Multiple markets on one domain, but not the primary domain

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Topic summary

Goal: run two distinct markets on a single domain (international-domain.com) while keeping local-domain.nl as the primary domain for the Dutch market.

Current setup:

Constraint: cannot switch the primary domain to the international domain for SEO, so a subfolder-based solution isn’t possible.

Tried/considered workaround: move all countries to one “International” market on international-domain.com and replace the EU market. Problem: this would force shared shipping rates and remove sales segmentation.

Request: a proper way to assign two non-overlapping markets to the same domain (international-domain.com) while preserving different shipping rates and sales segmentation across those markets.

Status: open question; no solution or decision yet. No images or code are central to the thread. Technical terms: “markets” = region-specific site settings (e.g., shipping, pricing, segmentation).

Summarized with AI on January 7. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi,

Hope someone can help me out with this as it has caused me some headaches so far and just doesn’t make sense… :slightly_smiling_face: I have set up a store with all the right settings and two domain names:

local-domain.nl (primary) > Dutch Market

international-domain.com > EU Market

Now I want to add the International market to international-domain.com so then have 2 markets attached to one domain. For SEO purposes I can’t change the primary domain to the international one so a subfolder is out of the question.

I dirty fix would be to add all countries to the international one and replace the EU Market, but then I have the same shipping rates and no segmentation in my sales.

Is there any way to fix this the right way with 2 markets in 1 domain? No countries are overlapping in these markets.

Any insight is much appreciated :slightly_smiling_face: Thanks, Paul