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Use your custom domain

Learn how to bring your own custom domain to Stripe Checkout, Payment Links, and customer portal.

If you’re using the Stripe-hosted page for Checkout, you can add your own custom domain to Stripe. Adding custom domains is a paid feature. For information about cost, see Checkout’s Pricing.

Add your custom domain to the Stripe Dashboard

Decide what subdomain to use with your Checkout Sessions, Payment Links, and customer portal.

Note

If your domain is example.com, we recommend using payments.example.com as your custom subdomain. You can replace payments with anything you like, as long it’s a valid subdomain. You can’t use a path like example.com/checkout and must specify a subdomain of your existing domain.

After you decide on a subdomain, visit the Custom domains settings page to start the domain connection process.

On the settings page click Add your domain.

In the pop up, enter your desired subdomain. Click Add when you’re done. You’ll see the popup update with instructions for setting up your DNS records.

Your custom domain is activated automatically when your DNS records are verified. To disable this behavior, uncheck the Switch to this domain once added checkbox.

When will my domain be added?

When your domain is in the Adding... state, we wait to verify your DNS records that you set up in the next step. After Stripe verifies the DNS records, we create TLS certificates for your subdomain, set up the correct CDN routing, and then your domain is ready to enable and use.

Identify your DNS Provider

To start, figure out what service is managing your DNS records, so you know exactly where to login and create the new records.

If you already know your DNS provider, you can move on to the next section.

Often, it’s the same place you registered your domain, but sometimes the DNS provider is different from your domain registrar.

If you’re not certain who your DNS provider is, try looking up your domain’s nameservers, replacing stripe.com with your own domain in this command:

Command Line
nslookup -querytype=NS stripe.com

You’ll see a list of nameservers for your domain in the output. Here’s some example output for stripe.com:

nslookup output
# Looks like AWS is providing our DNS here:
stripe.com	nameserver = ns-423.awsdns-52.com.
stripe.com	nameserver = ns-705.awsdns-24.net.
stripe.com	nameserver = ns-1087.awsdns-07.org.
stripe.com	nameserver = ns-1882.awsdns-43.co.uk.

If you’re more comfortable using a browser-based tool, go to MXLookup’s DNS Lookup tool and enter your domain. It might be able to tell you who your DNS provider is (but not always).

Create required DNS records

In this section, you’ll create the DNS records you need to connect your domain. As you go through each step, check each checkbox to keep track of where you are in the process.

Select the tab that matches your DNS provider from the tabs below—this gives you specific, guided instructions for creating the required DNS records. If your DNS provider isn’t an option, follow the Standard instructions:

These are standard instructions for creating your DNS records. If you have issues with any of the steps, please contact your DNS provider for more assistance.

Note

To track your progress, go through each step and check it off when you’ve completed it.

  • Most DNS providers have a control panel you can sign into to manage your DNS. Find your provider’s control panel page and sign in.

  • Now that you’re logged in, find where you can manage the DNS records for your domain in your provider’s control panel.

    If you’re having issues finding the right page, you can:

    • See if your DNS provider has a help article for adding new DNS records that can point you in the right direction.
    • Contact your DNS provider for additional support.

  • From your DNS control panel, add a new record that maps your desired subdomain to Checkout. Most DNS providers ask you for the record type, name, value, and TTL or expiration when creating a new record.

    Note

    This record is what connects your subdomain to Stripe Checkout.

    Enter these values and save the new DNS record:

    FieldInstructionsDescription
    TypeSelect CNAME from the dropdownWhat kind of DNS record this is.
    Name

    If your custom subdomain is checkout.powdur.me, enter checkout

    		For CNAME records, this field is the first part of your subdomain (the part leading up to the first period).

    Value

    Enter hosted-checkout.stripecdn.com

    This is what the new subdomain record points to–in this case, Stripe.

    Some providers may expect a trailing period (.) after the CNAME value. Make sure to verify that your CNAME value matches the format your provider expects.

    TTL/ExpiryEnter 300An expiration of 5 minutes (300 seconds) is OK. Your DNS provider might not allow you to change the TTL value. If this field is missing or you can’t change it, it’s safe to ignore this part of the configuration.

  • From your DNS control panel, add a new TXT record.

    Note

    This TXT record lets us verify that you’re the owner of this domain. This is required to issue TLS certificates for your domain, so you can continue to accept payments securely.

    Enter these values and save the new DNS record:

    FieldInstructionsDescription
    TypeSelect TXT from the dropdownWhat kind of DNS record this is.
    Name

    If your custom domain is checkout.powdur.me, enter _acme-challenge.checkout

    		For TXT records, this field is the subdomain portion of your domain.
    Value

    Visit the Dashboard settings and click View instructions to copy the correct TXT value record.

    		This is a long, unique string used for domain verification.
    TTL/ExpiryEnter 300An expiration of 5 minutes (300 seconds) is OK. Your DNS provider might not allow you to change the TTL value. If this field is missing or you can’t change it, it’s safe to ignore this part of the configuration.

  • After you save your DNS record, verify that it has the correct values.

    1. Wait up to 10 minutes for your DNS provider to update its nameservers.
    2. Replace checkout.powdur.me with your custom domain in the following command and run it from your terminal:
    Command Line
    nslookup -querytype=CNAME checkout.powdur.me

    You should see output like:

    nslookup output
    <your subdomain> 	canonical name = hosted-checkout.stripecdn.com.

    When you see that output, move onto the next step.

  • After you save your DNS record, verify that it has the correct values.

    1. Wait up to 10 minutes for your DNS provider to update its nameservers.
    2. Replace checkout.powdur.me with your custom domain in the following command and run it from your terminal:
    Command Line
    nslookup -querytype=TXT _acme-challenge.checkout.powdur.me

    You should see output like this:

    nslookup output
    _acme-challenge.<your domain>   text = "<your unique TXT record value>"

    If you don’t see your unique TXT record value in the output, wait a bit longer and try running the command again.

    When you finish this step, your DNS records are configured.

Now that you’ve created your DNS records and verified them, Stripe verifies the connection and provisions your domain on our end. We’ll send you an email and a Dashboard notification when the domain is ready for you to enable it. You can also visit the Dashboard settings at any time to see the current status of your custom domain connection.

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