# Put your store on your own address
Your store works at yourname.sitelaunch.io straight away. This is how it gets to the name you bought.

**Before you start:** A confirmed email

**About 10 minutes.**

Your store already works. Somebody typed your name into a browser and got somebody else, and that is what this fixes.

## Before you start

Confirm your email if you have not. This screen stays closed until you do, because we write to you when the check passes.

## 1. Say which name

Open **Website, Domain**. Under **Use your own domain**, type it in. A whole name like `spanielandco.com`, or a part of one like `shop.yourbrand.com` if you already use the main name elsewhere.

> **On screen:** Website, Domain, with a name typed in

## 2. Paste two lines where you bought it

Sign in wherever you bought the name, find where it lists records, and add the two we show you under **The technical bit**. Both are needed: one sends visitors to your store, the other proves the name is yours.

> **On screen:** The two lines to copy, each with its name and its value

**The Name box is the part that catches people.** Most providers add your own name to whatever you type, so pasting the whole thing produces `spanielandco.com.spanielandco.com` and nothing works. Put in only what we show: `@` for the main name, or the short part on its own.

If a box asks for TTL, leave it alone or use the lowest it offers.

## 3. Press the button

**Check my DNS** looks for both lines. Changes can take a few minutes to travel, and occasionally a few hours, so if it says it cannot find them yet, wait and press it again.

Once it passes, the padlock usually arrives within a few minutes and we keep it on for you afterwards.

## Which line you get

- A **whole name** like `spanielandco.com` gets an A record, because a name at that level cannot use anything else.
- A **part of one** like `shop.yourbrand.com` gets a CNAME, which follows us if our address ever changes.

The page shows you the right one. You do not have to know which you have.

## Your old address keeps working

`yourname.sitelaunch.io` does not stop. Anything you have already shared still lands.