Domains on ZEIT Now can be used as aliases for your deployments, giving them a public facing name that users can consistently visit to see the latest content, as opposed to deployment URLs.

If you do not have a domain with your ZEIT account yet, you can do one of the following:

If you have a domain, you can use the following documentation to manage your domain.

Using Your Domain as an Alias

Now allows you to assign a name to your deployments by aliasing. Read more about aliasing to use your domains with your deployments:

Managing Your Domain with Now CLI

The following list of commands can be used with Now CLI to manage domains under your account or a team.

Listing Your Account or Team's Domains

Using the following command, you can list all added domains under the current context, whether it is your account or a team.

now domains ls

Inspecting A Domain

To get information about your domain from Now, you can use the now domains inspect command.

With this command, you can see:

  • If your domain is external or using ZEIT DNS.

  • When your domain was verified by either TXT record or nameservers.

  • The expiry date and when it was bought (if bought with ZEIT).

  • If the CDN is enabled.

  • If it has a Custom Deployment Suffix assigned.

  • How many aliases are assigned with the domain.

  • How many certificates the domain has.

    now domains inspect <domain>

Adding a Domain

With the following command, you can assign a domain you already own to your ZEIT account or team:

now domains add <domain>

Removing a Domain

With the following command you can remove a domain that is assigned to your ZEIT account or team:

now domains rm <domain>

Buying a Domain

With the following command you can buy a domain with Now:

now domains buy <domain>
Note: Read more in the Buying a Domain documentation.

Transferring a Domain In

With the following command you can transfer a domain in with Now:

now domains transfer-in <your-domain>

Verifying a Domain

With the following command you can force Now to check that your domain is verified by either TXT or Nameservers:

now domains verify <domain>

Transferring a Domain to Another Account

If you want to transfer a domain from one account to another, to a team, or from a team, you are able to do so by first removing the domain from the current account or team and then adding it to the intended account or team.

Stability and Security

When adding a domain to an account or team, before verifying, Now will provide the intended nameservers for your domain to use. These nameservers are chosen at random to prevent timing attacks where a third-party monitors changes to a domain's nameservers and then attempts to add the domain to their Now account.

This process, however, will require another verification step to be completed.

FAQ

Can I point the nameservers of a ZEIT bought domain to another service?

Currently this is not possible but there is active progress in making this possible.

What is the difference between a ZEIT DNS (or zeit.world) domain and an external domain?

As explained in the "pointing to Now" section:

  • ZEIT DNS domains are those that point to the ZEIT DNS nameservers, which allows Now to have greater control and therefore making it easier to automatically manage the domain.
  • External domains are those that point to ZEIT through a CNAME record and are harder for Now to automatically manage.

Can I transfer a domain to another account or team without needing to verify again?

A tool for transferring domains between accounts is in the works and will bypass this need.