> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learn.oxom.de/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect your own domain

> Your short links under your name, e.g. yourname.link or go.yourname.com.

Short links in the workspace always run on your own domain. Without a domain you can't create short links under LINK. So start here.

> [!NOTE]
>
> No domain yet? Short domains like `yourname.link` are available from any domain provider. Ask the Agent too: “Is yourname.link still available?”

## Connect a domain

**1. Enter the domain**

Open **LINK → Domain**, type your domain into the field, without `www.`, and click **Domain verbinden** (connect domain). This works with a whole domain (`yourname.link`) or a subdomain (`go.yourname.com`).

**2. Set the DNS records**

oxom shows a table with **Typ, Name** and **Wert** (type, name, value). Enter these records at your domain provider. You copy each value with one click.

* Whole domain: an `A` record for `@` and a `CNAME` for `www`
* Subdomain: a `CNAME`
* Sometimes an additional `TXT` record for verification

**3. Check**

Click **Erneut prüfen** (check again) until it says **Live**. This usually takes a few minutes, sometimes longer.

| Status | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Live** | The domain is running, including https |
| **DNS fehlt** (DNS missing) | The records aren't set yet or haven't arrived yet |
| **Bestätigung nötig** (verification needed) | The `TXT` record is still missing |

With a whole domain, `www` redirects automatically.

## Multiple domains

You can connect as many domains as you like, e.g. one for merch and one for streams. Which one is preselected when creating, you set under [Settings](https://learn.oxom.de/en/werkzeuge/link/einstellungen.md). That's also where you set where someone lands who only opens `yourname.link/`.

## Disconnecting a domain

**Domain trennen** (disconnect domain) asks you to type the domain, to be safe. As long as short links still run on the domain or your SITE lives under it, this doesn't work. Move the links to another domain first or delete them.

## Good to know

* Domains of oxom itself can't be connected. Neither can a domain that is already connected elsewhere in oxom.
* Your SITE can also run under `yourname.link/links`, see [SITE: Publishing and domain](https://learn.oxom.de/en/werkzeuge/site/domain.md).
* Owners, creators, admins and technicians can change domains.


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