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Connecting a domain to your site

Once you have a domain, you can connect it to your site. Connecting your own domain requires a paid subscription.

Subscription required​

If your site is still on a trial period, the dashboard first sends you to the order page (Go to ordering). There you choose a subscription and, if you like, a new domain in the same order. Subscription options and prices are on the Subscriptions page.

Before connecting, the dashboard asks you to check the team's billing details. Only the team owner or an administrator can complete them.

Adding a domain to your site​

  1. Open your site in the dashboard
  2. Go to the Domains page in the Management section
  3. Pick one of your team's domains held at Kotisivukamu from the list and click Connect, or click I want to use a different domain and enter the domain without the www prefix (e.g., company.com)

Site domains

If you entered a domain held elsewhere, the dashboard shows its registrar, holder and nameservers and offers these options:

  • Transfer domain: the domain is transferred to Kotisivukamu, and DNS settings and renewal are handled for you. See Domain transfer.
  • Set up the DNS settings yourself: the domain stays with its current provider, and you point the DNS records to Kotisivukamu.
  • I need help: sends us a help request, and we'll contact you.

If the domain is still available, the dashboard offers to register it.

A domain held at Kotisivukamu can also be connected from its own page under Domains in the top bar (Connect to site). A domain whose registration or transfer is still in progress cannot be connected yet.

A site has one primary domain.

DNS settings​

After adding the domain to your site, the domain needs to point to Kotisivukamu's servers. This is done differently depending on where your domain is held:

Domain registered or transferred via Kotisivukamu​

DNS settings are configured automatically when the domain's nameservers are at Kotisivukamu. If you kept the nameservers at your previous provider during the transfer, you set the records there yourself.

Domain registered elsewhere​

You need to make DNS changes yourself from your provider's dashboard. The Instructions section on the site's Domains page shows the required records and their current values. See detailed instructions at DNS settings.

The domain's status is Awaiting verification until DNS points correctly. You can check it with Check status. When the status is Active, the domain is in use.

SSL certificate​

An SSL certificate (HTTPS) is created automatically once DNS settings are correctly configured. This may take a few minutes.

Other domains for the same site​

Once the primary domain is active, the site's Domains page shows an Other domains card. Through it you can point your team's other domains held at Kotisivukamu (e.g., company.fi) to this site. Visitors are redirected permanently (301) to the primary address.

If the nameservers of the redirected domain are not yet at Kotisivukamu, they are switched at the same time. Any other DNS records of that domain, such as email, then stop working unless they were imported into the domain's DNS records first.

Removing a domain from the site​

A connected domain can be removed from the site's Domains page (Delete domain). While DNS still points to Kotisivukamu, the site keeps showing at that address until the DNS records are removed.