Connecting or Transferring a Domain Purchased Elsewhere to Your Wix Account
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You can connect your domain to your Wix site, even if the domain was purchased outside of Wix and remains hosted elsewhere. If you prefer to manage the domain registration and payments at Wix, you can transfer your domain to Wix.
Learn more about transferring vs connecting your domain to Wix to find out which is best for you.
Important:
- You must first upgrade your site to connect or transfer a domain.
- You'll need access to your current domain registrar before you connect or transfer a domain. The registrar is the company that hosts your domain. If you don't know who your domain registrar is, you can find out by visiting whois.com and entering your domain name to see your domain details.
Connecting a domain to your site
Connecting your domain to Wix (also known as “domain mapping”) means that the domain management stays with your current domain host, but the URL of your domain connects to your Wix site. When people type your domain's web address (e.g. www.mywebsite.com) they are brought to your Wix site.
There are two ways in which you can connect your domain to Wix - via name servers or via pointing. The method you use to connect your domain determines where the DNS records of your domain are hosted. DNS (Domain Name System) records tell your domain where to go to load your website.
If you want to connect a domain you already own to your Wix account, we strongly recommend you do so by changing its name servers.
Name servers vs. pointing:
Learn more about the differences between connecting your domain by name servers vs. pointing.
Connecting via nameservers (recommended method)
Connecting via pointing
Transferring a domain to Wix
If you’ve already purchased a domain from another provider, you can transfer the domain from its current registrar to Wix. This allows you manage your domain's registration, payments, contact info, and DNS records at Wix. Before transferring, make sure your domain is eligible to be transferred.
Tip:
Most yearly Premium and Studio plans offer a 1 year free domain voucher. You can use the voucher to claim a new domain, or get 1 year of free registration when you transfer your domain to Wix.
Connecting secondary domains to your site
Your primary domain is usually the domain name you choose when you first purchase your domain from Wix. You can choose a different domain as your primary domain, but you can only have one primary domain.
Secondary domains redirect to your primary domain. You can easily connect an unlimited number of secondary domains to a single Wix site.
If you're connecting an additional domain that was purchased elsewhere, first connect the domain in your account. Once connected, set up the domain to redirect to your primary domain.
Learn more about connecting multiple domains to your Wix site.
Connecting subdomains to your site
A subdomain is a prefix that appears before your primary or root domain. For example, "shop.mysite.com" is a subdomain of the root domain "mysite.com".
You can connect subdomains in your Wix account. For example, if you own the root domain mystunningwebsite.com, you can connect blog.mystunningwebsite.com to your blog website. Read our subdomains overview for more information.
Learn how to connect a subdomain to your primary domain.
What's next?
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FAQs
Click below for answers to common questions about connecting vs transferring domains.
How long does it take for my domain connection to become active?
If I connect my domain to Wix via name servers, where are my billing and contact details for my domain hosted?
Can I switch to a different connection method even if I've already started connecting my domain?
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