This feature is available on paid plans.
You can map a custom domain to your whole account as well as to any of your projects.
Remember that each plan has limits on the number of domains that can be connected. Check Pricing to see all the details. If you need to map more domains but already have reached the limit, upgrade to another plan. If you are on Business, contact support@readymag.com to get access to the custom Extra plan and extend the domains limit.
Before you start
If you are yet to purchase a domain name, you can grab one via our partners at iwantmyname. Or, if you already have a domain with one of the following registrars, simply click the corresponding link for detailed instructions. Otherwise, proceed with the instructions provided in this article.
In order to change DNS settings, you need to have name servers (NS) assigned to your domain. In most cases, you can simply use the default name servers provided by your domain registrar. Your provider must offer full DNS access in order to map a custom domain to Readymag.
Decide how you want to map it and manage your URL structure
You can map a custom domain to your profile or individual projects. Formatting will depend on how you decide to map your domain:
- Single Project. Only this project will be associated with your domain. The URL structure will look like this: yourdomain.com for the main page of your project, and yourdomain.com/page-two/ for the second page of the same project.
- Account. This will display your Public Profile under your domain. Projects within your account will be presented as subfolders of this domain. Additionally, you can replace your public profile with any of your projects by setting a Home project. For instance: yourdomain.com for either your public profile or Home project, and yourdomain.com/second-project/ for a secondary project in your account.
Step 1: Configure the domain name
To map a second-level domain, e.g., domain.com, you need to set the A-record with these parameters:
| Host: | @ |
| Type: | A |
| Point To (Value): | 54.194.41.141 |
To map a subdomain, e.g., portfolio.domain.com, put the part before the second dot from the end to the Host field. E.g., ‘portfolio’ for portfolio.domain.com and ‘my.portfolio’ for my.portfolio.domain.com.
| Host: | portfolio |
| Type: | A |
| Point To (Value): | 54.194.41.141 |
Depending on the provider, you may already have some existing A records for your domain. Consider removing all A, AAAA, and CNAME records unless you think you might need them later.
To make your domain secure, you’ll need CAA records in order to issue an SSL certificate. Learn more here.
If you don’t see any records with type CAA in your DNS settings, proceed to step 2.
If there are CAA records, please delete them or add two new records:
| Host: | @ |
| Type: | CAA |
| Flags: | 0 |
| Tag: | issue |
| Point to (Value): | letsencrypt.org |
| Host: | @ |
| Type: | CAA |
| Flags: | 0 |
| Tag: | issue |
| Point to (Value): | sectigo.com |
Now go to your Readymag account, locate the domain tab, and enter your domain. This step will vary depending on where you decided to map your domain:
- directly to a project:
- or to your public profile:
If you are unsure of where to map it, return to the “Before you start” section of this article.
In most cases, you should enter your domain with this format domain.com. Furthermore, if you want to receive visits via www.domain.com — you must create a subdomain. More details in the 'Additional configurations' section, at the end of this article.
Step 2: Verify your domain name
To continue, click ‘Test’ — you will now receive your domain verification key. It should look like this if you are mapping directly to a project:
Or like this, if mapping to your profile:
Copy the verification key, return to the DNS settings of your domain again, and create a TXT record with the following parameters:
| Host: | @ |
| Type: | TXT |
| Point To (Value): | your verification key |
Step 3: Wait and test
If all DNS records are entered correctly, your domain should be connected to Readymag’s servers within 1-2 hours
Step 4: Connect domain
After the DNS settings have updated, open the domain settings of your Readymag project or profile page, then click ‘Test’ one more time. If the domain is configured correctly, the 'Connect' button will appear. Click it to complete the process, or go back to the previous steps to review your domain’s DNS records.
Once done, you are welcome to add a favicon and enable 'Make searchable' to allow search engine bots to crawl the content of your project.
SSL certificates are issued and updated automatically for custom domains on Readymag. All you need to do is map your domain—we’ll take care of the rest. You can find more information here.
The options to enter your Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager IDs will also become available after mapping your domain.
Additional configurations
If you also want to make your website available with the 'www' prefix (www.domain.com), set a CNAME record with the following parameters:
| Host: | www |
| Type: | CNAME |
| Point To (Value): | domains.readymag.com |
Create more A-type records if you want to configure a subdomain; for instance, portfolio.domain.com.
| Host: | portfolio |
| Type: | A |
| Point To (Value): | 54.194.41.141 |
If you have a site hosted outside Readymag and intend to map your R/m project to a subdomain, e.g., myproject.externalsite.com, then both records should look like this:
| Host: | myproject |
| Type: | A |
| Point To (Value): | 54.194.41.141 |
| Host: | @ |
| Type: | TXT |
| Point To (Value): | your verification key |
Is it possible to create an email address with my domain?
If you wish to create an email address for your custom domain linked to a Readymag project, please reach out to your domain provider: this process requires changes in the DNS settings and can’t be managed on our end.
Setting a redirect
You can set a redirect on your domain providers’ side—Readymag does not have functionality that allows such changes.