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Use your own domain name

You can point a domain you own (like yourbusiness.com) at your LocationFlow site. Setup takes about 10 minutes, then a short wait while the change spreads across the internet.

1. Add the domain in LocationFlow

  1. Sign in and open Settings → General → Custom domain.
  2. Type your domain without "www" (for example yourbusiness.com) and choose Save domain.
  3. Three records appear: an A record, a CNAME record and a TXT record. Keep this page open; you'll copy the values exactly.

2. Add the records where you bought the domain

Sign in to the company you registered the domain with and open its DNS settings (see the notes below for popular providers). Then add:

  • A record: host @ (some providers want it left blank), value: the address shown in your Settings.
  • CNAME record: host www, value: your domain, for example yourbusiness.com.
  • TXT record: host _lf-verify, value: the lf-verify=… text shown in your Settings.

Type only @, www or _lf-verify as the host. Providers add your domain name on automatically, so _lf-verify.yourbusiness.com would end up doubled.

Before you save, delete any other A, AAAA or www records for the same hosts. They point at your old website and would send some visitors there instead. Leave MX records alone: they deliver your email.

3. Verify

  1. Wait 15–30 minutes. Occasionally it takes a few hours.
  2. Back in Settings → General → Custom domain, choose Verify DNS.
  3. Once it says Verified, visit https://yourbusiness.com. The very first visit can take a few seconds while its security certificate is set up; after that it loads normally. The www address forwards to the same site.

Notes for popular providers

  • Wix: Domains → the ⋯ menu next to your domain → Manage DNS Records. If Wix won't let you change the A or www records, the domain is still connected to a Wix site; disconnect it from the site first.
  • GoDaddy: My Products → your domain → DNS. Delete the A record whose value is "Parked".
  • Squarespace (including former Google Domains): Domains → your domain → DNS. Remove the Squarespace Defaults records first.
  • Namecheap: Domain List → Manage → Advanced DNS. Remove the default URL Redirect and parking-page records.
  • Cloudflare: set every record to DNS only (grey cloud), not Proxied, or the security certificate can't be issued.

Still not working?

Verify DNS checks only the TXT record. If it says Verified but your site doesn't load, re-check the A record and make sure no old A or AAAA records are left. You can also message us any time from Help → Contact support in your console.