GoDaddy Custom Domain Instructions
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December 22, 2007 |
You own a domain name that you bought from GoDaddy! Nice job. Custom domain names are fun. Follow these instructions to set it up with your Flying Cart store.
1. Log into your Godaddy.com account. Click on Domains and then My Domains.
2. Click on the domain you would like to use for your Flying Cart store.
3. Click on Total DNS Control and MX Records.
4. Click the edit button next to www under CNAME. Click Ok when it asks if you are sure you want to modify your CNAME Alias.
5. Enter www for the Alias Name and stores.flyingcart.com for the Points to Host Name. Hit Ok.
6. Click on the Domain tab at the top to return back to the Domains details page.
7. Click on the forward 
button and enter in your domain name with http://www. before it. For example if your domain name is MyCoolStore.com then type in http://www.myCoolStore.com. Click the check box next to Enable Forwarding, click the radio button next to 301 Moved Permanently, and hit Ok.
This step allows your customers to be able to type in http://www.myCoolStore.com or http://mycoolstore.com and get to your store.
8. Login to your Flying Cart store headquarters
9. Navigate to the Store -> Settings tab and locate the “Website Address” section on the page
10. Type in your domain name under “Use your own domain:”
11. Hit the “Update Settings” button towards the bottom.
12. Wait a full 24 hours
12 Responses to “GoDaddy Custom Domain Instructions”
November 19th, 2008 said: 1:38 am
Set me up
March 7th, 2009 said: 6:14 am
Set me up with my own web domain, please. I followed all the instructions and I complete the registration more than 24hours ago…. what happened?
thank you
March 7th, 2009 said: 6:19 am
THANK YOU!
March 7th, 2009 said: 2:06 pm
Looks like its working great: http://www.oldischic.com
March 10th, 2009 said: 7:24 am
What is the “Nameservers” on GoDaddy supposed to be set to?
Parked nameservers (Park my domains here.)
Hosting nameservers (Host my domains here.)
Custom nameservers (I host my domains elsewhere.)
I have tried to get my cart up, but I can’t figure SOMETHING out, though thank you for helping me with getting the hosting off 1&1 and pointing GoDaddy in the general right direction.
I submit my URL to FlyingCart and each time I log in to check my settings, it’s not been saved from the settings. I save the URL, scroll down and it shows, log out, log back in, and it’s gone.
March 10th, 2009 said: 8:44 am
Hi Dawn,
There is no need to modify your nameservers.
You are suppose to hit the Disk icon next to the domain to save it in your settings. I went ahead and did that for you.
If you follow the steps above on GoDaddy your URL should be up and running in the next 24 hours.
Please let me know if that isn’t the case.
Rishi
April 9th, 2009 said: 1:19 pm
Does this work with subfolders or subdomains? For example, could it work with store.mydomain.com? or mydomain.com/store ?
We’d like to keep our splash page on our site if possible.
Thanks.
April 9th, 2009 said: 1:26 pm
Humble Hive - Yes you can do that.
September 6th, 2009 said: 3:01 pm
hi Rishi,
I purchased a go daddy domain, two days ago and followed the instructions correctly, it does not seem to be working when I type http://www.southernbazzarandbridal.com, Just comes up with a blank page,
Where have I gone wrong?
September 8th, 2009 said: 3:33 pm
Cheryle - It looks like you didn’t follow steps #4 and #5. I went ahead and made those changes for you. You should be set in 24 hours
November 13th, 2009 said: 8:14 am
Go Daddy is asking me for Flying Cart’s 2 server names. Could you please provide them?
Thank you
November 13th, 2009 said: 10:54 am
Hey Melitza - For Godaddy Domains. Follow our instructions here: http://flyingcart.com/blog/godaddy-custom-domain-instructions/
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