Add a subdomain for your Shopify-managed domain
A subdomain is a subset of your root domain that you add as a prefix to your domain, such as www
. For example, in the URL help.shopify.com
, shopify.com
is the root domain and help
is the subdomain. If you have a Shopify-managed domain, then you can add subdomains for free from your Shopify admin.
If you use international domains, then you can use subdomains to create a region-specific URL for every country or region where you have a target market. For example, if your store's primary domain is johnsapparel.com
, then you can create a subdomain for Canada with the URL ca.johnsapparel.com
and a subdomain for France with the URL fr.johnsapparel.com
. International subdomains must use two letter country codes.
You can add up to 20 domains or subdomains to your Shopify store, in addition to your .myshopify.com
domain name. If your store is on the Shopify Plus plan, then you can add up to 1,000 domains or subdomains.
Steps
- From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Domains.
- Click Manage for the domain that you want to configure.
- In the Subdomains section, click Add subdomain.
- Enter the prefix that you want to add:
- For international subdomains, enter the two letter country code for your target market. For example,
eu
for Europe, orca
for Canada. - For all other subdomains, enter the text that you want to add as a prefix. For example,
blog
orshop
.
- For international subdomains, enter the two letter country code for your target market. For example,
- Click Add subdomain
When you add a subdomain, Shopify's default CNAME is automatically added to your DNS settings. If you want to point the subdomain to a specific market or website, then you can do the following tasks:
- Assign your subdomain to a specific country or region.
- Edit your DNS settings to point your subdomain to another website.