yourname.elitesites.io address), a domain you own (from GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare, Hostinger, etc.), and 10 minutes. That's it. You'll add 2 small DNS records, click Verify, and you're live.
Open your Domain settingsDashboard → Custom Domain tab
Log in to your account and open your Dashboard. In the left menu, click the 🔒 Custom Domain tab. You'll see your current free address and a box to connect your own.
🔒 Current Domain
↑ The Custom Domain tab inside your Elite Sites dashboard
Add your domainType it exactly, then click Add Domain
In the Connect Custom Domain box, type the exact domain you want your site to live on — for example www.yourbrand.com or shop.yourbrand.com. Then click Add Domain.
🌐 Connect Custom Domain
↑ Type your domain and click the gold Add Domain button
www.yourbrand.com) — it's the most reliable. Want the bare root (yourbrand.com) too? See the FAQ — most registrars can forward root → www in one click.
Copy your two DNS recordsA CNAME + a TXT verification record
As soon as you add the domain, Elite Sites shows you the exact two records to create. They look like this (your TXT value will be a unique code):
| Type | Host / Name | Points to / Value |
|---|---|---|
| CNAME | www | pages.theeliteengines.com |
| TXT | _tee-verify.www | tee-verify-a1b2c3d4e5f6… |
↑ The two records Elite Sites generates for you
- CNAME → points your domain at our network:
pages.theeliteengines.com - TXT → proves you own the domain. The value (
tee-verify-…) is unique to your domain — copy it from your dashboard, don't use the example above.
Add the records at your registrarGoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare — same idea everywhere
Open a new tab, log in to wherever you bought your domain, and find DNS Settings (sometimes called "DNS Management", "Advanced DNS", or "DNS Records"). Click Add Record and create the two records exactly as shown. Here's what your DNS panel should look like once both are added:
| Type | Host | Value | TTL |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | @ | (existing — leave alone) | Auto |
| CNAMENEW | www | pages.theeliteengines.com | Auto |
| TXTNEW | _tee-verify.www | tee-verify-a1b2c3d4e5f6… | Auto |
↑ How the two new records look in a typical registrar's DNS panel
www, not the full domain). Others auto-append your domain. If _tee-verify.www is rejected, try just _tee-verify for a www site — both resolve to the same place.
https:// or a trailing slash to the CNAME value. It must be exactly pages.theeliteengines.com — nothing more.
Turn on free SSLThe padlock 🔒 — handled by Cloudflare's free plan
Your site needs HTTPS (the padlock in the browser bar) so visitors trust it and Google ranks it. The free, reliable way is Cloudflare's free plan, which issues and renews your SSL certificate automatically.
- Create a free account at cloudflare.com and add your domain (it walks you through pointing your nameservers — a one-time step).
- Add the same CNAME and TXT records from Step 3 inside Cloudflare's DNS tab.
- Make sure the CNAME's proxy status is ON — the cloud icon should be orange (🟠 "Proxied"), not grey. That orange cloud is what gives you the free SSL padlock.
↑ The orange cloud must be ON for HTTPS to work
Verify your domainBack in the dashboard — click Verify DNS
DNS changes take a few minutes to spread across the internet. Wait 2–5 minutes (sometimes up to an hour on slower registrars), then return to your Custom Domain tab and click Verify next to your domain.
↑ When both records check out, the status flips to Verified
The status pill walks through three stages:
- Pending — records not detected yet. Wait a little longer and click Verify again.
- Verified — we found your CNAME + TXT. You own it. ✅
- Active — your domain is live and serving a page (next step).
Point your domain at a pagePick which page visitors land on
Last step. Once verified, choose which page your domain should show — your Elite Site homepage, a sales page, a review page, or a page you built in the Page Editor. Select it, save, and your status turns Active.
↑ Choose a page, hit Save — your custom domain is now live
Troubleshooting & FAQ
DNS propagation can take anywhere from 2 minutes to 1 hour (occasionally longer on budget registrars). Things to check:
1. The CNAME value is exactly pages.theeliteengines.com (no https://, no trailing dot or slash).
2. The TXT host is _tee-verify.www (or just _tee-verify) and the value matches the code in your dashboard exactly.
3. You added them to the same DNS provider your domain actually uses. If you moved nameservers to Cloudflare, the records must live in Cloudflare — not your old registrar.
Then wait a few minutes and click Verify again. You can check propagation at dnschecker.org.
For the free padlock 🔒, yes — Cloudflare's free plan is the recommended, zero-maintenance way to get HTTPS on a custom domain. Add your domain to Cloudflare, point the CNAME with the orange cloud ON, and SSL issues automatically. Your visitors get a secure site and Google rewards it in rankings.
Yes. Two easy options:
Option A (recommended): Use Cloudflare. It supports "CNAME flattening", so you can add a CNAME on the root @ pointing to pages.theeliteengines.com — something normal registrars can't do.
Option B: In your registrar, set the root domain to forward/redirect to www.yourbrand.com (most registrars have a one-click "Domain Forwarding" setting), then connect the www version with this guide.
If you point an A record on the root directly to our origin, use IP 31.97.60.89 — but Cloudflare is strongly preferred so you keep SSL.
Adding a CNAME on www only affects the www address. Your email (MX records) and root domain are untouched. Don't delete existing records — only add the two new ones. If a conflicting www record already exists, edit it to point to pages.theeliteengines.com instead of creating a duplicate.
Any registrar works — popular, affordable ones are Namecheap, Cloudflare Registrar (at-cost pricing), GoDaddy, and Hostinger. A .com typically costs $10–15/year. Buy it, then come back to Step 1.
Custom domains are a Premium feature. You can connect a domain to your Elite Site, sales pages, review pages, and Page Editor pages. Need multiple domains? Reach out via the support tab and we'll sort you out.
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