Branding - personalize/custom URL/domain name (not silkfair.com)

Sellers can have their store set up with custom domain name ( i.e. http://www.sellers_domain_name.com )

Here is a sample :

http://www.myfamousbrand.com - this sample points to my shop (sf1's shop) (doesn't have any items, but you can click around, and you'll see the url appearing properly.



First step, have a domain name registered at a place like register.com or godaddy.com.

Then, create a cname record for www.your_domain_name.com (substitute your_domain_name with your domain name) and alias that to www.silkfair.com.  You might need to ask your domain registration provider on how to accomplish that.

Then also create another cname record with either a blank entry or "@" or " * " and alias that to www.silkfair.com .  That will handle anyone typing in just a domain name as the url instead of www.your_domain.com.  For example, someone might key in your_domain.com instead of www.your_domain.com

If your domain registrar doesn't allow either a blank or @ or * as the host/sub-domain for a cname record, then you can set up a work-around by setting up an A record for @ and point that to a web page hosted somewhere.  And for that web page, have the following entry for the web page  :

< META HTTP-EQUIV = "Refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=http://www.silkfair.com" >




Second step, go to your Store Profile, under Customize Store section, you should see Store URL.  Select Use Custom URL, and then type in the domain name you registered (i.e. sellers_domain_name.com ) , don't put in any http:// or www.  After that, click Save.

Open a new browser window, and test the new name.  You might need to wait up to 72 hours depending on when your domain change takes place, as the dns changes around the world can take some time to propagate.  You also might need to clear your browser cache.

You don't lose http://userId.silkfair.com with this enabled.  Both the default url and the custom url will be valid for your store.