With custom domains you can reach the content you created on involve.me using your own domain name. This feature gives you full control over the URLs of your projects. All custom domains on involve.me include a SSL certificate and provide encrypted HTTPS connectivity.
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Prerequisites
An active Business or Business Plus plan is required to use custom domains.
You need to have access to the DNS settings of the domain you want to use (usually this is part of the control center of the hosting provider where you registered your domain).
Custom involve.me domains are always subdomains: SUBDOMAIN.mydomain.com (this can also be www if you do not host a website there)
If you have any CAA record set up for your domain, make sure to include "sectigo.com" in the list of allowed Certification Authority Authorizations, or else your custom domain can not be activated.
Setting up your custom domain
Step 1: Add your domain name on involve.me
To add your custom domain, please go to the manage domains page in your dashboard.
Enter your custom domain in this format (without https or slashes): subdomain.mydomain.com and double check the spelling before you click "Connect".
If you cannot click "Connect", please check that your subdomain format is correct.
Step 2: Create the CNAME DNS record with your provider
After your custom domain was added you need to configure the Domain Name System (DNS) settings for it. You find the required DNS entry on the manage domains page.
Login to your domain provider (eg. GoDaddy)
Navigate to the DNS management page of your domain
Find the DNS/CNAME record settings
Create a new record of type CNAME
Enter the DNS entry provided in the involve.me dashboard (your provider may require you to only enter the subdomain part of the host entry)
It can take up to 24 hours for the new DNS entries to be propagated by your domain provider.
After involve.me has successfully verified your DNS entries the custom domain will be activated on your account.
Here are documentation links for some of the popular domain providers: GoDaddy, Namecheap, Bluehost, HostGator, Hostinger, Hover, Gandi, Name.com, Cloudflare
Important: You need to keep the DNS entry active as long as you want to keep using your custom domain. Your custom domain also only works as long as your plan is active. All pages reached by your custom domain are still hosted on our servers - we do not publish anything to your server.
Please be aware that your custom domain only works for published projects. Projects in Draft status are not available on your custom domain. You can still use the standard involve.me domains for your projects even if a custom domain is active at the same time.
Special projects: Homepage / 404 Not Found Page
Start: This project is loaded if your custom organization domain is opened without the project URL snippet.
Error: This project is opened if a custom domain has a project URL snippet that cannot be found (404 error).
You can set these special projects by going to the manage domain page and choosing "Domain settings" in the dropdown of the domain.
Pricing for custom domains
Business and Business Plus plans provide the option to purchase custom domains.
The monthly price per additional custom domain option for Business or Business Plus plans is 10 USD / 9 EUR. On yearly plans this is discounted: 100 USD / 90 EUR for the year. The domain add-on can be cancelled on a monthly or yearly basis based on the main plan. Contact our support team to make a purchase request or for more information.
Changing a custom domain
You can only remove a custom domain and replace it with another domain once every 30 days. Custom domains for other than monthly or yearly plans can only be changed for good reason (provide proof that the domain was transferred away, company was rebranded etc.)
Good to know
If you are using Cloudflare for your custom domain, make sure not to route your CNAME entries through Cloudflare. Click the Cloud icon to make sure it is grey as shown here:
