While Shift4Shop's services are behind Cloudflare, we do also allow
for merchants to make use of their own Cloudflare account for
additional benefits.
FREE ACCOUNT
With a free Cloudflare account you are able to point your domain to us
if your DNS ...
Your new Shift4Shop Online store includes a free domain name
registration. To claim it, follow these steps:
* Log into your Shift4Shop Store Manager
* Using the left hand navigation menu, go to SETTINGS >GENERAL
>STORE SETTINGS
* On the Setti...
If your domain was registered by Shift4Shop at sign up or during a
DOMAIN NAME CHANGE
[https://mywebmaster.shift4shop.com/Domain-Name-Change.html], the
domain is registered using Shift4Shop's registrar account. This allows
us to renew registration an...
Merchants who may have more than one domain will typically forward
their additional domains to the main store URL. For example, you may
have storedomain.com as your Shift4Shop store but you may also have
store-domain.com or storedomain.net registered...
TIP
The following instructions cover updating your domain's DNS record
via the registrar service. These are companies (i.e. GoDaddy,
Register.com, etc) that basically offer registration services for
domain names to the general public. However, if yo...
Although Shift4Shop uses CLOUDFLARE
[https://support.3dcart.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/909] to manage
and protect our DNS and network, some merchants have also set up
_their own_ account on Cloudflare in the past to protect their site.
In some ...
In an effort to improve DNS management, load balancing and Distributed
Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, Shift4Shop is transitioning all
Shift4Shop powered stores to Cloudflare's Content Delivery Network
(CDN).
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WHAT IS ...
Yes!
Beginning with version 9 of the Shift4Shop service, store owners may
now make basic MX and TXT record changes to their domain's DNS.
IMPORTANT
The following information only applies to store domains which are
using Shift4Shop's name servers...
CONTENTS
1. THE IMPORTANCE OF DNS
2. Registering your Domain Name
3. "WHOIS" handling your DNS?
4. Other DNS situations
*MX record updates
*Sub-domain Changes
5. WAITING FOR PROPAGATION
When registering your domain name, pointing it to Sh...
* ISSUE
Store owners would like to have multiple versions of their domain
redirect to their Shift4Shop store.
* SOLUTION
Use your alternate domain's registrar or DNS host to forward the
domain.
Shift4Shop merchants are limited to one domain pe...
At some point you may need to change the domain name of your store to
a different domain name. To do this:
* Click HERE
[https://mywebmaster.shift4shop.com/Domain-Name-Change.html] to go to
our Shift4Shop Store to order the domain change.
* Ent...