Showing 'shop' subdomain name JUST for shopping area

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Goal: Move the root domain (myclient.ca) to Shopify for static/business pages while preserving the existing shop subdomain (shop.myclient.ca) for all shopping pages, with the shop subdomain continuing to display in URLs.

Current setup: shop.myclient.ca already runs on Shopify; myclient.ca is a static site on another host. The plan is to recreate static pages (e.g., About) on Shopify and point myclient.ca to those pages.

Requested guidance: Specific DNS configuration (A and CNAME records) so:

  • myclient.ca and paths like myclient.ca/about resolve to Shopify pages.
  • shop.myclient.ca remains functional and continues to show as the URL for all shopping-related content.

Response given: A generic walkthrough for connecting myclient.ca to Shopify via Settings > Domains and adding Shopify-provided DNS records at the domain registrar.

Update: The original poster clarified they already know store setup and seek precise DNS/A/CNAME guidance for dual-domain behavior.

Key terms: DNS maps domain names; A records point to IP addresses; CNAME records alias one hostname to another.

Status: Unresolved; no concrete DNS solution provided yet.

Summarized with AI on December 28. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi, my client is using shopify for selling (shop.myclient.ca) , and has a static website (myclient.ca) for all the static ‘business card’ stuff on another host. They are considering also moving website myclient.ca to shopify to simplify admin tasks. I can rewrite myclient.ca pages (e.g’ the ‘About’ page) to be shopify pages; thats fine.

QUESTION: how do I set up DNS / A / CNAME records so that ‘myclient.ca’ will send them to the new home page on Shopify, and myclient.ca/about will send them to the new About page on Shopify..etc, and* have the shop.myclient.ca url still be retained and functional and shown when they go to any of the existing ‘shopping-type’ pages already on Shopify ?

thanks.

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Hello,

I am San from MS Web Designer.

To shift the myclient.ca website to Shopify, you will need to set up your own Shopify store and recreate all the necessary pages and products that are currently on myclient.ca. Once the theme customization is complete, you will need to connect your domain to Shopify.

Steps: Navigate to settings, then domain, then select existing domain and enter myclient.ca. Click on verify the connection, and Shopify will provide DNS records that must be entered into your domain provider’s DNS settings.

Do let me let know in case of any concerns.

Regards,

San

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Hi, I know how to set up a site, that is not what I’m asking. Please read
my question thoroughly.

Thank you.