Connect Shopify
Connect a storefront while preserving email and other services.
Open your domain’s DNS
- Sign in to your SaaSTech Servers Domain Portfolio External · opens new tab ↗.
- Select the individual domain to open its Domain Settings page.
- Select DNS.
Need help signing in? Find your username or password External · opens new tab ↗.
Back up and inspect
Save the full zone and identify the existing root A/AAAA records, www CNAME, email records, verification records, and active subdomains.Back Up Your DNSSaaSTech guide →Manage records in SaaSTech DNSExternal · opens new tab ↗
Add the domain in Shopify
In Shopify admin, go to Settings → Domains → Connect existing domain. Enter the root domain without www and keep Shopify’s instructions open.Open Shopify AdminExternal · opens new tab ↗Shopify connection guideExternal · opens new tab ↗
Update website records
At the current DNS provider, point the root A, root AAAA, and www CNAME to Shopify using the record map below. Use the provider’s default TTL.Add an A record in SaaSTech DNSExternal · opens new tab ↗Add a CNAME in SaaSTech DNSExternal · opens new tab ↗
Connect and verify
Return to Shopify and select Connect domain. If Shopify requests an ownership TXT record, copy its unique host and value exactly.Open Shopify AdminExternal · opens new tab ↗Add a TXT record in SaaSTech DNSExternal · opens new tab ↗
Test before declaring success
Confirm the root and www addresses open the correct store, SSL becomes available, and existing email still sends and receives. Shopify notes worldwide propagation can take up to 48 hours.Check DNS with MXToolboxExternal · opens new tab ↗
Shopify connection records
| Type | Host | Value / target |
|---|---|---|
| A | @ | 23.227.38.65 |
| AAAA | @ | 2620:0127:f00f:5:: |
| CNAME | www | shops.myshopify.com. |
Shopify can recommend a valid regional A-record variation. If its admin shows a different value, follow the account-specific instruction. Use a subdomain such as shop instead if the existing root website must remain elsewhere.