Introduction

Main vs. Subdomains

You can connect your custom domain to Funnelish as a main domain or as a subdomain.

But what's the difference between the two? Imagine your domain like a shopping mall with a main entrance:

• The main entrance is the main domain (e.g., example.com)

• Inside the mall you can find different stores (e.g. a pet store, a clothing store, a beauty store etc). These stores would be like the subdomains (e.g., petstore.example.com). Each store will its own purpose, but they’re all part of the same mall.

Just like the mall’s main entrance can’t lead to two separate malls at the same time, a main domain can’t point to two completely different IP's at the same time. So if you want to have the main domain for example point to your Shopify Store, you can create a subdomain for Funnelish.

Differences	Main Domain	Subdomain
Structure example	example.com	petstore.example.com
How does it show in my DNS settings?	A RECORD	CNAME RECORD
Points to an IP or url path?	Points to an IP Address (23.227.38.65)	Points to a Url Path (shops.myshopify.com)
What shows under "Name"	@	The prefix of the subdomain for example "petstore"

When you're ready to connect your custom domain to Funnelish, click on your domain provider below to see the step by step guide.