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Using your own domain

Show your site at your own address, using a domain you already own or one we register for you.

Your Venakis address

Every site works straight away at its Venakis address, shown on Website › Web address. You don’t need your own domain to go live.

A domain you already own

  1. On Website › Web address, under “Use an address you already own”, enter the address and choose Add. A subdomain such as book.yourbusiness.co.uk is simplest.
  2. Choose “How to point it”. It shows the one record to add and step-by-step instructions for GoDaddy, 123-reg, IONOS, Namecheap, Cloudflare and Squarespace Domains.
  3. Choose “Check again”. When the record is found, a security certificate is issued automatically and the domain goes live.

Tip: DNS changes can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours to show up. If it still isn’t live the next day, check the record for typos.

A new domain

Under “Get another address”, check a name, choose “Get this address”, add the owner’s details (including county and country) and pay. We register and connect it for you. It renews automatically each year, and Website › Web address shows the renewal date.