then click Next.

  4. To confirm that your domain is connected to your Shopify store, click Verify connection.

It might take up to 48 hours for your domain to be verified. After it’s verified, your domain is listed in the THIRD-PARTY DOMAINS section of the Domains page with the status Connected. A video of all the steps outlined here can be found here.

How is store set up going for you at the moment? Is there anything you would like to improve or change that I could help?