How to Purchase a Domain within FG Funnels

The Domain Purchase feature in FG Funnels allows you to buy and manage domains directly from FG Funnels. There are three main steps to purchase and configure domain in FG Funnels.


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Purchasing a Domain

  • To purchase a domain, go to Settings from the bottom left menu of your FG Funnels dashboard. Then click Domains from the left menu of Settings. From the Domains menu, click the Purchase a Domain button from the top right hand corner.

    Domains Highlighted From Side Menu

  • Type in the domain you want in the search bar and press search.

    Domain Search Bar

  • A list of domains will appear with the searched domain and related, recommended domains. These will include the cost for the first year and the price that the domain will renew at after the first year.

    Domain Search Results

  • Click the blue Buy button to purchase the domain. Review the terms and pricing in the popup and if you agree, check the I agree box and click Buy.

    Buy Button Circled next to a domain

  • Allow the domain registration process to complete. This generally takes about 1 minute. Once your domain is active, you will see it listed under Purchased Domains and will have a Green active tab under the Status icon.

    Active Status Circled on Purchased Domains

  • Once your domain is active, proceed to configuring your domain to make it usable within FG Funnels.


Configuring Your Domain for Use Within FG Funnels

  1. Navigate to Settings -> Domains. Click on Configure next to the domain you purchased in FG Funnels to see the DNS records.

    Configure Button Next To Purchased Domain

  2. Select the Connect this Domain button in the upper right hand corner.

    Connect This Domain Button Circled

  3. When the Connect Domain screen appears, ensure that your domain is listed then click Continue.

    Connect Domain Screen

  4. Under the popup that appears, select if you want to add the www. version of the domain as well and hit Continue.

    Connect Domain Popup

  5. The next screen you will see says that your domain is already authorized because it was purchased in FG Funnels. Select Add Records.

    Domain Authorized - Add Records Screen

  6. Wait for the records to be added. This can take up to 1 minute. Once the records are added, you will see the screen redirect back to the domain DNS records and your new DNS records will be listed.

    Records added to list

  7. Once your domain is configured, if you added the www. version of your domain in addition to the non-www. version, you will want to set up a redirect from within FG Funnels, so that visitors go to the same page whether or not they added the www. You can do that from this article How to Redirect FG Funnels Domains (www to non-www).

Setting the Home Page for the Domain

The instructions for setting the home page of the domain are below. These are the same instructions as for any domain which can also be found in this article. Changing the Default/Home Page on a Domain

  1. Go to Settings located in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.

    Settings Link in Dashboard Circled

  2. Scroll down and click on the Domains section on the left side menu.

    Domains Option from Settings Circled

  3. Find the section that is Connected Domains & Subdomains.

    Arrow Pointing to Connected Domains & Subdomains

  4. Click on the three dots next to the domain that you want to change the default page for.

    Three dots circled next to domain

  5. Select Edit from the options that appear.

    Edit circled from options

  6. Locate the default path setting and click on it.

    Default page dropdown circled

  7. Choose the new page you want to set as the default for the domain from the drop-down menu.
  8. Click Save to apply the changes.

There are a number of related articles that reference how to set up other parts of domains that specifically reference domains purchased in FG Funnels.