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Every published Moda site gets a free *.moda.page address. On a paid plan you can also connect a domain you own — like www.yoursite.com or portfolio.yoursite.com — so visitors reach your site at your own address.

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Before you start

  • Your site must be published (custom domains attach to the published site).
  • You need access to your domain’s DNS settings — usually at the registrar where you bought the domain (GoDaddy, Namecheap, FastHosts, Cloudflare, …).

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Connect a domain

  1. Open your site’s Publish dialog and find Custom domains.
  2. Click Add domain and enter the hostname you want, e.g. www.yoursite.com.
  3. Moda shows you two DNS records to add at your DNS provider. Add them both in one visit — they’re independent:
    • Ownership (TXT) — proves you control the domain.
    • Routing (CNAME) — points traffic at Moda.
  4. Back in Moda, click Verify ownership. Moda also re-checks automatically for a few minutes.
Once ownership verifies and your CNAME propagates, Moda issues a TLS certificate for your domain (usually 1–2 minutes) and the status flips to Active.
Enter each record’s Name exactly as shown in Moda. Most DNS providers automatically append your domain to whatever you type in the Name/Host field. If Moda shows the Name _moda-verify and you paste the full _moda-verify.yoursite.com, your provider saves it as _moda-verify.yoursite.com.yoursite.com — a doubled record that never verifies. This is the single most common reason verification fails.

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Root domains (yoursite.com without www)

A root domain (also called an apex domain — yoursite.com rather than www.yoursite.com) is special: the DNS standard doesn’t allow a CNAME record at the root. What works depends on your DNS provider:

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If your provider supports ALIAS or ANAME records

Some providers (Cloudflare DNS, DNSimple, Namecheap, and others) offer ALIAS/ANAME records — or flatten CNAMEs at the root automatically. If yours does:
  1. Add yoursite.com as your custom domain in Moda.
  2. Create the routing record as an ALIAS/ANAME with the same Name (@) and value Moda shows.
  3. Optionally, also add www.yoursite.com as a second domain in Moda so both addresses serve your site.

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If your provider doesn’t (most registrars)

Use www and forward the root — visitors reach your site either way:
  1. In Moda, use Add domain to connect www.yoursite.com (if you already added the root domain, remove that entry — it can’t route at your provider).
  2. Add the TXT and CNAME records Moda shows. Note the TXT Name will be _moda-verify.www — enter it exactly as shown.
  3. At your registrar, set up a web forward from yoursite.com to https://www.yoursite.com. Providers name this differently: Web Forwarding (FastHosts), Domain Forwarding (GoDaddy, Namecheap), URL Redirect (Porkbun and others). It’s usually a toggle in the same panel as your DNS settings.
That’s the standard setup across the web: www serves the site, the bare domain redirects to it.

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Status meanings

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Troubleshooting

Verification keeps failing. Almost always the doubled-Name problem from the warning above. In your DNS provider’s record list, check what the TXT record’s full name actually is — if you see your domain repeated twice, edit the record’s Name to just the short value Moda shows (e.g. _moda-verify). Records added but nothing happens. DNS changes take a few minutes to propagate (set TTL to 300 if your provider asks). Moda re-checks automatically for a few minutes after you add a domain; you can always click Verify ownership to re-check immediately. Your DNS is on Cloudflare. Set the CNAME to DNS only (gray cloud, not orange). Proxying through your own Cloudflare zone conflicts with the certificate Moda issues for your hostname. Removing a domain. Use the trash icon on the domain’s row. Removal frees the hostname immediately and detaches the certificate; your *.moda.page address keeps working throughout.