Overview

FoxyCart possesses the great feature of being able to use a Store Remote Domain for your store, meaning instead of your cart's URL reading “yourstorename.foxycart.com” it will read “subdomain.yourstorename.com”. This feature is not free, as it requires a separate yearly security certificate setup by FoxyCart, but is an excellent feature for any online business that wants to appear to be completely branded.

Questions? Can you use your own cert? Answers.

The setup of the Store Remote Domain requires a few steps and the ability to edit your domain's DNS information. If you do not have access to it, you may need to contact your system administrator.

By following these steps, setting up your domain should be fairly simple and take only a few days at most.

Pay for your cert, making sure to provide complete and accurate information. Once an order is placed it cannot be changed, so please double check your order prior to submitting it.

1. Create a CNAME entry for the subdomain you chose. (If you're wondering, “Is this a permanent or a temporary redirect?” you are in the wrong place. A CNAME is at the DNS level. Ask your hosting provider if you don't know how to set it up.)
   1. First figure out what your desired domain is, like secure.example.com
   2. Next add a CNAME record for that subdomain, pointing to…
   3. secure-example-com.dns.foxycart.com or whatever is appropriate. For example, if your domain is secure.mystore.tld, your CNAME record for secure.mystore.tld should be secure-mystore-tld.dns.foxycart.com. (note the trailing dot!). (Replace secure-example-com with your actual domain name, but replace the periods with hyphens.)
   4. EXAMPLE: If your domain is secure.puppydogs.com, then you must redirect to secure-puppydogs-com.dns.foxycart.com. To check this, use your Terminal (Mac or Linux users), or use kloth.net. Enter your domain (secure.puppydogs.com) and you should see secure-puppydogs-com.dns.foxycart.com. (again, note the trailing period) in the ANSWER SECTION.
   5. Keep in mind that you may have to contact your host directly to set up a CNAME redirect (it's not a standard redirect).

• This can take anywhere from 15 minutes to 24 hours to kick in, so be patient.
• Note: If you're using a DNS service, ie. easyDNS, remember create your CNAME entry there and NOT at your domain host.

The final steps are simply waiting for confirmation from FoxyCart and their SSL provider that your account is setup.

Once you receive confirmation, test your new domain by going to subdomain.yourdomain.com/cart (whatever you set up) and seeing if it displays a “This cart is not setup” message.

• If it doesn't, wait longer. If it doesn't happen for 2 days or more, check all your settings because something is wrong.

If you do receive the message, congratulations!

Simply go into your FoxyCart account, Settings, and check off store remote domain. Fill in your new domain, update the forms or links on your website to reflect your new domain, and you're off to the races. You will probably also need to recache your cart and checkout pages.