Use your own domain for a hosted site.
Serve a zipped site from your own address. Point a subdomain at NudgeHost, and the site loads from www.yourname.com instead of nudgehost.site, with the certificate handled for you.
- 1 domainon Pro
- 5 domainson Studio
- HTTPSwith the certificate issued for you
What they see
Your site at your own address.
The dashboard asks for one DNS record. Once it resolves, the zipped site answers on your subdomain over HTTPS.
- One CNAME record at your registrar
- The certificate is issued and renewed for you
- The site itself doesn’t change
How it works
Connect a domain in three steps.
Add the domain
In the site’s domain panel, type a subdomain you own, like files.yourname.com, and press Add domain.
Create the record
Create the CNAME record the panel shows at your registrar.
It goes live
Once the record resolves, the panel marks the domain live and the site answers on it.
What changes
What your domain changes, and what it can’t.
The site is the same files at a new address. These are the rules that come with the address.
- The address
The site answers on your subdomain instead of nudgehost.site.
Yours - The certificate
Issued and renewed for you, so the site is HTTPS from the first visit.
Included - Search engines
Can index the site on your domain. The nudgehost.site copy stays out of search.
Indexable - A root domain like yourname.com
Can’t be used, since the root of a domain can’t hold the CNAME record the setup needs.
Subdomain only - A domain another account holds
Needs a TXT record first, to prove the domain is yours.
Verify first - A single file or page
Keeps its nudgehost.com link, since a domain attaches to a zipped site.
Sites only
After you send it
The domain keeps looking after itself.
The certificate renews, search engines can find the site, and you can take the domain off whenever you like.
Certificate renewed
The certificate is issued for your domain and renewed without you buying or uploading anything.
Found in search
A site on your own domain can be indexed like any other website. A robots.txt in the ZIP is served as uploaded.
Remove it any time
Take the domain off in the dashboard and the site stays live at its nudgehost.site address.
Plans
Domains on each plan.
Custom domains come with the paid plans, and each attaches to a zipped site.
| Without an account | Free | Pro, $12 a month | Studio, $29 a month | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custom domains | No | No | 1 | 5 |
| ZIP served as a site | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Largest file | 25MB | 25MB | 250MB | 1GB |
| Links live at once | 3 | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Next to Tiiny.host
Tiiny.host figures from its own pages, checked on 1 September 2026.
Read the full comparisonCustom domains
Why put a site on your own domain.
The address on a link is part of how the work reads. A client who opens files.yourstudio.com sees your name in the address bar rather than a host they’ve never heard of. The glossary covers what a custom domain changes and what stays put.
Setup is a DNS record rather than a migration. If CNAME and registrar are new words, the glossary explains how DNS resolves a name to the server that answers it. The certificate side is covered in what an SSL certificate proves.
The site behaves as it did on nudgehost.site, so a React build zipped for upload keeps its routes on your domain too. Custom domains come with NudgeHost’s paid plans, 1 on Pro and 5 on Studio.
Frequently asked questions
What happens to the domain if my paid plan ends?
The domain stops serving the site, and the site keeps working at its nudgehost.site address.
Can I use one domain for several sites?
Each hostname attaches to one site. To put several sites on your domain, give each its own subdomain, such as menu.yourname.com and shop.yourname.com.
Can I move a domain to another site?
Yes. Remove it from the first site in your dashboard, then add it to the other one.
Can I put a single HTML page on my own domain?
Yes, by uploading it as a site. Name the page index.html, zip it, upload the ZIP, then attach a subdomain of yours to it, such as files.yourdomain.com. Pro includes 1 custom domain and Studio includes 5.
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