Use your own domain

Your site always lives at launchfolio.live/your-name. With your own domain, visitors can also open it at an address like yourname.com, and they stay on your domain the whole time.

Checked against the app on Oct 16, 2026

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Before you start#

  • Your site must be paid for. Until then, the Custom domain card on the Add-ons page says add-ons come with a paid site and shows Pay for my site. Free trials can’t add it yet.
  • You need a domain you own, bought from a domain company (GoDaddy, Namecheap and so on). Launchfolio doesn’t sell domains.
  • One site has one domain. To use a different one, remove the first one.

Add the custom domain add-on#

  1. Open Add-ons in your dashboard’s sidebar

    Each add-on has a card with its price and where it stands.

  2. Press Set up on the Custom domain card

    A set-up window opens with five steps: Add it, Your domain, DNS records, Review and Live.

  3. Pay for it

    Choose Pay by card or Pay by bank transfer. By card, the secure card page opens in a new tab; once you’ve paid, the page you came from shows Thank you! The custom domain add-on is on. and takes you on to connect your domain. With a bank transfer, the add-on turns on as soon as the money arrives.

The custom domain costs $10 a year. Added partway through your site’s year, you pay now only for the months left until your site renews, and part of a month counts as a whole one: with 6 months left it’s $5. After that, it renews with your site.

Connect your domain#

  1. Type it under Your domain

    Without https://, like yourname.com. Under the field you see what else gets sent to your site.

  2. Press Connect domain

    The window now shows your domain, its status and the DNS records to add.

You typeMain addressAlso sent there
yourname.comyourname.comwww.yourname.com
www.yourname.comwww.yourname.comyourname.com
me.yourname.comme.yourname.comNothing else: the rest of your domain isn’t touched.
Which address becomes the main one.

Add the DNS records#

DNS records tell the internet where your domain points. Sign in where you bought your domain, open its DNS settings, and add every record the set-up window lists under DNS records to add. Each value has a copy button next to it.

TypeWhen you see it
AFor the domain itself (yourname.com). Its name is @.
CNAMEFor www or any other part in front of your domain.
TXTOnly sometimes: it proves the domain is yours.

Changes can take from a few minutes to a day to show. While the window is open it checks again every 30 seconds, and each record turns from To add to Done. Press Check again to look straight away. The Connection box shows each part with a tick once it works, and you can check it at any step, even while we review your domain.

We look at it, then it goes live#

  1. Done
    Waiting for DNS

    Add the records shown in the window.

  2. You are here
    Waiting for review

    Your records work. We look at every new domain before it shows your site.

  3. Live

    We email you and it shows in the bell. Visitors can now open your site at your domain.

Until it’s live, your domain shows a page that says This site isn’t ready yet. Your site keeps working at its Launchfolio address the whole time.

StatusWhat it meansWhat to do
Not approvedWe couldn’t approve this domain. The window shows why, and we email you the reason.Remove it and connect another one, or reply to our email.
PausedWe took your domain offline for now, or your custom domain add-on ended (14 days after, if it wasn’t renewed). We email you, with the reason.If the add-on ended, add it again on the Add-ons page: your domain goes back to checking its DNS records. Otherwise, contact support.
Not workingYour domain doesn’t point to your site any more, usually because its DNS records changed. We email you.Check the records in the window are still there, then press Check again.
Other things the window can say.

Once your domain is live#

  • Turn on Send my Launchfolio address here to send everyone who opens launchfolio.live/your-name to your domain. Search engines then list only your domain. It can take up to a minute to start.
  • Search engines and share cards use your domain as your site’s address.
  • The Share tab shows your domain as the link to share.
  • You still edit at your Launchfolio address and sign in at launchfolio.live/login. Opening the editor on your domain takes you there.
  • A visitor password works on your domain too.

Remove your domain#

  1. Open Add-ons, press Manage on Custom domain, then Remove domain

  2. Confirm

    Your site goes back to its Launchfolio address only. You can connect a domain again any time. Your records at the domain company stay until you delete them there.

Does a domain cost extra?

Yes: the custom domain add-on is $10 a year, or the months left when you add it partway through a year. It then joins your renewal. See Billing and renewals. You also pay your domain company for the domain itself.

Will visitors see a Launchfolio address?

No. They stay on your domain the whole time, on every page of your site.

Can I use a domain that already has a website?

Yes, with a part in front of it, like portfolio.yourname.com. Only that address points to your Launchfolio site; the rest of your domain isn’t touched.