> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://realsite.ca/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Domains

> One place for every address on your site — your main domain, your property sites, and your landing pages.

Open **Website → Domains** and you'll find controls for
three kinds of addresses: your main website, any individual **Property
sites**, and any **Landing pages**. Each works the same way — buy a domain
through REALsite or connect one you already own — but they stay independent.
A domain on a property site opens only that one property page; your main
domain keeps opening your whole site.

Every site starts at a free `yourname.myrealsite.ca` address. It's fully
live and shareable from day one — a domain of your own is a finishing touch,
not a requirement.

## Buy a domain through REALsite

Under **Need a domain?**, type the exact `.ca` or `.com` you want and choose
**Check availability**. That opens the REALsite Domains store — powered by
OpenSRS — in a new tab, where you search, confirm the price, and check out.
Only the exact domain you entered will connect to your page; if you add a
different domain in the same store, it stays unconnected.

Registration and renewal are billed by the domain store separately from your
REALsite subscription — the store shows the price before you pay.

While checkout is open, the page shows **Waiting for checkout**. You can
close the store tab or leave the REALsite page — there's nothing to re-enter
and no confirmation button to press here. Once you finish paying, OpenSRS
notifies REALsite directly and the connection happens automatically. If the
purchase needs a closer look before it can connect, the page tells you and
points you to support — your purchase itself is safe either way.

Once a domain you bought through REALsite is connected, a **Manage
registration ↗** button appears. It opens your account at the domain store,
where you handle renewals, contact details, and transfers.

## Connect a domain you already own

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Already own a domain?">
    Expand **Already own a domain?**, type your domain, and choose **Connect
    a domain I own**. The DNS records to add appear, each with a **Copy**
    button next to it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add the records at your registrar">
    Pick where you manage DNS from the list — Cloudflare, GoDaddy,
    Namecheap, Porkbun, Hover, or **Another provider** — and REALsite shows
    directions for finding the right screen, plus a link to that provider's
    own illustrated guide. Add each record exactly as shown. If you use
    Cloudflare for DNS, set each record to **DNS only**, not Proxied.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check my records">
    Back on the Domains page, choose **Check my records**. The status badge
    tracks progress: **Waiting for DNS** while REALsite looks for the
    records you added, then **Setting up securely** once they're found and
    REALsite is issuing the certificate, then **Live** when your domain is
    open to visitors.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Setup usually finishes within minutes of the records appearing, though it
can take longer. If it's taking a while, the page says so and keeps
retrying in the background — you don't need to do anything further.

Choosing **Disconnect** stops a domain from opening your REALsite page, but
the domain itself stays yours — nothing about your registration changes.
Reconnect it later, or point it somewhere else entirely; REALsite doesn't
hold on to it.

## Who can do what

Buying a domain, canceling a checkout, and opening **Manage registration**
are limited to the account owner — the person who signed up. This keeps
payment and registrar access with one person. An **Admin** collaborator can
still connect or check the records on a domain you already own, from inside
REALsite, without ever touching the registrar account or spending money.

## What about property sites and landing pages?

The same Domains page holds separate controls for **Property-site domains**
and **Landing-page domains**, one section down from your main domain. Buying
or connecting a domain there follows the same three steps — the only
difference is what it opens: a property-site domain shows just that
property's page, and a landing-page domain shows just that campaign's page.
Your main domain is unaffected either way.

## What happens to your old address

Whichever way you connect a domain, your old address keeps working. The
`myrealsite.ca` address you started with forwards automatically to your new
domain, so anything you've already shared — a link, a listing, a saved
bookmark — still lands in the right place.


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