CloudWaitress
  • Overview
  • Getting Started
    • Hardware Requirements
    • 10-Minute Quickstart
    • Setup Your Menus
    • Configure Your Services
    • Customize Your Design
      • Hide Store Header Section (header image)
    • Managing Orders & Bookings
    • Promoting Your Store
  • How to Guides
    • Accepting Payments
      • 🔐Stripe+ Integrated Payments
        • Setup Integrated Stripe Payments
        • Using Stripe Integrated
        • Changing Bank Account / Debit Card Details Associated with an Express Account
      • Setup PayPal Payments
      • Setup Apple Pay with Checkout.com
      • Setup Stripe Payments
      • Set up Bancontact Payments
    • Adding Closed Hours
    • Adding Delivery Zones
    • Adding Staff Account
    • Bump Screen Technology
      • Mastering the Bump Screen
    • Cloudwaitress and Walletly
    • Design Customization - Advanced
      • Hide Store Header Section (image)
    • Examples of Dates & Times and their corresponding formats
    • Export/Import Menu Feature
    • How To Add Driver Tracking
    • How To Add SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
    • How To Change Weekly Reporting View
    • How to Create & Import a Menu Using a Spreadsheet
    • How to Enable Pre-Orders in CloudWaitress
    • How To Integrate Postmates with CloudWaitress
    • How To Integrate Walletly with CloudWaitress
    • How To Opt-Out of Google Hosted Fonts
    • How to Set Up Conditional Fees in CloudWaitress
    • How To Set Up Google Analytics Integration
    • How to Show/Hide Header Function
    • Link Directly to menu
    • Managing the Order Dashboard
    • Order Acknowledgement Feature
    • Pause Ordering Feature
    • Purchase A Domain Name
    • Set Maximum Orders Per Time Interval
    • Setup A Custom Domain
    • Setup An iOS & Android App
    • Setup Custom Checkout Fields
    • Setup Facebook Login
    • Setup Facebook Ordering
    • Setup Google OAuth Client ID
    • Uber Direct Setup Manual
    • Understanding Languages
      • How users can change languages on frontend
    • Understanding Printing
      • How to Set Up a Printer on Android
      • Printing - Windows Network Printing
      • Printing - Windows Shared Printing
      • Printing - API Key
      • Add a USB printer to Windows
      • Setup Split Printing
      • How to copy the printer API key
      • Setup Printing For Windows
  • Platform Information
    • Customer Accounts
    • Your Subscription & Billing
    • Special & New Features
      • Public Holiday Surcharge
      • Make Service Pop-Up Required
      • COVID-19 Discount for United Kingdom
      • Delayed Order Email Notification
  • Resellers
    • Overview
    • Getting Started
    • Documentation
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  • The Process
  • Additional Info
  • What Is A Web Domain?
  • Your Sub-domain
  • Custom Domain
  1. How to Guides

Purchase A Domain Name

Learn how to purchase a domain name to connect to your online store with our recommended provider

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Last updated 4 months ago

The Process

Purchasing and setting up your own domain is a very simple process that takes about 15 minutes. The below guide will help you do this with as this is our recommend domain registrar.

  1. Visit the Namecheap website at

  2. Use the domain name search box at the center of the page to look for a domain name

  3. Add the domain name of your choice to your cart

  4. Press the "View Cart" button on the right to progress through the checkout

  5. We recommend disabling the "WhoisGuard" option as this is not ideal for public businesses.

  6. Select "Confirm Order" button on the right side

  7. Complete your order by creating an account and entering your payment details.

You can watch the following YouTube video to see a video walkthrough of how to do this -

Once you have purchased a domain, you will need to complete the steps in our other article "Setup A Custom Domain". You will need to access your domain DNS settings to complete those steps. On Namecheap, you can do this by:

  1. Logging in to Namecheap and going to your account dashboard

  2. Select the "Domains List" on the left menu

  3. Select the "Manage" button beside your domain name

  4. Navigate to the "Advanced DNS" tab under your domain settings

  5. Press "Add New Record" to create a DNS record.

You may have to remove some default records already set in order to add ours

Additional Info

What Is A Web Domain?

A domain is any web address, for example, 'google.com' is a domain.

Your Sub-domain

Your store will be accessible on your own unique subdomain that you can choose. Your subdomain will always be hosted under "example.cloudwaitress.com". Every subdomain must be unique and is taken on a first come first serve basis.

Custom Domain

A custom domain is a domain name you purchase and connect to our service. You can register any domain name available such as "yourbusiness.com" and connect it to our service. This way customers can go directly your domain name to find your online ordering system.

It is often desirable to have your own domain name for your store in order to better promote your own brand and business. It is much easier to tell your customers to find you at "order.yourbusiness.com" instead of "yourbusiness.cloudwaitress.com".

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