Domains are one of the most useful things you will ever have in your business because it allows someone to access all the information about your business (e.g., your website), and you don't have to do anything! While you don't need to know everything about domains, we created a quick list of tips and FAQs to help you set up your website and funnel.
Domain Tidbit #1:
Domains (also known as URLs, but www.mywebsite.com) are unique like addresses are unique. If I ask you to put an address into your GPS, it will only take you to one place. You probably put in the wrong address if you did not reach your intended destination. This means that www.mywebsite.com only goes to one website and cannot be used for both a website and a funnel.
If you have more than one place you want to represent your business, you will need more than one domain/URL. So while your website might be showing for www.mywebsite.com, your funnel/landing page will need a different URL, such as www.mylandingpage.com.
Domain Tidbit #2:
Let's talk about sub-domains before you rush out to buy a new domain for your funnel/landing page. Sub-domains are similar to an apartment in an apartment building. If you are going to visit a friend who lives in an apartment building, just having the address won't get you all the way, you also need to have their apartment number. Similarly, with a domain, you can create a sub-domain that will allow you to host your funnel/landing page on that domain.
Here's an example:
www.mywebsite.com - This is where your main website is being shown/hosted
www.meet.mywebsite.com - This is the sub-domain where you can now host your landing page, funnel, bridge page, secondary website, etc.(NOTE: You do not have to use the word meet, you need to use at least one letter followed by a period, and it must be before the main URL). Other examples could be:
And so on
Domain Tidbit #3:
Now that you know about sub-domains, you must go to your registrar (likely the website you purchased the domain on - GoDaddy, Cloudflare, etc.) and create this sub-domain. Here is a link to how to do this for GoDaddy:
GoDaddy - https://www.godaddy.com/help/create-a-subdomain-4080
Now that your subdomains are set up, you can follow the directions in our domain setup video to get them to show the content you want!
Domain Tidbit #4:
Did you know that www.mywebsite.com and mywebsite.com are not the same URL? When you add your domain within the app, you can choose which one you want to be the root domain. Then within your registrar account (where you just were), you will need to add a redirect so that the non-root domain redirects to the root domain you selected within the app.
In other words, if you add www.mywebsite.com as a domain to the app, head into your registrar, and set up a redirect for mywebsite.com to send all traffic to www.mywebsite.com. That way, no matter which one somebody types, they will end up in the right spot! Here are a few helpful articles to set that up:
GoDaddy: https://www.godaddy.com/help/forward-my-domain-12123