Your domain stays with Cloudflare. You only change two records in its DNS settings so that it opens your Zome website. You keep paying Cloudflare for the domain, and you can change the records back later.
Registrars rename their menus now and then. If a name below has changed, look for DNS, Manage DNS or DNS Records on your domain's page.
Before you start
- You need a paid plan or a trial to connect a domain. See Why does the Domain tab ask me to start a plan?.
- Only the account owner can connect a domain.
- Sign in to Cloudflare with the account that holds the domain. Not sure that it is Cloudflare? See How do I find out who holds my domain?.
Connect it
- In Zome, go to Website and open the Domain tab.
- Type your domain, like harborplumbing.com, and press Connect domain.
- Read the status on the tab. If it says Zome is connecting your domain, leave your records alone for now and keep your current website as it is. The tab tells you when to add the records.
- When the tab shows the records, copy each value with its copy button. You need an A record with the name @, and a CNAME record with the name www.
- At Cloudflare, open your domain's DNS page. As a guide, it has been found under: Your site, DNS, Records, Add record.
- Add the two records, or change the ones that are already there.
- Save, go back to Zome and press Check now.
Things to look for at Cloudflare
- Set each record to DNS only (the grey cloud), not Proxied (the orange cloud). Proxied records stop the secure certificate from being issued.
- If your domain is registered somewhere else but uses Cloudflare's name servers, Cloudflare is where the DNS lives. Add the records there, not at the registrar.
- Cloudflare may also offer to import your other records when you add a domain. Keep your MX records so email keeps working.
- If your domain already has an A record for @ or a CNAME for www, change it. Two records for the same name fight each other.
- Leave the TTL at its default.
- Do not delete any MX or other TXT records. They keep your email working. See Keep your email working when you move your website.
After you save
Changes usually show up within an hour. Press Check now again after a few minutes. When the status says Live, your website opens at your domain with HTTPS. If it is still waiting, see Why does my domain say Waiting for DNS?.
Your old website keeps answering at the domain until the records change. See What happens to my old website when I connect?.
Stuck? Ask in Ask the Zome team and say that your domain is at Cloudflare.