> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.foundable.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Use your own domain
> Give your website an address of its own, like yourbusiness.com. Buy a domain through Foundable, or connect one you already own.
When you [publish](/build/publish) your website, it goes live at an address on foundable.app, like `yourbusiness.foundable.app`. A [domain](/help/glossary#domain) gives it an address that is yours alone, like `yourbusiness.com`. It looks more like your business, and it’s easier to share.
You can get one in two ways. Buy a new domain through Foundable with your [credits](/help/glossary#credit), and Foundable sets it up for you. Or connect a domain you already own by adding a few records where you manage it.
## Buy or connect?
Best when you don’t have a domain yet.
* Nothing to set up. Foundable points it at your website.
* “Usually ready in 5–15 minutes.”
* Paid with credits. It renews each year while **Auto-renew** is on.
* The owner or an admin can buy one.
Best when you already bought one somewhere else.
* You add DNS records where you manage it, and Foundable checks them.
* “DNS settings can take up to 72 hours to propagate.”
* It stays with the company you bought it from, and you renew it there.
* Anyone on your team except view-only teammates can connect it.
Buying or connecting a domain needs a paid plan. Publishing your website at its foundable.app address doesn’t. See [Plans and credits](/account/plans-and-credits).
## Where to find domains
Most of what you do with domains happens in **Settings › Domains**. Open the account menu (your initial or photo at the top right), choose **Settings**, then **Domains**. On a phone, tap **More**, then **Settings**.
The page has three parts:
* **Buy a domain**: search for a name and buy it. It says “Prices are for the first year. Nothing is charged until you confirm.”
* **Your domains**: the names you bought, how far each one has come, and its **Auto-renew** switch.
* **Custom domains**: connect a domain you already own and follow its setup.
You can also start from other places:
| Where | What it does |
| - | - |
| **Build**, in the **Publish** panel | The **Domains** row says **Add**, or how many domains you have. Press it to open Settings › Domains. It says **Setting up** while your primary domain gets ready, and shows **Upgrade** if your plan doesn’t include your own domain. |
| **Home**, in Your next steps | **Add your own domain** asks Ted to find a domain for you. |
| **Settings › All domains** | Every domain across the foundables you own, with renewals and DNS settings. See [Manage your domains](/domains/manage-domains). |
## Let Ted find one for you
Ted can suggest domains that fit your business. Press **Ask Ted for ideas** under the search in Settings › Domains. Build opens with “Find me a domain for” and your foundable’s name in Ted’s message box. Nothing is sent until you send it. You can also ask him in your own words in the chat.
Ted answers with a card of names, each with its price in credits, his first pick marked “Recommended”. You can search any other name in the same card. When you like one, tap it and press the **Buy for** button.
Ted never buys a domain on his own. Only your press on the **Buy for** button buys it. Typing “yes” in the chat opens that step, and buys nothing.
Already own a domain? Connecting it is yours to do. Ted points you to **Custom domains** in Settings › Domains, and you add the records where you manage your domain. See [Connect a domain you own](/domains/connect-your-domain).
## Your primary domain
Your website can have more than one address: its foundable.app address, plus each domain you buy or connect. Your **primary domain** is the one the others send visitors to. In Settings › Domains it’s marked “Primary”, with the hint “Your site’s other addresses send visitors here”.
To choose it, open a live domain’s **…** menu and choose **Set as primary**. To stop sending visitors there, choose **Unset as primary**. With no primary domain, every address shows your website.
Only a domain that is already live can be your primary domain.
## Email on your domain
Your foundable’s email address can use your domain too, like `you@yourbusiness.com`. You set that up in the Inbox: press your email address under the Inbox title, then **Use your own domain**. If you bought the domain through Foundable, Foundable sets up its email records for you. Email on your own domain needs a paid plan. See [Your email address](/inbox/email-address).
## Who can do what
| Role | With domains, they can |
| - | - |
| **Owner** | Everything, including **All domains**: renew a domain, change its DNS records and nameservers, move it to another foundable, or transfer it out. |
| **Admin** | Buy a domain, try a stopped purchase again, and connect a domain you own. |
| **Member** | Connect a domain you own, and see your domains. Buying needs the owner or an admin: “Only the owner or an admin can buy domains.” |
| **View only** | See each domain and how it’s doing. They can’t buy, connect or change anything. |
To add people, see [Invite your team](/account/team).
## FAQ
No. Your website works at its foundable.app address on every plan, Free included. A domain of your own is an extra you can add any time.
No, it keeps working. Once you have a primary domain, visitors who open your foundable.app address are sent on to it.
Yes. A domain you connect before your website is live reads “Ready”: “Domain will be live once the site is published.” When you [publish](/build/publish), your website shows there.
Each name has its own price. Every search result shows it in credits before you buy, and nothing is charged until you confirm. Renewals come from your credits too. You can also ask Ted what a name costs.
Yes. You can buy or connect more than one. Choose one as your primary domain, and the others send visitors to it.
Foundable registers it and holds it in trust for your foundable. When you buy, you agree to the [Domain Holding Agreement](https://foundable.com/legal/domain-holding-agreement), which explains the details. See [Buy a domain](/domains/buy-a-domain#who-owns-the-domain).
## Related
Find a name and buy it with credits.
Add the DNS records and go live on it.
Renewals, DNS records, nameservers and moves.
Put your website online so your domain can show it.
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