How to Connect Your Existing Domain to a Canva Website | 2024 Tutorial

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Here's a simple step-by-step 2024 tutorial on:
How to Connect Your Existing Domain to a Canva Website

🔍 What You Need
βœ… A Canva Pro, Teams, Nonprofit, or Education account
βœ… A purchased domain (from GoDaddy, Namecheap, Google Domains, etc.)
βœ… Access to your domain registrar (you'll update DNS settings)

🚀 Steps to Connect Your Domain to Canva
1️⃣ Publish Your Canva Website
Finish designing your website in Canva

Click "Publish Website"

Select "Use my existing domain"

2️⃣ Verify Your Domain Ownership
Canva will ask you to verify domain ownership

You'll see instructions to add a TXT record to your domain DNS

Example:

TXT Name: @

TXT Value: Canva-provided code

3️⃣ Update DNS Records in Your Domain Registrar
Go to your registrar (ex: GoDaddy, Namecheap) β†’ DNS Management β†’ Add the following:

Type   Name/Host   Value
A   @   23.227.38.65 (or Canva's current IPβ€”confirm inside Canva panel)
TXT   @   Canva's verification code
CNAME   www   cname.canva.site

Note: Some registrars (like Google Domains) have slightly different fields (use "@" for root domain).

4️⃣ Wait for DNS Propagation
DNS changes can take 15 mins to 48 hrs

Canva will show your domain status as Pending β†’ then Connected

5️⃣ Finalize & Go Live!
Once connected, Canva auto-issues an SSL certificate (HTTPS)

Your Canva site is now live on yourdomain.com 🎉

🛠οΏ½ Troubleshooting Tips
❌ "Domain not verified" β€” double-check TXT record
❌ "Site not secure" β€” allow up to 24 hrs for SSL
❌ Subdomain vs root domain β€” you may need both A + CNAME records

⚑ Summary
Step   Action
1   Publish Canva website β†’ "use my domain"
2   Add TXT record to verify ownership
3   Point A & CNAME records to Canva
4   Wait for DNS to propagate
5   Go live on your domain 🎉


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