Connect your own domain
A domain is your web address — like yourbusiness.com. Your site works fine on its free heyolive address, but your own domain looks more professional and is easier for customers to remember.
What you need
A domain you've bought from a company like GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace, or Cloudflare. If you don't have one yet, buy it there first (usually $10–20 a year), then come back.
How to connect it
- Open your site's Settings and go to the Domain tab.
- Type in your domain and follow the steps shown. You'll be asked to change one setting (called a DNS record) at the company where you bought the domain — the screen gives you the exact value to paste in.
- Wait a bit. Domain changes usually take effect within an hour, sometimes a few minutes.
Not working? Ask the AI to check
This is the best part: you don't have to guess what's wrong. Ask the chat on your dashboard — "why isn't mydomain.com working?" — and it will check your domain live and tell you exactly where things stand: whether the record is set, whether it's still pointing at an old website, or whether it just needs more time. It knows the step-by-step instructions for GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace, and Cloudflare, so tell it which company you use.
Good to know
- Your free heyolive address keeps working even after your domain connects.
- The secure padlock (https) is set up for you automatically — nothing to buy or configure.
- If you're moving from an old website on the same domain, also read Redirects: moving from an old site so your old links keep working.